Category Archives: Politics

False Economy

Posted on February 15, 2013 by davidsberry

This week, East Lothian Council passed a three-year budget that the Labour-led but Tory-chaired Administration said would “take the county out of fiscal chaos and on a journey towards a more stable financial future” as the new Leader Cllr. Willie … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Being British

Posted on February 8, 2013 by davidsberry

There are many stalwarts among the people working towards Scotland’s rightful future as a proper country. But, until this week, I never included The Economist among them. Don’t get me wrong—right-wing rag for blinkered fat cats though it is often … Continue reading →

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Osbo’s Gilt Complex

Posted on January 26, 2013 by davidsberry

STATUTORY WARNING: This blog is calibrated for fiscal anoraks and may cause nausea and/or disorientation among those faint-hearted about figures. This year has not started well for George Osborne. While some might relish the evil schadenfreude in that, the problem … Continue reading →

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Straight from the Top

Posted on January 25, 2013 by davidsberry

Unionists may not agree but I’m not the only one who thinks that the Scottish media—including BBC Scotland, the Hootsmon and, on occasion, The Herald reflect the bias of their unionist ‘owners’. While I have no trouble with those who … Continue reading →

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Matthew Ch.10, Verse 26

Posted on January 24, 2013 by davidsberry

I’m not given to religious quotes and—lest any reader fall under the delusion that your humble scribe has gone all pious in his dotage, the only reason I know the verse in the title is from as eloquent an anti-war … Continue reading →

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Scrooge’s Abacus

Posted on January 9, 2013 by davidsberry

It was no surprise that the ConDems won tonight’s vote in Westminster on a Bill to limit annual increases in benefits to 1%, nor was it any surprise that Labour politicians lined up to condemn this development. So far, so … Continue reading →

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Credo

Posted on January 3, 2013 by davidsberry

“We make out of the quarrel with others, politics, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry” —W.B. Yeats The previous post is a re-blog from Mute Swan with which I was particularly impressed because it asked politicians to rethink their … Continue reading →

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Dear politicians and political types

Posted on January 2, 2013 by davidsberry

Dear politicians and political types. I find myself pretty much in sympathy with the sentiments expressed in this blog and, since I have a public affiliation to the SNP, acknowledge ALL parties have suffered some erosion of moral anchors afflicting them … Continue reading →

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Darling is My Charlie

Posted on December 30, 2012 by davidsberry

I had every good intention of sitting out the balance of 2012 full of pud and good will and sticking my oar back in the political water once the Hogmanay bubbly was undrinkably flat and more than a few well … Continue reading →

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The Auld Adversary

Posted on December 27, 2012 by davidsberry

Much ink has been spilled in the dead tree media over how difficult it would be for Scotland to operate economically as an independent country with England no longer bound to support it. Certainly any hostility on England’s part would … Continue reading →

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