Category Archives: Politics

Land of Hype and Glaury

Posted on October 31, 2011 by davidsberry

Some lost souls milling around the Royal Concert Hall on Sunday seemed desperately in need of some direction. I had therefore intended to blog supposed ‘gaps’ in the SNP case for independence so they might see the error of their … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Pot Calls Kettle Black

Posted on October 30, 2011 by davidsberry

Having had him as my MSP for four years, been in many of the same meetings as local council leader and crossed swords with him on several occasions as we contested East Lothian closely in May, I feel I know … Continue reading →

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By the Numbers

Posted on October 25, 2011 by davidsberry

The UK unionists in the shape of Michael Moore MP, last(?) Sec. of State for (a.k.a. Viceroy of) Scotland, has wheeled out UK Treasury stats like a good boy to prove that, taken over the 30 years North Sea oil … Continue reading →

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I Hope Labour Doesn’t Read This

Posted on October 19, 2011 by davidsberry

Despite what Tom Harris claims, we SNP foot-soldiers do sometimes fall out with Alex. It’s just we don’t make a fuss about it because he’s right most of the time and I defy you to show me another Scottish politician … Continue reading →

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Bullshit Makes for Bad Politics

Posted on October 18, 2011 by davidsberry

Given that I have spent most of the last two decades getting my feet firmly under the table in my home town of North Berwick and three of those years absorbed by running the local council as Leader, it’s gratifying—and … Continue reading →

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Why the LGC Matters to the SNP

Posted on October 17, 2011 by davidsberry

In these heady days of new frontiers for their parliamentarians, SNP activists may be forgiven for sidelining the work of volunteers elected to the SNP’s National Executive Committee. As with other political parties, the NEC is theoretically the supreme body of … Continue reading →

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Do Not Adjust Your Browsers

Posted on October 16, 2011 by davidsberry

Delighted as I am at the number of people choosing to read this blog, regular readers deserve a content warning covering the next week: this blog will turn heavily SNP-internal. Being nominated for the SNP’s Local Government Convener post on … Continue reading →

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Alexander the Greet

Posted on October 13, 2011 by davidsberry

Finally, five months after May’s drubbing and several months into a leadership contest comparable to watching paint dry, there are some signs of life in Labour. Not Scottish Labour, mind you, but someone down in Victoria Street has read dispatches … Continue reading →

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That’s All, Foulkes

Posted on October 8, 2011 by davidsberry

A quirky characteristic of Labour in Scotland is that, while they field formidable and subtle politicians, such abilities traditionally, with rare exception, head South. Once there, such contributions as they do seek to make back here in Scotland are drowned … Continue reading →

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A Faraway Conference, of Which We Know Little

Posted on October 4, 2011 by davidsberry

Manchester or the Moon, the debate seems to be just how relevant the Tory Conference can be for Scotland. With ex-Tory Brian Monteith fulminating eloquent as ever about their lost opportunities in the Hootsmon and Iconoclast-in-Chief Murdo Fraser not showing up … Continue reading →

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