Category Archives: Politics

13: Unlucky for Some

Posted on April 22, 2011 by davidsberry

Into the last but one lap and all four parties in East Lothian are pouring a blizzard of leaflets through letterboxes as the weather stays benign enough for them to get as many feet on the street as they can … Continue reading →

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14: Who Reports on the Reporters?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by davidsberry

Anorak that I am, my idea of a time off last night was to head to the David Hume Institute to catch one of their excellent seminars, this time from Blair Jenkins, Fellow of the Carnegie Trust UK  to talk … Continue reading →

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17: Not What It Used to Be

Posted on April 18, 2011 by davidsberry

Delighted as I am by the MORI poll this weekend that put the SNP ahead of Labour (55 vs 49 seats) for the first time in this contest, what seems far more telling is a series of major cracks in … Continue reading →

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19: The Right Question

Posted on April 16, 2011 by davidsberry

Met an eighteen-year-old and a ninety-four-year-old yesterday who co-incidentally asked me the same question within an hour of one another: Why should I vote for you? Two decades trying to represent the place and you’d think I’d have the answer … Continue reading →

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22: Decidedly Undecided

Posted on April 12, 2011 by davidsberry

Call me a cynic but when MORI or anyone else runs a poll that generates headlines that the Judean People’s Front is 15 points behind, or whatever, I fetch the bulk salt dispenser from the kitchen and wash the results … Continue reading →

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23: Round 4 (ding!)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by davidsberry

The fourth East Lothian hustings was organised by the Association of Churches in North Berwick and very well hosted by the Abbey Church, with Dunbar’s Rev Lawrence Twaddle in the chair. In keeping with last year’s success, again 80 people … Continue reading →

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25: Sunshine on the Righteous

Posted on April 10, 2011 by davidsberry

Sent home by a friend last night for almost falling asleep as we discussed our day over a glass. In a distance event like an election, you have to pace yourself and I’ve been cutting the sleep short. But on as … Continue reading →

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27: Parliamo Politico VII

Posted on April 8, 2011 by davidsberry

Let’s Talk Pencil-Pusher: Lesson VII—Vocabulary (Seventh of a series, translating bureaucrat-speak into what it means for folk in East Lothian) Continue: Usually heard in committee meetings, continuing simply means delaying any decision until the next meeting. It can mean some … Continue reading →

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R They 4 Real?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by davidsberry
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29: Going Mobile

Posted on April 6, 2011 by davidsberry

Today’s Hootsmon carries a piece that seems an attempt to find evil where none exists, by accusing council workers of being “on the gravy train with a council phone”.. East Lothian tops the table by having 38% of employees with … Continue reading →

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