Category Archives: Politics

83: Bob’s Been Busy

Posted on February 11, 2011 by davidsberry

With pressure off after ELC budget-setting on Tuesday, I took a tour of some of the local projects we’ve been funding across the county. Since our Labour opponents in the council and Holyrood both threw their toys so emphatically out … Continue reading →

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85: Flat Budget

Posted on February 9, 2011 by davidsberry

The Flat Earth Society lives. I use them as examples of denying-the-bleeding-obvious. But at East Lothian Council’s meeting to set a ‘flat’ (£210m) budget, our other-worldly Labour opposition deserved a prize—if not a world record—for cognitive dissonance. After Leader Paul … Continue reading →

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87: Schadenfreude

Posted on February 7, 2011 by davidsberry

After a lifetime paying attention to politics and over 17 years activism on behalf of my home town/county/country, I may be de-sensitised to what lengths the Labour party will go to rubbish any opposition. But years of close observation of … Continue reading →

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90 Days to Decide

Posted on February 4, 2011 by davidsberry

Given the gravity of world events—emotive clashes in Tahrir Square; 5bn tonnes of CO2 exhaled by parched Amazon forests; double-devastation to half of Queensland, as well as the deepest world recession in a generation—it’s perhaps no wonder few know or … Continue reading →

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94: Brian Was Right

Posted on January 31, 2011 by davidsberry
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