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Posted on March 18, 2013 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
I read Alistair Darling’s essay for Scotland on Sunday on the benefits of the Union early yesterday morning and key passages gnawed away at me all day. The final part of a very…

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Mea Culpa

Posted on March 2, 2013 by davidsberry

Thursday was a busy day. I was up early and on the train to Aberdeen en route to Banff to pick up a vehicle. As ScotRail has yet to enter the 21st century and provide power sockets or WiFi on … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 7, 2013 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
Two Scottish broadsheet Sunday papers, two quite different splashes. But they share a theme. The Sunday Herald’s front page story tells of the Scotland Office sitting on internal government files relating to devolution.…

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Ten of the Best

Posted on January 1, 2013 by davidsberry

For all our readers, whether regular or no, thanks for your interest in this blog over the last twelve months. The hope is that it entertained and stimulated your thinking. In truly democratic fashion, a ranked list of the top … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season

Posted on December 24, 2012 by davidsberry

If the Three Wise Men had been abroad in England on their mission to follow the star in 2012, they would have a tough time of it. Not only have the skies here been uniformly obscured by rain clouds (except … Continue reading →

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Pretzel Logic

Posted on December 7, 2012 by davidsberry
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Tip for Today

Posted on November 4, 2012 by davidsberry
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Posted on August 23, 2012 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
There has been much seizing upon by the Better Together campaign of the Mail on Sunday’s poll results, published yesterday. Not only do the survey findings suggest that support for independence is slipping,…

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Romney Marsh

Posted on August 18, 2012 by davidsberry

Mitt Romney has less than three months to convince American voters that he is the man to lead them (and the rest of the planet) out of the biggest fiscal hole it has fallen into since the Depression. While we … Continue reading →

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Made Fae Gurdurs? Shairly No’!

Posted on July 31, 2012 by davidsberry

…or, for outraged feminist readers who believe men really ought to have evolved beyond this sort of thing by now: …and for those really hard-core feminist readers who didn’t get a giggle out of that either, the truth is out … Continue reading →

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