The verdict is in. The process undertaken by the council to put care and support services out to tender should be halted. At last! This coming Thursday, a reconvened meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee will be discussing the…
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Care and Support services still in limbo
Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, we still don’t seem to have any information about the next moves regarding the tendering of the care and support services. This nonsense has been rumbling on since the end of October last year, yet despite what’s…
Left/progressive political analysis worth a read
For the new year, a new blog … Bright Green Scotland launched last week, promising news and analysis for Scotland’s green and progressive movement. So far, there have been several interesting posts, discussing the Haiti earthquakes, city council cuts, and…
Tears, snow, and settlement
Well, what a day that was. A 13 hour council meeting surely has to be some sort of record. Not only did we close four schools (so sorry to all those fantastic parents who fought right to the end), but…
Four school closures is LibDem/SNP Christmas present to the City
It is a very sad day today. The City Council, or more precisely, the LibDem/SNP Administration, is voting to close four primary schools: Burdiehouse, Drumbrae, Fort and Royston. The closures are all contextualised within the current ‘Financial Crisis’, as if…
Celebrating Young Leithers!
Come along to the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership meeting, this Wednesday at 5.30pm at the Citadel Youth Centre, 175 Commercial Street, EH6 6JE. We will be ‘Celebrating Young Leithers’: hearing about the work of various youth groups/organisations in Leith, and enjoying…
Care & Support Services
I am very pleased that finally, the Council administration’s proposed tendering of Care and Support Services has been put on hold. It will be reviewed independently (although we’re not sure what this means yet!) over the next few weeks, and…
Council updates
I am finally getting my blog up and running in a meaningful way. I hope to post information here about goings on in the City Chambers and Leith Walk Ward, as well as personal thoughts and ideas, local happenings, general…
Green New Deal
Many people have suggested that the Westminster election in 2005 was the Green’s electoral highpoint, because in an economic downturn with rising fuel costs, people would no longer vote Green. Sian Berry’s address at our Conference in September 2008 highlighted…