Monday, 18 November 2019

Climate Breakdown - Gathering pace as people sleep

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It is now exactly two years since I wrote my last blog post entitled " Politics will not save us from abrupt climate change because we ...
Saturday, 18 November 2017

Politics will not save us from abrupt climate change because we don't want to be saved

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Forty years ago I was studying for a Physics degree at Edinburgh University. I chose Edinburgh because it offered a course which included Me...
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Shining a light on political distortion

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An online petition is currently doing the rounds in Midlothian.  It states " Midlothian's SNP and Green Councillors have voted to w...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Council Budget decision and how nothing changes in Midlothian

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With the ink not even dry on yesterday's council budget decision, I have already been publicly accused by one Labour councillor of ...
Sunday, 1 November 2015

Bizarre planning decisions and who benefits

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Hot on the heels of my last post , on a hotel application approved in the Pentlands Regional Park, comes another bizarre and worrying de...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Building a reputation for destruction

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At yesterday's Planning committee meeting of Midlothian Council, the contentious item was supposed to be the proposal for two small wind...
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Sunday, 24 May 2015

Return of the one party state?

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As I've often reminded people, Midlothian used to be called "the one party state". A legacy from its mining community days, fo...