Local Edinburgh Politics on the web

OK, so I’ve got a geeky fascination with the way local politics and decision making happens, and especially the way organisations use the web to communicate on quite local issues. If you have a look at the way political parties are working in Edinburgh, it’s pretty clear that some ‘get it’ more than others. It [...]

SNP play a high stakes game

I didn’t vote for the SNP, but some of the things they’ve done are hard to argue against – free prescriptions for everyone for example.
However, the game they’re playing with the local authorities in order to push their agenda is an interesting one – and it seems like a high stakes one at that. [...]

Is there a majority for STV-PR in the Scottish Paliament?

Well, Edinburgh Labour Councillor Andrew Burns thinks so. Now that the Scottish Greens have changed their policy after their recent conference – he thinks the numbers stack up. Shame that control over the voting system used to elect folk to Holyrood is devolved to Westminster.
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