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Comment on South Suburban Salvation by lizann

lizann — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:14:52 +0000

HI – this a great article about something that should have happened ages ago – why not get it run in the evening news. I know its been talked about before but now we are nearing the end of the tram debacle this seems like a good time to reopen the discussion. One benefit not mentioned is moving school children around the city cutting out all the school runs that clog up the morning and mid afternoon traffic.

Comment on Best-Laid Plans O’ Mice & Mair Mice by Dan Sutton

Dan Sutton — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:50 +0000

Your first bullet point is the one that resonates with me.

Having the planning community, the whole community even, have a good sit down and a think about what makes this particular town or city well off, what could help, what is currently getting in the way seems to me to be an important part of the planning process.

Comment on A Funny Thing Happened… by Dan Sutton

Dan Sutton — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:29:28 +0000

Cock up before conspiracy. Rather than hypocrisy I suspect it’s just careless advertising management.

I suspect that the owners of LabourList have done a deal with an ad placement service to rent space on their pages, that the ad placement service is responsible for the actual content and Labour List have forgotten to specify that adverts for private heath care are not allowed.

My understanding of internet advertising is that it’s not that clever. The algorithms are smart enough to see that lots of people are reading and writing stuff about health care and the NHS but not smart enough to work out that an ad for private insurance on LabourList is more likely to be politically counter-productive than revenue generating.

Comment on Best-Laid Plans O’ Mice & Mair Mice by Alessandra Ribeiro

Alessandra Ribeiro — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:04:06 +0000

Urban sustainability is among the most critically important global
issues of the 21st century. Over half the world’s population live in
urban areas – from small cities like York, to megacities like New York -
and by 2050 that proportion will rise to 70% of all humanity.

Green building ist the solution!

http://www.usa.siemens.com/sustainable-cities/

Comment on Scotland by Hugh MacDiarmid by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:30:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing this poem, Dave. As you say, it is understated, yet graceful. A little gem of a poem from Hugh MacDiarmid. I’m featuring it on an episode of Simply Scottish, available on iTunes and http://www.simplyscottish.com. Cheers!

Comment on Brechin’s Revenge on Beeching by davidsberry

davidsberry — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:12:21 +0000

Fair comment. Cutting out the Lairg loop would slice best part of an hour off the 3+ hour Inverness-Caithness time and add Dornoch to the net. But at a cost over £100m (two serious bridges and 6-8 miles of bumpy country) plus the resistance of most of the rest of Sutherland which uses Lairg as a railhead.

Comment on Brechin’s Revenge on Beeching by Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:42:24 +0000

You might cast a nod to the possibility of a new line across the Dornoch Firth and then via Dornoch to the Mound. It would benefit relatively few in comparison to the other possible projects but it would give a disproportionately to the Northern Highlands and Orkney by cutting both distance and time between Inverness and the far North for passengers and potentially freight.

Comment on Who Do You Think You Were Kidding, Dr Beeching? by Brechin’s Revenge on Beeching | davidsberry

Brechin’s Revenge on Beeching | davidsberry — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:08:14 +0000

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Comment on 77: Belters’ Pelters by davidsberry

davidsberry — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:19:20 +0000

Welcome your involvement—even two years after the event—as you & Donald were named and therefore entitled to right of reply. A member of the Community Council should indeed be an electable post. But since there have been no CC elections in Tranent for yonks, members are effectively self-appointed.

Comment on 77: Belters’ Pelters by Raymond Strang

Raymond Strang — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:18:58 +0000

Hmm, where to start with this article having only just seen it. Ok, for a start, Community Councillors are electable positions and your ‘self-appointed “community leaders” ‘ quote is clearly wrong, incorrect, mis-guided, a mistake on your behalf – in relation to Raymond Strang. Try to research your subjects more and do a little less bumping of your gums Davie.