Blog Archive

  • Peter McColl

    Thanks And Thoughts From The Campaign

    Over a week has passed since the election, and I’m beginning to catch up on my missed sleep. The result in Craigmillar and Portobello was that I was fourth in a three member ward. Across the city Greens increased their vote taking 3 new seats...

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  • Gavin Corbett

    Divided loyalties

    Political differences get put aside this weekend as an older kind of rivalry comes to the fore. The first Hearts v Hibs Scottish cup final for over a century has captured the capital.

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  • Steve Burgegss

    Greens and coalition in Edinburgh

    Green councillor, Steve Burgess explains why the Greens will be the principal voice of progressive opposition in the new City Council.

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  • Gavin at City Chambers close

    How the Greens kept the Tories out of power in Edinburgh

    Gavin Corbett ponders the ebb and flow of coalition discussions in the capital.

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  • Canal cycling

    Time to Pedal on Parliament

    Green candidate, Gavin Corbett, urges cyclists and non-cyclists to “pedal on Parliament” this Saturday.

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  • Hustings Maggie Speaking

    Addressing The Broughton Spurtle Hustings

    This is what Cllr Maggie Chapman (currently Green councillor for Leith Walk ward, and standing for re-election on May 3rd) said in her address to the Broughton Spurtle hustings on 19 April .

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  • Mel 2012 smiling

    A quantum of solace for Bruntsfield

    If there’s a measure of comfort for the people of Bruntsfield after Sainsbury’s taking over the Peckhams store on Bruntsfield Place, it is that it has brought traders and residents closer together.

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  • Gavin Corbett at Pond

    Five questions about Craighouse

    Green candidate, Gavin Corbett’s letter to people living in the Craiglockhart area of Edinburgh, about the controversial Craighouse site on Craiglockhart Hill.

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