BNPs Nick Griffen Cartoon

Charity Gig For Leith Festival Friday Night

This Friday (25th September) there is a gig, originally for Leith FM, but now in aid of the Leith Festival. Starts at 8pm in the Queen Charlotte rooms, Queen Charlotte St Leith, £5 entry. This is Gary’s leaving Leith FM party as well, after all his work and the effort by the team who helped [...]

TIE finally admit that there is a problem.

Edinburgh’s council owned TIE (the tram developers) have finally admitted publicly that they believe there is a problem.  Something I think most Edinburgh residents have been aware of for the last few weeks.  You would have thought that zero activity on Princes Street would have been a good indicator, that even TIE could have picked [...]

Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP Interveiw

A fifteen minute chat to Shirley- Anne Somerville on Leith FM after First Ministers Question time. Interveiw can be heard by clicking here.

Shirley Anne Summervillee Interveiw 12-3-09
Member of the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
Substitute Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee

Leith FM gets a mention in The Scotsman

Well well, Leith FM actually exists, got a wee mention in the Scotsman today.
Here’s the Link Scotsman.

Does the UN Support Freedom of Speech and Intolerance?

Firstly thanks to blond bloke for finding these two articles.  They are well worth a read as they highlight the manipulation by those most interested in defeating freedom of speech action and religion at the UN. While we in the UK may feel we have structures in place to protect our freedoms there are many [...]

Why do they think Leithers are thick?

Quote from the Evening News.
“But Forth Port officials say people have misunderstood how the development will be named. Charles Hammond, group chief executive, said: “Leith Docks will remain as the umbrella name for the overall development project. The name Edinburgh Harbour was chosen for this area of Leith Docks, which will include a cruise ship [...]

First Minister’s question Time on Thursday the 15th of January 2009.

Apparently minister’s answers during questions in the Scottish parliament have been ‘mis-truths’. First problem to resolve is the definition of mis- truths, a new word to me I must admit, so to the trusty dictionary I went, no definition there, nor on Wikipedia. However I did manage to find this definition of the word. [...]

State pupils could go private

UCAS has recently given more weight to advanced higher judging it to be closer to the English A-level as a qualification for university entrance. With this in mind pupils whose schools cannot provide an advanced higher courses in the area they require will need to find teaching for the courses they need from out [...]

Lothian buses to increase their fares

Lothian buses are set to increase their fares, when the proposed route changes and cuts come into effect on January the 18 th 2009. Although at the moment I can get no hard and fast information it looks like the increase will be about 20% across all fare types. This will take a single [...]