26 August 2012

Donald Gorrie

Donald Gorrie was a giant of Edinburgh politics.  He was first elected to the corporation in the early 70's - and had been on the scene ever since - in various roles.  This Beeb piece while boringly accurate doesn't do him justice.

There are a huge number of things to say about Donald Gorrie - and lots of them will come out over the next few days and weeks.

But let's be clear Donald was absolutely clear the Scottish Lib Dems made a strategic mistake in refusing to deal with Alex Salmond in 2007 (and before).  And events since then have proved him right...


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