A day in the life of a shadow: our first Journal of the Week

“For me …politics had always existed in some virtual world far away where politicians meted out decisions that affected people’s lives either positively or negatively.” Celina Mbwiria records her reactions to a first full council meeting.

Meet Celina Mbwiria one of the first people to take part in Opening Doors Shadow Scheme in October 2006.. Since  Celina wrote our first Journal of the Week Phil Attridge has retired from the City Council and grown a beard but he still works as a bus driver in Edinburgh. And Celina’s perceptive comments are still so relevant we are delighted to publish them again to celebrate our fifth anniversary of Leith Open Space. Now read what Celina discovered about local politics…

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