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Well what do you know, Edinburgh has plunged 1.1bn into the red and the city keeps on borrowing.

And some people still wonder why the taxpayers don't want to fund goofy tree festivals, community babysitter centres, etc. The days of the socialist free lunch in the UK are over.

Jock MacSprog

For a city that is supposed to be coming through the recession smelling of roses, 1.1 billion is a disgrace.

The Real Alfonsa Pedrosa, edinburgh

I see there's no salt or grit on the streets this morning. It's the most woefully ill-prepared and useless council I've seen in my lifetime. Let's sell Edinburgh Castle to the Yanks.

A Friend of Fernando Poo

Phil, John, Steve & Jenny should buy 42,000,000 Euromillions tickets?

Rugal

A Euromillions win would certainly help pay the bill for emergency repairs required on the City Chambers. Alas, the building is crumbling.

"The council has been credited with stepping in and taking action before it led to another potential accident." GOOD GRIEF, LUVVADUCK They deserve praise for doing their job?

Navvy

Pity they can't send anybody in to do something about the crumbling administration.

It's Leith for me!

It's probably a precursor to subsidence cause by a financial black hole.

archie12

It's time the council sold the building. The people who work there could be accommodated at their building next to Waverley station. The ones who don't work should be sent home. And meantime, Portobello High continues to crumble.

Grumpy

Yep, poor old Porty. Nobody cares. They're too busy worrying about Niddrie. Great news the shops on Niddrie Mains Road are set to be restored to their 'original art deco glory'.

To anyone who drives into the city from Fort Kinnaird, this is the bit where you lock all your doors.

simonp

I notice that wee drapers is still there, still selling outsize pants and string Y fronts no doubt.

caramel wafer

Maybe, just maybe, the residents of the area treat it like an open air cesspool because that is how the council have treated it for years. I'm not saying that restoring some nice architectural features is the answer, but is it such a terribly bad thing to make a small contribution to the visual appeal of a street?

uncle fester, somewhere in the middle

Probably not. Let's go shopping in Niddrie.

What no Manky Havering-Lickspittle telling us that as soon as the utility diversion work on Dalkeith Road is complete, greater access by Edinburgh's exponentially-expanding tram system will transform this street into a World-Class, Iconic Shopping Destination.

Thomas the Tank, Edinburgh