SDL Fail to Make a Breakthrough in Glasgow (Again)
Today’s Glasgow demo by the Scottish Defence League felt like it was going to be a make or break moment for the group, more than two years after their last […]
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Dialling Up Pressure: Better Protection for Call Centre Workers Beyond Mental Health Awareness Week
Guest post by Daniel Morrow [CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide] As part of the recent Mental Health Awareness Week, Virgin Media – which employs approximately 14,000 call centre staff […]
With Glasgow Facing an HIV Crisis, the Media Need to Stop Stigmatising Drug Users
Guest post by Daniel Morrow Sensationalism in some of the tabloid press in the UK is hardly a recent phenomenon, with much of their reputation built on vilifying marginalised groups […]
WEEKLY WANKER #076: FIRST BUS
It’s a minor miracle that we’ve got to over seventy Weekly Wankers without ever featuring First Bus before. Because everybody hates the change-refusing, price gouging, route scrapping, scab recruiting transport […]
Revealed: 6,000 New Private Student Flats in Glasgow Pipeline
A staggering 6,000 new student bedrooms are planned in Glasgow over the next few years, according to Glasgow City Council documents. Private operators – who typically charge exorbitant rents of between […]
STUC Head Office Set To Be Converted Into Private Student Flats
At the beginning of 2017 this blog was the first to reveal that the Old College Bar, which makes a credible claim to be Glasgow’s oldest pub, is set to […]
A Thousand Flowers 