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Fake Goods and Rogue Traders: Authorities Step Up Bid to Demonise The Barras

May 26, 2016by Admin 2 Comments

Efforts to demonise Glasgow’s famous street market, the Barras, have gone into overdrive this week. “Police seize more than £30 million of fake goods in a bid to clean up the Barras” […]

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Is Dennistoun’s “Cereal Cafe” a Sign of Creeping Gentrification?

May 2, 2016by Admin Leave a comment

When Glasgow’s primary kids returned after the Easter Holidays a few weeks ago, a treat lay in store for them, courtesy of the city’s Labour councillors. Following the local authority’s March budget cuts, […]

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Will The Barras survive regeneration?

March 11, 2016by Juan Mac 3 Comments

“Millions earmarked for Barras regeneration,” goes the stuck record. Beneath the headlines of a £27m package to transform the area around the Barras into a “must-visit” area and an “events […]

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Lolitican of the Year: Ten Gordon Matheson fails since 2013

November 21, 2014by Juan Mac Leave a comment

Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson was last night crowned “Scottish Local Politician of the Year” at the Herald’s annual awards ceremony.  Since the event was held in Edinburgh, we […]

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Scotland For Sale: Councils Offer Up Public Land at London Property Piss-Up

October 16, 2014by Admin 1 Comment

Scottish councils have spent this week trying to flog off land to private developers at an exclusive property fair in London. The “Scottish Cities” consortium, representing local authorities from Scotland’s […]

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Only a Yes vote can… save the Buchanan Street steps

September 9, 2014by Admin 1 Comment

One of the busiest parts of the city centre, the steps below the Royal Concert Hall at the top of Buchanan Street are not just iconic, but one of Glasgow’s […]

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