As Glasgow Labour Prepare to Lose Control, Are They Out of Control?
We are in the dying days of the old regime. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Labour look set to lose their grip on Glasgow’s City Chambers. It […]
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Which Glasgow Politician is Still Game’s Corrupt Councillor McVitie?
The season finale of Still Game’s much welcomed revival on Friday followed a plot familiar to anyone who has lived in Glasgow over the last decade, as the residents of […]
We found out about a Glasgow Councillor’s other job…and now you can too
A Glasgow councillor, who was arrested back in May, has another job. Yvonne Küçük, who represents the Calton Ward and is currently suspended from the Labour Party, is working at […]
The City Chambers Rainbow Flag and Showing Solidarity Even When It’s Inconvenient
Guest Post by Liam Hainey The mass murder which took place in an Orlando gay club has, rightly, shocked the world. While on Sky News a visibly upset Owen Jones was […]
Fake Goods and Rogue Traders: Authorities Step Up Bid to Demonise The Barras
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” […]
Is Dennistoun’s “Cereal Cafe” a Sign of Creeping Gentrification?
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, […]
Will The Barras survive regeneration?
“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 […]
