The Grangemouth oil refinery strike is now national news, and no longer a purely Scottish affair. Despite calls for people to not panic, it’s been hard to miss the queues at petrol stations, and many of them - here in Glasgow - seem to be struggling to keep up with demand. The public don’t seem […]
Further to the Campaign meeting last week, the Save Pollok Park campaign have put together details of what matters should be raised with the council in order to get the plan called-in to Scottish Ministers. My own letter is here, feel free to use it, but do make it your own. I’ve popped mine in the […]
The council, in it’s dismissal of the Save Pollok Park campaign - like to suggest its opposition to Go Ape in Pollok Park is a negative, single-issue campaign, devoid of constructive suggestions for how the council could meet it’s goals and targets to improve the use of the park. So to counter that, I thought […]
Last night both Frances and I attended the campaign meeting against Go Ape in Pollok Park, excellently organised - as ever - by Save Pollok Park. It was good to finally briefly meet Bill Fraser too, having exchanged plenty of e-mails over the last few months! There’s good coverage of the meeting at the Evening times, […]
One of my three local councillors, David Meikle, yesterday resigned from the Glasgow Council planning committee. He gave a statement: Following today’s outrageous decision to approve Go Ape I can no longer sit as a member of the Planning Committee. Go Ape is a fantastic facility but will, in my opinion, have a detrimental […]
Sad but hardly shocking news that the lemmings at Glasgow council have approved the Go Ape proposal. The BBC covers the story, and gives the final vote as 14 in favour, 6 against. I gather this includes a number of SNP councillors, which shows the ineptitude is not even along party lines. This clearly demonstrates we […]
At risk of sounding a bit flippant, it’s all starting to get ‘properly serious’ in the Save Pollok Park campaign to prevent Go Ape from setting up in Pollok Park’s North Wood, and thereby ruining the tranquility of one of the few remaining peaceful parts of the park. In the next week or soNext Tuesday the […]
I consider myself an ethical shopper. I endeavour where practical to choose food products that are raised in a considerate and compassionate way, with a concern for the long term sustainability of the product and our environment. This includes local producers (at Glasgow’s Farmers markets), supermarket badged UK Organic produce, or Free range. I’m […]
Is the Go Ape proposal in Pollok park the straw that broke the camels back? Glasgow council need to realise pretty sharply that their behaviour with regards the atrocious “public consultation” has antagonised a lot of people in Glasgow. There was a palpable sense at both the Go Ape meeting, and the recent ‘future of […]
An online petition has been setup for everybody to register their opposition to Glasgow council and Go Ape’s proposal for Pollok Park. The target of 2,000 signatures would exceed the average number of votes cast for a city councillor at the 2007 election. The petition will close on 16 March. If you’ve ever visited Pollok Park, […]
