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, [...]
I spent an hour or so over in Pollok Park this afternoon attending the Save Pollok Park organised vigil. It was a spectacular success, with organisers counting 1,100 people in attendance. Particularly impressive given it was organised in very little time. Quite clearly an example of how much local opinion is against the proposal. [...]
Interesting news from the political scene up here in Scotland. First Minister Alex Salmond has threatened to resign if his budget doesn’t pass. On first hearing this I was surprised, but as you look at the detail it’s probably unlikely he’ll need to do so. Brian Taylor explains it better than I can, but the [...]
A week after attending the Go Ape Public meeting, Frances and I were at another public meeting, this time on the future of our local ‘town centre’ of Shawlands, in the heart of Glasgow’s south-side. It was organised by the excellent G41 local news organisation, and very well attended - I’d estimate between 200 and [...]
Since the Go Ape proposal for Pollok Park, especially with the councils huge conflict of interest came to light, I’ve found myself wondering what else Glasgow council has been up to. I also got to wondering what councillors have to say on this, and other matters. So I thought I’d have a look around and [...]
The Save Pollok Park campaign sent out an e-mail this morning highlighting a number of issues surrounding the Go Ape proposal for the historic North Wood. The big news was that my local constituency MSP, Nicola Sturgeon, has publicly come down against the proposal in a letter to The Herald. At the recent Public meeting [...]
I’ve blogged a number of times about the Go Ape proposal (here on the consultation, here, and here), and last night went along to the Save Pollok Park public meeting. The Herald does a much better job at summarising it than I can manage (and believe me, I tried). The BBC is also starting to [...]
I’ve previously blogged about the Go Ape proposal in Pollok Park (here and here). It’s currently a very hot topic in Glasgow, and the letters pages of the various newspapers have been full of debate, largely because of the excellent efforts of the Save Pollok Park campaign. A lot of people, myself included, feel that Glasgow [...]
The US elections are proving absolutely fascinating after Hillary Clinton won the latest primary, and there are some top-class BBC journalists doing an excellent job reporting this interesting process to us Brits. Jon Snow, former ITN Washington correspondent (My review of his autobiography here), has charged over there the last week or so, and has [...]
