Comments on: Some Reflections On Glasgow East

By: Iain

Iain — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:27:32 +0000

Thanks for the comments and the reciprocal add, Alison!

I take your point about flats and tenements – indeed I notice from the statistics that the percentage of apartments is not too dissimilar in some of the more affluent parts of Glasgow.

However, I think that where you have poor housing – and there is plenty of that in Calton and the surrounding areas – the tenemental design exacerbates many of the problems. The communal areas become dark, neglected and threatening, and it only takes one bad neighbour to drag down the entire block of 6/8.

By: bellgrovebelle

bellgrovebelle — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:48:56 +0000

Hey,

interesting post, and thanks for the add!

I’m going to blog a bit more on the Calton when I have time, particularly after the recent WHO report. While you can’t deny the figures, I’m not convinced repeatedly telling people that they’re going to die young and sick will really help much.

Incidentally, I wouldn’t say 85% of people living in tenements is necessarily a bad thing – but it does make leafleting more like proper excercise!

See ya around,

Alison

By: Richard Carvath

Richard Carvath — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:20:03 +0000

To Cllr Martin O’Neill: Don’t be surprised if the Salford Advertiser/MEN Group decide to shut you out of their media monopoly. They have their own political (and business) agenda and if it doesn’t suit them to give you a voice then they won’t. It’s as simple as that I’m afraid.

On the election result: It doesn’t surprise me that the pro-life SNP candidate defeated the Labour candidate who fully supported all the evil measures contained in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

By: Councillor Martin O'Neill

Councillor Martin O'Neill — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:37:56 +0000

Another interesting by-election result, well not counting David Davies. Just hoping we’re on the cusp of a revolution when votes are not taken for granted because you live in a certain ’safe seat’.
I watched Barack Obama give his speach in Berlin and to see so many people believing in a message of hope and change was a great inspiration. A message where people will be listened to.
It is a shame when I look at the leadership of Greater Manchester who meet today in the guise of AGMA.
These people have twisted are democratic system into something repellant. I only hope they see the light and give the people a voice on congestion charging.
My one hope is that any referendum is not as biased and leading to the yes camp as the so-called consultation, which has been nothing more than massage the ego’s of the regions leaders.
The advertiser has had a representative from Wigan and MAnchester in sucessive weeks talking about congestion yet they wont talk to me.
On reading the MEN today it makes me wonder whether the editor is in fact Richard Leese and his co-council David Ottewell.
“my kingdom for fair and balanced reporting”

By: Glasgow East by-election special - Scottish Roundup

Glasgow East by-election special - Scottish Roundup — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:06:33 +0000

[...] Conservative Councillor Iain Lindley has not seen much of Glasgow since his childhood, but reports on his thoughts campaigning for the Tories. [...]