The BBC is expected to confirm tomorrow that its dedicated Scotland television channel will move online only. I’ve seen television change before. I’m less interested in where they put the programmes than whether they remember to take Scotland with them.
The promises are legal, the progress is real, and the gap is still enormous. The figures refuse to arrange themselves into anyone’s preferred political story.
The bits Glasgow can finally see are lovely. The trouble is that every glimpse of the finished city seems to arrive with another cone, delay or unexpected pipe.
Dennistoun Community Council says it could cease to exist without new volunteers. Mammy has the forms, the pen and several questions about everybody else’s availability.
Secure cycle storage has proved popular enough that thousands of Glaswegians are still waiting for a space. The Inspector would like to see the numbers.
Glasgow is trying to replace a pay system rooted in historic inequality. The problem is that the proposed fix could leave some workers thousands of pounds worse off.
