Posted by: allanthedc, tollcross on 12:05pm Mon 24 Mar 08
And just who exactly will define "affordable"? The councillors, the developers, or the speculators who will snap these bargains up out of their loose change?
As usual, genuine locals will miss out, mark my words.
And just who exactly will define "affordable"? The councillors, the developers, or the speculators who will snap these bargains up out of their loose change?
As usual, genuine locals will miss out, mark my words.
Posted by: Johnny Punchclock, Glasgow on 12:38pm Mon 24 Mar 08
It'll never work. It's doomed to fail. Bring back matrons. They're doing it all wrong. It's political correctness gone mad. Things were better in the old days.
It'll never work. It's doomed to fail. Bring back matrons. They're doing it all wrong. It's political correctness gone mad. Things were better in the old days.
Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 3:07pm Mon 24 Mar 08
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500."
Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into [bold]wastelands of hopelessness[/bold]. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value.
The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500."
Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into
wastelands of hopelessness. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value.
The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.
Posted by: George Brown, glasgow on 7:08pm Mon 24 Mar 08
Who are they kidding? Boarded up with family and ten years on housing list. yet the first priority is to emigrants
Who are they kidding? Boarded up with family and ten years on housing list. yet the first priority is to emigrants
Posted by: thezombieyoda, Glasgow on 5:37pm Tue 25 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Sydney Meriwether[/bold] wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into [bold]wastelands of hopelessness[/bold]. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.[/quote] here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold] [/italic] noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold][/italic] merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called [bold]'wastelands of hopelessness'[/bold]?
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into wastelands of hopelessness. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.
here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same
'were all doomed' noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the
'were all doomed' merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called
'wastelands of hopelessness'?
Posted by: thezombieyoda, Glasgow on 5:37pm Tue 25 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Sydney Meriwether[/bold] wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into [bold]wastelands of hopelessness[/bold]. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.[/quote] here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold] [/italic] noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold][/italic] merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called [bold]'wastelands of hopelessness'[/bold]?
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into wastelands of hopelessness. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.
here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same
'were all doomed' noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the
'were all doomed' merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called
'wastelands of hopelessness'?
Posted by: thezombieyoda, Glasgow on 5:37pm Tue 25 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Sydney Meriwether[/bold] wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into [bold]wastelands of hopelessness[/bold]. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.[/quote] here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold] [/italic] noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the [italic][bold]'were all doomed'[/bold][/italic] merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called [bold]'wastelands of hopelessness'[/bold]?
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
Last Wednesday in the ET, Helen Kyle, director of Scotland in Europe, told us how "Govan had a population of 130,000. It now stands at 22,500." Today we are told that 219 homes will "breathe new life into Govan." The sad fact is that Glasgow City Council has allowed, over a period of many tears, Glasgow's economic and social heartlands to decay into wastelands of hopelessness. If anyone wants to be deluded into thinking that sticking a plaster on a gaping wound is going to help the long-term regeneration of this city, then keep reading these stories at face-value. The fact is that this 'plan' is no more than a tacky, superficial bit of spin, which demonstrates yet again that Glasgow City Council (under Labour mis-management) is content on doing way too little, way, way too late.
here's pessimism at its best working away quietly in the background while everyone else gets on with the job of making Glasgow a better place for everyone else (including Mr/Mrs? Meriwether )to live in. If they cannot see how much has changed for the good over the last 10/15/20 years, then this person cannot be living in Glasgow!
For a number of years I was the Secretary of a Housing Co-op/Association in Castlemilk and I would hear the same
'were all doomed' noises from many different people. One chap in particular who was a singer songwriter was in there process of writing a song about 'how bad it was living in the Castlemilk hell-hole', it turned out he hadn't lived there for around 15 years and had'nt been aware of Cstlemilk completely changing since my Housing Co-op had been formed in 1985!! This was typical of the
'were all doomed' merchants!
Perhaps Mr/Mrs Meriwether aught to a walk around the areas quoted in the story and see all the changes thatt have taken place - or does he have a song he's written called
'wastelands of hopelessness'?
Posted by: thezombieyoda, Glasgow on 5:44pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Sorry fellow commentators don't know what went wrong, I posted my original comment 3 times somehow, what a silly technophobe I am <lol>.
TZY
Sorry fellow commentators don't know what went wrong, I posted my original comment 3 times somehow, what a silly technophobe I am <lol>.
TZY
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