Watched the BBC doc about Glasgow on iPlayer. A few observations.
Framed as investigative journalism, the voyeuristic and judgemental reality is clear from the outset. We start with a rendition of "I Belong to Glasgow", which is famously sung from the perspective of a drunk man
@newglasgowsoc Never been to Chicago but it looks like the river cuts through the city, hence all the bridges. Historically, and perhaps by recent design, the Clyde feels more like a border to the city centre, so people sort of need to go out their way to head that way.
Is taxpayers' money just a myth? https://t.co/UYzx0WNm9x
In this video, I explain why your taxes do not fund government spending, how government money is actually created, and why the taxpayer's money myth exists to serve an agenda of austerity.
@topofthemoonGW As if they got too lost in the process of looking at replays from different angles and speeds to step back and think, "hang on, he's just full-on head butted him after the whistle's gone."
Well, *something* good came from the Glasgow Wonka Experience.
@Monorail_Music is @MrNishKumar's Hero of the Week on the new Pod Save the UK with @cocobyname. Listen now... https://t.co/0G12rmurTr
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND was released 20 years ago this week. One of Hollywood’s most surreal love stories and the second collaboration between director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman, the making of story will never be erased from your memory…
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Just as relevant of Sunak and the Tories.