Glasgow - Wild Horses
If readers know of anyone in Glasgow who has a herd of wild horses they are not using at the moment, can you drop me a note?
Because it looks as if we might need 'wild horses' to get the City Council Leader, Susan Aitken, to come a meeting with Glasgow's equal pay claimants.
Even though Susan agreed to such a meeting a year ago, back in 2017 at an equal pay event in the Dixon Halls.
Glasgow - Readers Have Their Say (01/12/18)
Lots of claimants have written to Susan Aitken in support of the 'I am Spartacus' campaign.
The strange things is that this time last year the Council Leader and some of her colleagues were only too happy to meet with the Claimants, hear what they has to say and discuss the issues surrounding the fight for equal pay in Glasgow.
But 12 months on the same elected councillors are now hiding behind a group of senior officials who have been defending the 'unfit for purpose' WPBR pay scheme for years.
Now I find this very surprising because it's not that long ago that SNP politicians were full of praise for the kind of intense public debate and voter engagement which typified the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence.
Yet over the question of equal pay the Council's senior politicians are suddenly very wary of meeting with the Claimants and engaging directly on the issues that are standing in the way of a settlement.
Local democracy is not always joyous, the environment can be tough and challenging, but one thing's for sure - it's made much more difficult if politicians develop a 'bunker mentality' about meeting directly with the people they claim to represent.
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They use you then drop you is not a new move in politics
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Yes total down right ignorant - we won't forget this when they're looking for votes as she will definitely not be getting mine
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