Nest of Fearties #15: A Glasgow We Can Afford w/ Stella Rooney and Paul Shaw

As Buildings across Glasgow crumble, gentrification strips the city's working-class neighbourhoods of their core identities. In Scotland's largest city, the legacy of the Thatcher years looms large. For instance, in 2021, if you lived in Pollokshields West, life expectancy was 83 years, while in nearby Greater Govan it was 65 – a gap of 18 years for a mere 3 miles. It's a bleak picture.However, Glasgow's residents refuse to accept the status quo. Workers, tenants, and commuters from Drumchapel to Dalmarnock have taken action over rising rents, damp flats, soaring bus fares, and collapsing services.Now with rent controls won in the Scottish Parliament and the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) moving forward with bus franchising, could ‘The Dear Green Place’ be just around the corner? To answer this question, Rory Hamilton is joined by Paul Shaw of Get Glasgow Moving and Stella Rooney of Living Rent Glasgow. Join Living Rent. Support Better Buses for Strathclyde. If you enjoy the podcast, support Skotia on Patreon.