Quote Originally Posted by oldcolner View Post
That isn’t how I see the city centre, but I suppose it depends where you were and what time. There are parts in the East that look after homeless and in the west where there was a soup kitchen for them. Intrigued by the stall holders, never seen them, where were they?
If you were walking up Queen Street towards the Royal Concert Hall, they were pitched at the bottom of the steps - two stalls - Scottish flags flying and leafleting and touting for donations and membership.

Their passion was admirable, but I had real trouble understanding their thick Glaswegian accents.

When we walked past the Central Station and crossed the River Clyde, I was shocked at the decline. It looked to me like all of Nicola's cash allocation stays in Edinburgh, but I really don't know Scottish domestic politics so I can't comment.

The difference between Edinburgh and Glasgow was startling to me, chalk and cheese and all that.