THERE was a teacher in my primary who insisted everyone “had to be friends” with one another – whether we got on, fought, or really had…
Short-term let operators campaign against introduction of short-term let licensing outside the Scottish Parliament
There were a little more than 30 of us in the whole school. Kids were scattered in dribs and drabs throughout all seven years. It’s a credit to my teachers. Some have stayed in the community. Others have moved on. They’re nurses and doctors and physiotherapists, ecologists and artists, musicians and civil servants and historians.
I sometimes wonder if being brought up in this kind of community made me a bit more conscious about how conflict-averse so much of Scottish culture is. We tell ourselves we’re a rare people for flyting and slagging. I can put the boot in. In, the boot often deserves to be put. But if a problem can be reckoned with, and analysed, and addressed through open dialogue – that’s my first preference every time.“to take sides in Scotland as well as taking Scotland’s side”.
The issue only gained serious political traction long after MSPs actually passed the underlying legislation., claiming they’re being “pogromed”, and otherwise howling into the void – they’re powering up crowdfunders, mobilising the media and seeking any legal mechanism they can find to block the measures aimed at bringing short-term lets in urban Scotland back under some kind of regulatory control.
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