Mr Smith read the profile piece by Gillian Bowditch in the Sunday Times on the Leader of the City of Glasgow Council, Steven Purcell, in which very little insight was offered into the views and life of Celtic supporting, bus taking, man from Yoker, Councillor Purcell.
"We don't have a Labour administration in the city (of Glasgow)," he (Councillor Purcell) says. "We have a Glasgow administration ...." Eh ... sorry Steven ... you may not have noticed ... but you do actually lead a Labour administration in Glasgow.
And then our Gillian concludes with the lack of a killer question to Councillor Purcell about the issue of fatherhood, given that he is by his own admission gay. "He says he's never thought about having children of his own. Just now, it is not an issue as he is single. Any future relationship will have to take into account that Purcell is a man who is married to the job." Actually Gillian, there may be a few more significant issues than that. If he wants a kid then fine, but glossing over the real issues with schmaltz really isn't good enough.
"We don't have a Labour administration in the city (of Glasgow)," he (Councillor Purcell) says. "We have a Glasgow administration ...." Eh ... sorry Steven ... you may not have noticed ... but you do actually lead a Labour administration in Glasgow.
And then our Gillian concludes with the lack of a killer question to Councillor Purcell about the issue of fatherhood, given that he is by his own admission gay. "He says he's never thought about having children of his own. Just now, it is not an issue as he is single. Any future relationship will have to take into account that Purcell is a man who is married to the job." Actually Gillian, there may be a few more significant issues than that. If he wants a kid then fine, but glossing over the real issues with schmaltz really isn't good enough.
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