Comments on: Shooting Star Purcell Crashes.

By: gg2000

gg2000 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:39:38 +0000

whit on earth is the pope going to think of us.he might cancel his forthcoming visit to the city.i was so looking forward to the headlines.”anti gay pope refuses to allow gay council leader to kiss his ring”.

By: "Chemically dependant" Purcell swaps top Glasgow job for rehab

"Chemically dependant" Purcell swaps top Glasgow job for rehab — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:01:03 +0000

[...] who ruled the city with a soft skin hand in a mauve glove, resigned over the weekend, citing “stress and exhaustion.” What could have been the cause? He dumped his wife and came out as gay back in 2006, so it [...]

By: Josh H

Josh H — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:37:21 +0000

English Viking, that is terribly brilliant.

By: Gill

Gill — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:02:15 +0000

No I’m not the poet in residence. I just feel that it shouldn’t be a choice between a modernised subway system and a poet in residence. We’d all be behind a modernised subway system, but I’d like my own journey and that of visitors to be the most positive experience that it can be. If that involves a bit of poetry, some art installations and the occassional subway festival, then I’m happy to pay my taxes . I just don’t want to live in a grey drab world.

“But if I go into an ice cream parlour and give the guy behind the counter my money I expect a bloody good ice cream! I

By: The Mole

The Mole — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:05:55 +0000

As for my previous statement

“What exactly is a

By: The Mole

The Mole — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:59:06 +0000

Gill?

You aint the particular SPT poet in question trying to justify yourself are you?

By: The Mole

The Mole — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:57:07 +0000

Hmmm!

Yes I hate poets!
I really hate poets!
Their alliteration, assonance, measure and rhyme!
They choose their words, however absurd
There

By: Gill

Gill — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:35:48 +0000

http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/glasgow-news/school-news/2010/02/18/garnetbank-primary-pupils-go-underground-with-spt-bard-john-rice-102692-22052721/

By: Gill

Gill — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:20:49 +0000

“As I

By: The Mole

The Mole — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:36:21 +0000

What exactly is a

By: The Mole

The Mole — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:50 +0000

“Rabbi Burns”
Ha! Sorry I meant Rabbie Burns
Ooops!

By: The Mole

The Mole — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:16:04 +0000

By: Vimes

Vimes — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:01:06 +0000

Well, it could be worse – at least it’s not Simon Armitage.

http://www.spt.co.uk/culture/poetry/

By: Gill

Gill — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:47:06 +0000

Sorry to depart from the Steven Purcell chat but I felt I had to respond to the SPT “mole” rant on the misuse of public money with regard
to SPT’s poet in residence. Firstly I work in the private sector and do not have the insight into SPT, which the mole claims to have. But like most people, I do pay taxes and have issues with how that money is being spent. However, I cannot see how a poet at SPT, who’s remit includes engaging Glasgow’s school children to become more involved in literature can be viewed in a negative way. Sadly many children leave school with literacy levels that are way below the expected standard, which inevitably leads to them being left in the margins of society. Should an initiative that tries to address this be discouraged? My nephew’s class at Bellahouston Academy, (where the catchment area is one of the most deprived in Europe), had such a positive experience when they entered the poetry competition organized by the SPT poet.

One of our most famous exports is Rabbie Burns – I loved the subway’s homecoming tribute to the bard – a pop art Burn’s carriage. A subway journey is an opportunity to engage with many people across the strata of society and crucially tourists. It is the perfect platform to showcase Scottish talent and we should be maximising that for the benefit of our tourist industry.

Is it so bad that a drab subway journey is brightened with a humorous poem? Should it not be applauded that a poet is exposing children to literature, by using a journey on the subway as a starting point?

I’m sure the mole and perhaps others feel that it shouldn’t be down to a transport body to address literacy in our society. But thankfully some people have the ability to see the bigger picture. Well done SPT.

By: The Mole

The Mole — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:16:19 +0000

Well you know what they say about cocaine being the drug of choice of people with too much money/people who are paid too much.
Maybe we are paying our Councilors far too much, just as we are our MPs

Obviously these are just random statements and I’m in no way whatsoever referring to Mr Purcell “condition” ( …Hmmm! )

By: Bugger (the Panda)

Bugger (the Panda) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:29:28 +0000

http://joanmcalpine.typepad.com/joan_mcalpine/2010/03/the-blogosphere-is-bristling-with-rumours-as-to-reasons-for-stephen-purcells-resignationtory-bearis-very-unsympathetic-to-ru.html

the missing link

By: Bugger (the Panda)

Bugger (the Panda) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:51:55 +0000

Over at Rab;s Rant he thinks that Stephen Purcell as been drinking too muck Coca Cola.

By: Subrosa

Subrosa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:34:25 +0000

Aye I’m sure there’s a lot more to come out on this one. SPT is perhaps the straw which broke the camel’s back. Labour are playing it very cool. Iain Gray’s comment on radio was visibly lacking in praise for Purcell and Alex Salmond sounded excessive in his compliments by comparison.

Think I’ll hold off for a wee while before I post on it, but it won’t be a Scottish paper which finally cracks the facts.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:33:18 +0000

“Thaddeus,
Ever since your comment we

By: Govanmac

Govanmac — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:08:45 +0000

There is a lot more to come out in this one, wait for the fireworks…..

I understand a top woman labour councillor’s husband who is an MSP is a very good friend of ‘stressed out steven’.
I can’t say too much on this at the moment. Why do you think he has surrounded himself with a legal team?
The papers where about to run a story which will rock the Labour party to the core, and there are people moving heaven and earth to stop it.

Watch this space…