Mayday.

I was in Glasgow for that annual celebration of labour, in its broadest sense, the annual Glasgow mayday march and rally. Unlike many other parts of the UK, Mayday events still a\ttract quite a turnout, about 3, 000 at best estimate, in Glasgow and it was good to see a sizeable contingent from the Glasgow Save Our Schools campaign continuing to vocally protest the ongoing attempts by Glasgow's New Labour city council to close many local schools which are often the only community facilities that exist in deprived areas of the city. Glasgow is still a city wherepeople are prepared to fight to retain what services they have and that any campaign such as this always produces articulate and effective spokespersons even from the poorest areas.

I suspect its the sort of spirit bwe may all need to find in our own communities in the years to come as the cost of the current economic mess comes down on our own heads.