As a born and bred Weegie exiled in the apparently cold east, I afforded myself a chuckle at my fellow columnist Kevin McKenna’s interview with Glasgow architect and author Neil Baxter and his claim that the Scottish Government is hopelessly biased in favour of Edinburgh.

It is not that I disagree with his complaint that the neglect and desecration of Glasgow’s mediaeval core is a national disgrace, quite the opposite, but I can only presume Baxter missed the recent spat over the Scottish Government’s different reaction to the fire on Glasgow’s Union Street and Princes Street. No ministerial Hi-Viz jacket was knowingly undone on Renfield Street, but it seemed our political masters had to be dragged to Princes Street to witness the chaos for themselves.

“As far as the Scottish Government is concerned, the Glasgow School of Art rebuild would be funded within a minute if it was in Edinburgh,” said Baxter, but I’m not so sure. Like Glasgow’s Old Town, the burnt-out Mac should be a source of national shame, but if it happened in Edinburgh – and it’s actually quite hard to think of an Edinburgh building with the equivalent importance for architecture and design heritage and development – more likely would be a presumption that the capital can look after itself.

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