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The brave new world that never was

In his Aw That column MATT KERR looks, with dejection, at the opportunities squandered in the 80 years since Victory in Europe

MY daughter is about to turn 18, and in no particular mood to hang about. It looks like she’s going to be off to university in a few months, and the thought of her leaving fills me with pride, and dread in equal measure.

A bit of me hoped she’d stay in our city, but that’s no longer my call, and I’m wrong anyway.

She was born a week after I was elected to Glasgow City Council, and a few months before the biggest financial crash in corporate history. Whatever efforts we’ve put into giving her a decent start in life, austerity has dominated its entirety.

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