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Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

This is message 23 in the Isaiah series. Isaiah 23:1-18 Trye, once a wealthy maritime power known for its trade and influence, became a symbol of pride and self-reliance judged by God. Though it flourished through alliances, commerce, and cultural influence, its downfall came through divine judgement carried out by nations like Babylon and later Alexander the Great. Yet, in God's purpose, Tyre's wealth was ultimately turned to His glory, and its legacy continued into the New Testament as the gospel reached its people. Tyre's story reminds us that no nation or power can stand apart from God's sovereign hand. Don't forget to download our app for more from the Riverview Baptist Church. http://onelink.to/rbcapp Find more at https://riverviewbc.com/ Donate through Pushpay https://pushpay.com/pay/riverviewbc

We are all but puppets, dancing as they pull our strings. You are all but listeners, frolicing as we're taking shelter from the rain, meeting with an outland mage, being honest about forbidden knowledge, refusing to be a puppet, wishing no more need of tears, excavating at the mines, delivering job reports, falling out of Mana Secrets, recruiting a juvenile game hunter, buying freedom with blood, slaughtering deserters, appearing on a handbill for heresy, justifying infinite war, adopting a son in law, and making our first real friend. We've had our fill of blood and death 00:00 Season 7 | 03:47 Intro | 05:42 Merchant City of Dorter | 09:00 Animated Cut-Scene | 17:43 Job Report | 21:07 Luso Clemens | 29:21 Grogh Heights | 37:05 Orrin | 47:59 Real Net | 50:52 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Twitter: @retroamnesiapod YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  

A verse-by-verse study of Revelation 15-22. This lesson focuses on songs of victory, the 7 vials of wrath, Armageddon, the Mother of Harlots, the Cage of Babylon, the Merchant City, Lamenting the Crash, the Marriage of the Lamb, the Supper of the Great God, the Second Coming, the Millennial reign, Gog & Magog, Final Judgment, the New Jerusalem, the Tree of Life, not adding or subtracting, the clear choice, and more.  0:00 Introduction 5:00 Songs of Victory 13:46 The 7 Plagues 18:35 Reassuring the Lord of Judgment 30:04 Armageddon 46:23 The Mother of Harlots 55:11 The Beast & the City 1:09:54 The Cage of Babylon 1:16:50 The Collapse of the Merchant City 1:25:28 Babylon's Catalog of Wares 1:30:43 Lamenting the Crash 1:39:13 The 3 Facets of Babylon 1:43:29 The Marriage of the Lamb 1:56:36 The Coming of Christ 2:08:16 The Supper of the Great God 2:14:46 Cast into the Bottomless Pit 2:21:03 Millennial Reign and Gog & Magog 2:27:44 Final Judgment 2:34:51 The New Jerusalem 2:40:48 All Things New 2:45:02 The Celestial City 2:59:29 The Tree of Life 3:08:15 The Bright & Morning Star 3:12:59 No Addition or Subtraction 3:20:51 Come, Lord Jesus 3:25:25 Final Review 3:31:04 The Clearest Choice

Two in a row - complete! Spunkphone and Reidzo discuss Hearts 0-2 Celtic, a result that confirms that we are champions once again. The duo discuss the EMPHATIC triumph and pay tribute to the manager and the players for their outstanding success this season. Also discussed: boozing in the street and future parties in Merchant City!Music Credit - Sister Christian - Night RangerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigpod/?hl=en

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It's Cup Final Weekend and the boys give their predictions and Grado asks some mysterious riddles. We are proudly sponsored by G4 Claims/G4 Podcast Studio, PerformanceTyres.net and Mr Blonde! http://www.notatfaultclaim.com/ Not at Fault Claim Made Easy. We can provide you with complete accident management support you require. We recover our costs from the at fault party, we wont take a percentage off your compensation claim. You can also contact your insurance company for assistance or instruct a solicitor of your choice. https://www.performancetyres.net/ Tyre Specialists & High Performance Tyres in Glasgow, Ayr, Carmunnock and Scotland Performance Tyres supply a wide range of high quality performance tyres at low, low prices. We now have three branches (Anniesland, Ayr and Carmunnock) covering all four points of the central belt. We stock all the major tyre brands - Pirelli, Hankook, Avon, Uniroyal, Yokohama, Continental, Goodyear etc. for car, 4x4, Light Trucks & Vans, we supply All-Season Tyres, Winter Tyres, & Run Flat Tyres for all seasons. We provide a professional tyre fitting service and all branches have up to the minute fitting equipment to take care of those precious alloy wheels and provide the highest standard of computerised wheel balancing and accurate wheel alignment. Mr Blonde! Advocates Of Modern Barbering Our services cover a range of cutting, colouring and styling to suit every occasion. At Mr. Blonde, we believe that a quality cut is one that not only looks great when leaving the salon, but is easy to maintain and can be worn in a variety of styles in day to day life. Merchant City 20 Wilson Street Glasgow G1 1SS 0141 230 0524

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CORRECTIONS:  ISAIAH 13:19,22---|---JEREMIAH 25:11---|---ISAIAH 14:12,16,17---|---"TO RECAP IN PART"---AND---"RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH"---HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN SOMETHING THAT THE LORD HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED-WE KNOW THE BEAST AND THE GREAT RED DRAGON WILL COLLABERATE TO ESTABLISH THE MARK OF THE BEAST - IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE COMMERCE OF BUYING AND SELLING-IMMEDIATELY-IN THE DAYS AFTER THE TRUE CHURCH BODY OF JESUS CHRIST HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP-THIS PODCAST REALLY SHOWS MANKIND-THAT  THIS WORLD PRESENT STATE-HAVE BEEN ALREADY ACTED OUT BY SOME OF MANKIND'S PREVIOUS CIVILIZATIONS-THE LORD HAVE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO INCORPERATE IT WITHIN THE principalities-OF THIS WORLD-THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE EXISTENCE OF MANKIND-JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK-FOR A TRUE CHURCH BODY-TO WISK US AWAY-JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME-THAT IS-ACCORDING TO THE LORD'S WILL AND TIMIMG-WE DO NOT HAVE TO BUY GUNS TO FIGHT TO STAY HERE ON EARTH-NOR DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER AND KILL TO BE READY TO LEAVE-THE VERY REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO BE READY FOR JESUS CHRIST-ARE YET THE SAME REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FIX THIS TROUBLING WORLD- REALLY IMAGINE-DO NOT KILL-DO NOT STEAL-AND-LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF-I AM REALLY AMAZED OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MINDS HAVE BEEN BLINDED FROM THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST-AND FEEL HATRED AND REBELLION IS THE PATH FOR THE CORRECTION OF MANKINDS ILLS WITHIN THIS PRESENT CIVILIZATION-WHO HATH DECEIVED THE WHOLE WORLD-WHO HATH BEWITCHED THIS WORLD FROM FOLLOWING THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST-WITH THINGS LIKE-DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT CONTRARY TO THE BIBLE-BUT BE GOOD-CIVILIZED-AND HAVE TRUE DIGNITY-AND CHARACTER-OR AT LEAST-TRY TO ACT LIKE IT-THAT IS LIKE EXPECTING MANKIND TO BE SOMETHING-THAT THEY ARE NOT-A FOUND SNAKE-WAS A SNAKE WHEN ITS FOUND-THIS PODCAST IS REALLY REVOLUTIONARY-IT EXPLAINS THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEA-ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE-THE SEA-AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN-I AM SEARCHING FOR WHERE ADAM WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SEA-ITS CREATURES AND CONTENTS-THE SEA IS AS VITAL TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD-AS IT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR-THE PAST ENCOUNTERS OF CIVILIZATIONS-THE REVELATION READERS WILL ENJOY HAVING SOME LIGHT SHINED ON SOME DARKLY GLASS LOOKING SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS-DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY-WHEN THE RIVERS AND THE SEA BEGIN TO RECEDE AND DRY UP-THE LORD IS UPSET WITH THE principalities ESTABLISHED BEFORE US-WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE HARD HEADED BRUTISH/SOTTISH CHILDREN OF GOD-FAILING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLE IS DOING WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE SEAS AND IT RIVERS-TO INCLUDE ITS MERCHANTS AND TRAFFICKERS-GOD HAVE WRITTEN IT FOR ALL MANKIND TO SEARCH OUT-SO DO NOT BLAME GOD-YOU MAY BUY THEM BOOKS AND SEND THEM TO SCHOOL-BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM READ THE BIBLE OR UNDERSTAND THE BOOK-IT IS DOWN RIGHT UNCIVILIZED-THAT A COUNTRY MAY HAVE A BIBLE IN CLOSE TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN IT-AND YET SO MUCH STUFF EXISTS WITHIN IT BORDERS-WELL WE NEED TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND-HOW MUCH WE NEED JESUS-OUR WHOLE CIVILIZATION SEEMS TO BE SURRENDERING THEIR RIGHTS THROUGH FORCED RESTRICTIONS-BECAUSE THEY SEEK TO BRING ABOUT TRUE PEACE THROUGH VIOLENCE -AND-UPROAR-AND COMMOTION-WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU BRING TROUBLE AND YOU REAP TROUBLE-WHO HAVE DECEIVED THE WHOLE WORLD-WELL I KNEW-I WAS NOT VERY BRIGHT-OR SO I HAD BEEN TOLD-BUT NOW I KNOW-FOR SURE-EVERY DAY I FEEL A LITTLE MORE ASSURED-A MAN DO NOT NEED EDUCATION OR WEALTH TO KNOW THIS WHOLE WORLD IS IN TROUBLE AS IT STANDS TODAY-ENJOY THE PODCAST MEN AS TREES CD MINISTRIES.ORG "CHRISTIAN DEVELOPEMNT"

Jack and Colin are joined by Stephen Purdon to discuss the history of Glasgow. As the largest city in Scotland, Glasgow has a lot to offer. From the mighty River Clyde to the historic Merchant City, you're guaranteed to have a great time in Glasgow whether you're a 20-something on the hunt for trendy bars or a pensioner on the lookout for historic attractions. The guys chat about their hometown, its history, and in part two, cover some of the maddest things people have witnessed during their time in Glasgow. Support Wrong Term Memory on https://bit.ly/WTMpatreon (Patreon) https://bit.ly/WTMpies (Pie Sports) have the best pies in Glasgow - order some to your door today An original production from Glasgower Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMillan Our executive producers are Mark Brown, Robert McMillan, Stewart Glass, Andy Sladen and Lee Ruthven Email: hello@wrongtermmemory.com

In this episode Neil takes us on a very personal journey around his old stomping ground, the Merchant City district in Glasgow. It was built by the mighty Glaswegian Tobacco Lords, men whose trading fortunes made them the Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates of their time. In the late C17th and into the C18th their trading ships ensured great wealth poured into Glasgow and they built huge warehouses, veritable cathedrals to commerce, to store their goods . But these riches came at a deadly human cost, every pound and dollar was made on the backs of African slaves. The Triangular slave trade transported men, women and children from Africa to the American colonies, then tobacco, cotton and other commodities were brought back to Europe on the return trip. To help support this podcast and get exclusive access to new videos packed with history, current affairs and a whole lot more sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverThe series Instagram account is – Neil Oliver Love Letter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sat down with Mark Rafferty owner of Mr Blonde that's based in the Merchant City area of Glasgow and is one of Glasgow's popular spots for getting a cracking cut, a cheeky pint and some chat Really interesting chat with Mark covering - Leaving school with no idea of what to do next - Travelling - The search for a job he liked - Getting the chance to grow a career in hair - Mr Blonde - Dealing with massive highs and crushing lows - Building a great team - COVID - Hopes for the future

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In this second catch up with Kristeen Pollock - PT female health expert and GGC Mag Columnist - Kristeen chats about the importance for women to learn basic self defence tactics after an attack which left her with a broken hand in town. She talks about the menopause providing insight as to how women can best navigate it and she also analyses Laura’s weight gain this year, chatting about ways in which we can all manage our diet with a change in lifestyle. Have a listen and enjoy the multitude of facts shared by this brilliant and hilarious gal. Follow Kristeen on: Insta: @kristeen_pt Join Kristeen’s Facebook Group to learn how to workout with your hormones and understand how your menstrual cycle impacts your training: www.facebook.com/groups/548123895524011/ This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

This week we catch up with the amazing Jess Tedds, aka the much-loved foodie instagrammer @justjessfood. With a focus on food, fashion and love, this gorgeous gal shares her story of her career to date in the fashion industry, how she came to be in Glasgow and become a #QuizQueen and how she grew the amazing @justjessfood to over 27K followers!! Jess is also the foodie columnist of the GGC magazine and we love every single recipe she shares!! Fancy finding out Jess' upcoming plans and dreams for her brand and her answer to the question ‘food or fashion’ - then have a listen to this podcast!! For some serious foodie inspo follow @justjessfood on insta now!! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

In this week’s podcast Laura Maginess catches up with Emma Flood, a law school graduate with niche expertise in working with law firms to help them find their brand, and succeed online. After spending six years as a content marketing specialist, Emma now works as a freelance writer, copywriter, SEO specialist, and digital coach. Emma’s most recent project, The Formidables, is designed to support the ever-growing number of micro-businesses with their digital growth efforts. She also runs Ryot GRL an indie beauty business with an online store, pop-up events and support for small beauty businesses. In this podcast Emma shares some of her fabulous expertise, covering advice for anyone thinking of going freelance and some insta growth hacks. To work with Emma, contact her at emma@emmaflood.co.uk Check out https://emmaflood.co.uk/ and https://www.ryotgrl.com/ Insta: @Emma_flood @ryotgrl ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

In this podcast Laura Maginess catches up with Lesley Di Mascio and Natalie Crawford, radio journalists from the Clyde 1 news team. Chatting about everything from a day in the life of a radio news presenter, to the opportunities that are available to journalists in radio and how to react after a blooper on the radio (just wee things like saying Donald Trump was coming for cock with Theresa May...live on air) - we loved this insight into what sounds like a fabulous career. Listen to find out who you can email to get stories features and how you can apply for an internship. Catch up on our podcast with Natalie Crawford 'Week in the Weeg' here: https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/week-in-the-weeg/listen/15365/?fbclid=IwAR2iOeMPTJ_rSM_QN1Er5o4IgojmYtmnohwDXb7skM5CI3LPHbIqlHBs53M Want to send in stories to the Clyde team? Email: clydenews@radioclyde.com This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

In this podcast Laura Maginess catches up Scottish DJ, Travel Presenter, Body Positive Activist, YouTuber and Insta-Famouser Suzie Mac. Suzie shares her story from when she first appeared in Chewing The Fat as a child actress to working for mega media outlets in London, before returning to Glasgow to focus on her career as a social star and DJ. With a following of almost half a million on insta, Suzie shares her tips for insta growth, chats about how she doesn’t play it safe when it comes to content and talks openly about trolling and the scary side of social. Have a listen… Fancy joining us at Suzie’s Social Stars event at So.LA on the 17th April. Grab your tickets here now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-social-media-stars-live-qa-tickets-57398149410? Follow Suzie: Insta: @misssuziemac Facebook: @suziemacpage YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIN6bccqqieMTTmXkqwdSw MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/MissSuzieMac/stream/ This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

On this week’s podcast Laura Maginess catches up with one of the GGC Fitness Magazine Columnists Emma Mondello. Having moved from Australia to Glasgow for love, Emma talks of her adoration for Scotland, shares her tips on training both the mind and body, chats about the importance of focusing on short term goals to achieve the long term objectives and highlights the importance of planning to enable us all to balance our lives and careers with fitness. As a PT and also a Pro Athlete for Natural BodyBuilding in the Bikini Division we catch up with Emma on what life was like in Oz as a bikini body builder, how she achieved the crazy bodybuilder tan and conquered any fears of going out on stage in her bikini to compete. Have a listen... Follow Emma: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PLfitnesswithemma/ Bikini Bootcamp with Emma Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/251455852451520/ This podcast is sponsored by Goodwins Hair Boutique. Goodwins Hair Boutique is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The Salon was opened in 2013 but the staff have been working together for almost 20 years. At Goodwins, clients can expect to be looked after in a comfortable and relaxing environment and can feel at home with the latest magazines and extensive complimentary drinks menu. Goodwins Hair Boutique provide clients with premium hair products including the prestigious Aveda full colour spectrum and product range and Olaplex. Both of these products are vegan friendly and cruelty free. They also work with L’Oréal Professional. Goodwins provide a range of excellent hair services which includes weddings and hair extensions. The Team were proud to receive recognition at the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards in 2018 leaving with a Highly Commended Award in the Best of Glasgow Category Clients are welcome to come along, sit back and relax while they are being pampered. Time spent in Goodwins is all about YOU! For more info head to www.goodwinsboutique.com and follow @goodwinsboutique on insta and @goodwinshairboutique on Facebook

On this week’s podcast Laura Maginess catches up with the incredible duo behind the Empowered Woman Project Mandy Rose Jones and Amy Keast. The Empowered Woman Project aims to change the way woman experience the world around them. This includes petitions to the government, hosting acts of kindness days, events that showcase the strength and stories of fellow women, podcasting, blogging and later this year a Fringe Festival Show. Mandy and Amy are wow. In this podcast they speak openly about their stories, prior to Mandy founding the project and Amy later joining her to support in taking it to a global platform. Have a listen… Follow The Empowered Woman Project: Insta: @theempoweredwomanproject Facebook: @theempoweredwomanproject Blog: https://theempoweredwomanproject.co.uk THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY MHARSANTA. Situated in the heart of Merchant City, Mharsanta brings a taste of Scotland to you. On the menu you can expect a variety of Scottish food from mussels and scallops to home cooked favourites including mince and tatties and steak and sausage pie. The resident chef Dom and his team serve an array of culinary delights to suit every taste at affordable prices. You can also enjoy Bubbles n’ Bites, Mharsanta’s Scottish take on afternoon tea served with prosecco, Brunch every weekend and The Hideout, which is a unique dining room perfect for private events.

In this week’s GGC podcast we catch up with celebrity hair stylist, Daily Record columinist and multiple business owner Pamela Docherty. Through her exciting 20 year career in the beauty industry, Pamela has styled the hair of celebs from around the globe, headed up teams of stylists at runways and major national events and worked alongside brands such as Wella, Patrick Cameron and Fake Bake. As a hair stylist for a national retail group, alongside having her own boutique salon within 132 West Regent Street, Pamela also runs the mutiple-award-winning Asteria Bridal with her business partner and best friend Jennifer Peffer. In this podcast Pam shares her story, fills us in on some of her celeb clients and provides many a laugh! Pam you are a cracker! THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY MHARSANTA. Situated in the heart of Merchant City, Mharsanta brings a taste of Scotland to you. On the menu you can expect a variety of Scottish food from mussels and scallops to home cooked favourites including mince and tatties and steak and sausage pie. The resident chef Dom and his team serve an array of culinary delights to suit every taste at affordable prices. You can also enjoy Bubbles n’ Bites, Mharsanta’s Scottish take on afternoon tea served with prosecco, Brunch every weekend and The Hideout, which is a unique dining room perfect for private events.

On this week’s podcast we catch up with Leah Brooklyn-Wren. Leah is an author (last year she published her first book: How To Be a F**king Unicorn’), creator, performer and designer (check out her clothing brand @11.11earth). Throughout all the fabulous things Leah does her objective in life is to spread love, happiness and joy. Leah is a true believer in the fact we create our reality, therefore we can make our dreams come alive and that is exactly what she is doing. Follow Leah I @leahbrooklyn I @11.11earth I @howtobeaunicornbook YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFjhh87D2wvuGuItket5MzQ THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY MHARSANTA. Situated in the heart of Merchant City, Mharsanta brings a taste of Scotland to you. On the menu you can expect a variety of Scottish food from mussels and scallops to home cooked favourites including mince and tatties and steak and sausage pie. The resident chef Dom and his team serve an array of culinary delights to suit every taste at affordable prices. You can also enjoy Bubbles n’ Bites, Mharsanta’s Scottish take on afternoon tea served with prosecco, Brunch every weekend and The Hideout, which is a unique dining room perfect for private events.

On this week’s podcast we catch up with luxury handbag and accessories designer Sarah Haran. Hear from this awe-inspiring woman as she talks of her move from IT to fashion, her personal journey into the unknown and gives us an insight into the process of handbag design from concept to the finished piece. Sarah Haran is a partner of the GGC and so all web members at www.glasglowgirlsclub.com receive a code for 20% everything at www.sarahharan.co.uk THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY MHARSANTA. Situated in the heart of Merchant City, Mharsanta brings a taste of Scotland to you. On the menu you can expect a variety of Scottish food from mussels and scallops to home cooked favourites including mince and tatties and steak and sausage pie. The resident chef Dom and his team serve an array of culinary delights to suit every taste at affordable prices. You can also enjoy Bubbles n’ Bites, Mharsanta’s Scottish take on afternoon tea served with prosecco, Brunch every weekend and The Hideout, which is a unique dining room perfect for private events.

When Becky White discovered it was possible to talk for a living, her fate was sealed! After starting her PR career in-house at national footwear retailer, Schuh, Becky moved over to agency life at Genuine PR before founding her own Glasgow based communications agency, Becky White PR in 2009 at the age of 24. In 2018 she took the brave decision to close her iconic Glasgow agency to launch a global agency and network of creatives called Atomic10. This podcast was recorded in October 2018, shortly after Becky had launched her amazing new venture and in it she shares her lessons learned in business in her 12 years in the PR industry and chats very openly about her own journey. Becky White, we love you! Find out more about Atomic 10: www.iamatomic10.com Insta: @iamatomic10 Facebook: @iamatomic10 THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY MHARSANTA. Situated in the heart of Merchant City, Mharsanta brings a taste of Scotland to you. On the menu you can expect a variety of Scottish food from mussels and scallops to home cooked favourites including mince and tatties and steak and sausage pie. The resident chef Dom and his team serve an array of culinary delights to suit every taste at affordable prices. You can also enjoy Bubbles n’ Bites, Mharsanta’s Scottish take on afternoon tea served with prosecco, Brunch every weekend and The Hideout, which is a unique dining room perfect for private events.

Chatting to Pat about Al Pacino and his West End hairdresser, her trip to Ireland, the European Championship 2018 and the Merchant City Festival. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 32 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End The Berlin / Glasgow 2018 European Championships Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

Pauline Lynch, successful author and actor chats with Pat about writing, moving house and working on her Texas accent. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 28 Pauline Lynch (P.K. Lynch, the author and actor) was in Glasgow to read from her book Armadillos at Word Jazzology at Babbity Bowsters in the Merchant City. Pat took the opportunity to catch with her before the show in Cafe Gandolfi. They chatted about Pauline’s writing, her moving house and what she’s up to at present. Links Pauline Lynch feature Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Music by Jim Byrne Get in touch non Twitter: @glasgowswestend 

The group continues their journey, albeit one member lighter…In order to survive the journey through the Fields of the Forgotten, the group must first successfully travel to the Merchant City of Hollum, all the while aware that the Nightmares must surely be gaining ground... Music and Sounds: "Touching Story" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Anxiety" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound Effects by Syrinscape. store.syrinscape.com/what-is-syrinscape/?att

A guide for tourists to Glasgow's Merchant City, in German. Produced by the Motivate project students..

A guide for tourists to Glasgow's Merchant City, in English. Produced by the Motivate project students..