They’re all in cahoots
March 16, 2010
In light of the resignation and running away of Stephen Purcell, it seems Strathclyde Police and the Glasgow popular media have taken it upon themselves to divert attention away from Purcell’s flitting to drug dealers within the Wyndford estate and Saracen Street in Possil.
Now, I don’t advocate the misuse of drugs or the exploitation that exists within the drugs trade, however, I suspect Purcell would not have been buying drugs from a working class housing scheme in Wyndford or from 20 year old guys in a tent on the main street of Possil. So, why would Strathclyde Police arrest these known drug dealers now? And why would there be such broad media coverage of these arrests of small time drug dealers within the more popular newspapers of Glasgow?
The only conclusion I could come to was that Strathclyde Police and the Glasgow popular media are doing Purcell one last favour by turning the attention away from him, towards the working class areas where the effect of drugs misuse are most blatant.
After embarrassingly little digging, I also found that in their own direct and indirect ways, these two organisations have also supported the Purcell led Labour council to close schools, stop members of the public from voicing their disapproval of GCC’s actions or from protesting effectively against public service cuts.
All these attacks on the working class and working class areas are repeatedly reported with a GCC-positive spin in the popular media, whilst Strathclyde Police will probably ignore all requests for a detailed inquiry of Purcell’s actions during his time as leader of GCC or drag their feet for long enough for the dust to settle and people’s interests to move on.
I would also suspect their real purpose was to suggest the dealers whom Purcell used to obtain drugs have been arrested and taken care of. But like I said before, I hardly think Purcell would have been buying drugs from a working class housing scheme in Wyndford or from 20 year old guys in a tent on the main street of Possil.
