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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:44:20 +0530
Architect blasts 'tribal' city rivalry
HAMISH MACDONELL
LEADING Edinburgh architect Sir Terry Farrell has lost patience with the
lack of progress in getting Glasgow and Edinburgh to work together, and
has condemned their "tribal" rivalry as similar to divides in the
Balkans or Ireland.
Sir Terry said he was "fairly gobsmacked" by the lack of co-operation
between Scotland's two main cities and repeated his calls for one major
international airport serving both cities and better communication links
between them.
But his remarks in Holyrood Magazine prompted a furious response from
Charlie Gordon, the Labour MSP for Glasgow Cathcart and a former leader
of Glasgow City Council.
Mr Gordon warned Sir Terry that he was being "completely over the top
and utterly offensive" in comparing relations between the cities to the
violence that has dogged some relationships in the Balkans and Ireland.
cont'd....
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=641712006