WRITING here last August I said there were no plans to shut any of Glasgow’s libraries, adding that none would remain closed for any longer than was absolutely necessary. Eight months on and that hasn’t changed. I said libraries wouldn’t close and I meant it. The SNP City government is not in the business of removing library services from communities. We must be, however, clear-eyed about the impact of the pandemic. Any politician claiming that things can return to normal overnight as though Covid has never happened is being deliberately misleading. And when they have been kept fully informed of the ramifications of this unforeseen global catastrophe for Glasgow Life, as Labour and Tory councillors have, it’s more disingenuous still.
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