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Commonwealth Games Busy
Jul. 28th, 2014 11:13 pmI've only actually been to two events, but I've been out almost every night doing Games-type things, like the Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow Green, the Merchant City, and a random stint in the studio audience for the BBC's guaranteed Scot-free late show. The buzz around the city is as good as everyone says.
I'm slightly narked by the BBC coverage - at times it does seem a Scot-free zone, which when broadcasting from Scotland seems a bit weird, and the commentary from our English friends can be a bit annoying. As tonight, when the commentator commented on how well the crowd at Hampden had taken to athletics - well obviously we'd never seen it before, or when the swimming commentator referred to the English relay team as the British squad. Lots and lots of little things, rather than any big ones.
A woman was also hustled out of the swimming venue tonight for having a (respectably sized) Yes saltire, which made me realise I could have had the same treatment for wearing my Yes t-shirt on Sunday. Apparently the rules do allow for advertising for a belief or policy, so the ejection was against the rules. And the rule about the only flags being permissible being those of competing nations seems to be being flouted in the case of the Union Jack - both as handed out by the Better Together campaign, and worn by the (English) track cycling team.
Little things, but they do all add up to a bad taste in what has been a wonderful dish to date.
I'm slightly narked by the BBC coverage - at times it does seem a Scot-free zone, which when broadcasting from Scotland seems a bit weird, and the commentary from our English friends can be a bit annoying. As tonight, when the commentator commented on how well the crowd at Hampden had taken to athletics - well obviously we'd never seen it before, or when the swimming commentator referred to the English relay team as the British squad. Lots and lots of little things, rather than any big ones.
A woman was also hustled out of the swimming venue tonight for having a (respectably sized) Yes saltire, which made me realise I could have had the same treatment for wearing my Yes t-shirt on Sunday. Apparently the rules do allow for advertising for a belief or policy, so the ejection was against the rules. And the rule about the only flags being permissible being those of competing nations seems to be being flouted in the case of the Union Jack - both as handed out by the Better Together campaign, and worn by the (English) track cycling team.
Little things, but they do all add up to a bad taste in what has been a wonderful dish to date.
