The stolen gate on the towpath along the Leven behind the golf course. By Bill Heaney We have our own Old Man River, the River

The stolen gate on the towpath along the Leven behind the golf course. By Bill Heaney We have our own Old Man River, the River
The old Royal Naval Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Picture by Kim Huxter
BBC Scotland is reporting that tens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters have marched through Glasgow in the first of a series of protests planned for the coming year.
The press and media have a duty to report and comment on all they consider newsworthy. All politics, for example, is local. Democracy is a fragrant flower which is being trampled on here.