politics closer to home. there are just two weeks to go until voters across the uk go to the polls. voters in england, wales, and scotland will pick who they want to run services that affect everyday life in their local area. those in northern ireland will choose its government. ahead of the vote, we will be profiling some of the key contests in the uk s four nations. today we re in glasgow, and my colleague shaun leyjoins us from the govan area of the city. are part of the city of glasgow which is being significantly redeveloped and in a process of change first 40 odd years now, those at signs down by the old heritage boatyard and the heritage museum, a reminder that it is all very well to talk about devolution of power from westminster to hollywood chilly holyrood, but what about the local councils from holyrood? because just councils from holyrood? becausejust as westminster controls most of
councils from holyrood? because just as westminster controls most of the strings fair english government, so holyrood in edinburgh controls the purse strings for scottish local government. the story of scotland though is of very, very large country with a very different identity. we talk about the north south divide an english context, there is a north south divide in wales and a north south divide in scotland. if you talk to people in carmarthen, they will often say things about people in the senate macro in cardiff, and in scotland, where after all some of the island communities are close to a country like norway than they are in england, they will also have pretty strong criticism of people in the central belt here in glasgow and in particular in edinburgh from where the scottish government operates. let s talk now.