Grey Power Debate - Glasgow

The Victorian splendour of the Banqueting Hall of Glasgow City Chambers played host to over 200 pensioners in the latest Votepod Debate. In a very lively event, Grey Power was on show tin tackling a panel of leading politicians on the Council Tax, law and order and the provision of care and health services to the elderly.

As usual, we have broken the debate down into managable sections that you can listen and view directly on this page. You can also view videos on the Scottish VotePod Channel on You Tube, subscribe to the audio podcasts on iTunes or directly download the audio files. Our audio clips allow you to listen to the discussion in detail, while the videos  will feature shorter highlight clips.

On the panel were

Labour - Rhona Brankin
Lib Dems - Robert Brown
SNP - Sandra White
Conservative - Bill Aitken
Solidarity - Tommy Sheridan
SSP - Colin Fox
Scottish Senior Citizens Party - John Swinburne.

AUDIO

Section 1: The afternoon started with a topic of considerable concern to pensioners  - the Council Tax.

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Section 2: A very lively and extensive discussion took place around the theme of law and order. Policing, anti-social behaviour, youth crime and lack of support for voluntary work and community facilities brought a lot of passionate points and questions from the audience.

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Section 3: In the final section of a fiery hustings, the panel were tackled on funding for health care, dementia, care in the community and hospital car parking.

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VIDEO

The first clip features some of the passionate comments and questions from the audience.

The panel are asked about their support for a local income tax to replace council tax

The tax discussion continues with Rhona Brankin and Bill Aitkin defending the Council Tax

Videos Produced by students from Napier University