In our new General Election series on seats to watch, the Record toured Glasgow East - finding a community on the verge of giving up on politicians altogether.
It's threatening to turn into a nice day in Glasgow 's east end - and Annemarie Ward is taking us down the street where she grew up.
“I can just see how neglected the area is compared to when I lived here in the 80s,” she said. “Back then, it was still Thatcher’s Britain when I left school and there was unemployment, there was poverty. But I just see it as being 100 times worse now.” He told the Record: “Within about six weeks of being a taxi driver, people all over the east end started opening up to me about their issues and it kind of rocked me how many people were struggling.
For the parties and candidates vying for their votes on July 4, they have a simple and stark message. But there’s no doubt in the fight for Glasgow East on July 4, issues around deprivation, the cost of living, health and housing loom large. Baillieston mum Vee Mac backs the SNP but told us: “Very little has changed in the east end of Glasgow and in Scotland as a whole.
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