Glasgow Uni "rulers" a wee while ago were accused by the Proffessors and staff, over 200 of them, of being Bullies, like living under a Soviet system, departments being run by dictat by the rulers and the workers of all types being told what to do, when to do it with no recourse to the changes!!
The Sunday Herald ran a good and revealing article about it.
They are AGAIN doing the Bullying thing again to this time their neighbours.
The neighbours however are neither students, staff nor Proffessors, therefore they have representation from their respective lawyers!!
One small example is that Jinty's were harrassed for almost three years to vacate ground the Uni claimed they owned.
Suffice to say that Jinty's owned it and had the title to prove it, they have still never received an apology!!
Yhe two other premises on Ashton Lane that are being harrassed also have title to half the Lane and FULL access with normal rights to remove rubbish etc and despite this the Uni have bullied and threatened the premises for three years DESPITE offering to buy the small bit of ground in question, the UNI REMOVED the offer to sell, despite now selling to two of the neighbours they refuse to sell to the last one!!
No reason is forthcoming.
In fact at a meeting the legal representative for the Uni stood up face to face with the owner on one property and snarled quite loudly into her face "you have seven days to sign that to pay us £15,000 per year or you will be evicted"
The Lady replied, " No need to be so aggressive Ms. Kerr, I shall speak to my husband about it"
Needless to say the disputed ground has NOT been vacated nor has anything been signed, however the offer to buy the ground so as to be treated the same as the other two businesses has been reoffered.
As a PUBLIC body the Uni HAS to be open and even handed, unlike a private individual.
There is some thought that the current owners of Brel who bought Brel from the PREVIOUS owners as at that time the Uni claimed THEY owned Brel's ground and they were EVICTING Brel's owners.
However under this pressure the brel people SOLD to the current owners, who were within weeks SLOD by the Uni the very ground the previous owners were being evicted from!!
Now the current owners enjoy a long long association with the Uni having served on various boards and done entertainment attractions and Bar running for the Uni.
They also have a company that is doing a huge building programme for the Uni ( the Uni bought for £750 million from the NHS, the ground of the Western Infirmary) Guess who is doing loads of work for them?
Yes, Brel's current owners!
The same people who in the past tried to get planning on the Car Park behind the very premises we are talking about, oh and guess what, the ground behind the premises would mean if the Uni sold it to who "MIGHT" buy from them with this ground the purchasers would have access which was not available the last time someone applied for planning!!
I SUSPECT, their MIGHT be a wee article soon in a large Newspaper about questions over at LEAST unfairness, although I SUSPECT corruption MIGHT even be mentioned?
However perhaps the owner's MSP MIGHT be able to ask questions first?
Will keep you informed if I hear more about the Bullies from the Uni.