Class warfare? Capital’s parents think so

transport plan that ScotRail could do with taking a peek at.

But I’m convinced that if it weren’t for the neds, whose presence and antics scared away thousands of potential ticket-buyers, T In The Park would still be going ahead next year. That money would have been made by the promoters, instead of being lost.

Employment guaranteed, rather than being threatened.

Scotland’s premier live music event should be something the whole nation can be proud of and celebrate. ANGRY parents in Edinburgh went off their trolleys this week.

They were furious over reports that pupils from state-run Boroughmuir High School had to queue outside a nearby Tesco store while pupils from George Watson’s College, a private school, were allowed in.

Tesco denied the parents’ claims of “class” discrimination, saying

Instead we’re picking over the pieces of its downfall.

And T In The Park as we know it, barring a miracle, is heading the same doomed way as our other great music festivals such as Rock Ness, Connect and Wickerman.

The blame for its financial unviability, its demise, lies en masse with the ned.

And that’s something which isn’t the promoters’ fault.

Everyone in Scotland who cares about our culture and live music heritage should be taking stock. Think about this. Scotland that they had to impose restrictions during busy lunchtimes.

Otherwise, it would have been a case of Every Little Helps but only if your parents are wealthy!

Mums and dads around Scotland should also be concerned by new figures released by Cancer UK showing that teenagers drink a bathtub of sugary, fizzy drinks every year. is now the only country in Europe, and indeed the civilised western world, which doesn’t have a large, contemporary, live music festival to call its own.

A multi-stage, outdoor showpiece event attracting the very biggest names from the world of music.

A cultural hub and developing ground for the best up-and-coming acts.

Our national ned culture now means we’re close to becoming a cultural backwater.

And that is an absolute travesty!

Here was me thinking that it was just bottles and cans they drank from, and that it was bath salts which made the bubbles. Pop goes that idea! I wouldn’t worry too much, though – most teens wouldn’t know a bath if it fell on them.

And if they keep guzzling so much fizz every year they’ll not fit in a bathroom, let alone a bath.