Wrong message

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are now less than a month away. The £550 million public investment is intended to showcase Glasgow and Scotland.

On the westbound lanes of the M74 there are no signs to indicate that visitors should take Exit 1. Tell your friends driving from the south or east to follow the exit for Kinning Park and Tradeston. If they see exit signs for Glasgow Airport or Greenock, they have gone too far.

Glasgow City Council has just eliminated the taxi rank on the west side of Queen Street Station. Why? To make visitors welcome and ease their journey to their hotel?

There is a very large tent in George Square. This is the Merchandise Superstore, selling the equivalent of “see-you-Jimmy” bunnets and other Games tat.

The opportunity to greet Commonwealth visitors with the Best of Glasgow and Scotland is gone, lost in the rush to cash in.

John Black

Helensburgh