do you think glasgow city council failed the women? yes, corporately, glasgow city council, as a body, undoubtedly did. there's no question. i'm on my way to meet a woman i haven't seen in almost 15 years. hers was a landmark case. it was the case that i think everybody was watching and waiting for. so it will be interesting to see... find out what actually happened. that case was evelyn imrie's. a schooljanitor in edinburgh, i first met her in 2005 when i was investigating equal pay. i de—litter the grounds on this side of the hedge and the janitor from the primary school next door de—litters at this side of the hedge. and we don't get the same rate of pay. evelyn earned a lower hourly rate and was denied the same perks as the men doing exactly the samejob. a clear—cut example of a council flouting the principles of the equal pay act. equal pay for work of equal value. evelyn launched legal action and won. oh, my goodness. you've not changed at all! neither have you, sam. you haven't changed at all either. how nice to see you. how are

we also asked glasgow city council for the settlement breakdown. evaluation scheme is planned, with a pledge to equalise the pay of men and women by 2021. until then, glasgow city council, now run by the snp, will have to continue paying millions in compensation. these are some of the words women have used to describe this. "scandalous." mm—hm. "embarrassing, patronising, unequal, "insulting, a shambles." i would disagree with very little of that. that's. .. it's precisely because it was scandalous and unjust and unequal that i took it on. we knew it was something that we had to do, precisely because of those things. do you think glasgow city council failed the women? erm, i think that... yes, corporately. glasgow city council, as a body, undoubtedly did, there's no question. running a city isn't easy. i'm not here for an easy life. this is what we committed to, and this is what we'll see through. when i first investigated equal pay, i could never have imagined the battle would still be dragging on 111 years later. in glasgow, it's cost more than ha

do you think glasgow city council failed the women? tion. i'm on my way to meet a woman i haven't seen in almost 15 years. hers was a landmark case. it was the case that i think everybody was watching and waiting for. so it will be interesting to see... find out what actually happened. that case was evelyn imrie's. a schooljanitor in edinburgh, i first met her in 2005 when i was investigating equal pay. i de—litter the grounds on this side of the hedge and the janitor from the primary school next door de—litters at this side of the hedge. and we don't get the same rate of pay. evelyn earned a lower hourly rate and was denied the same perks as the men doing exactly the samejob. a clear—cut example of a council flouting the principles of the equal pay act. equal pay for work of equal value. evelyn launched legal action and won. oh, my goodness. you've not changed at all! neither have you, sam. you haven't changed at all either. how nice to see you. how are you doing? oh, it's lovely to see you. i remember talking to you at the time, and i

do you think glasgow city council failed the women? yes, corporately, glasgow city council,

editor, will gompertz, in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland, and living with parkinson's disease. and so he picks on davey, who lives in a councild get if you sold your house?" and davey says "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the king's, is very good, because it's vertical. it's got three gods. and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. posh accent: yes, i know, i do know you. i said "do you think we could go in?" laughter. do you think, "actually, do you know what? i'd ike to give it one more go? i'd like another night here." yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. posh accent: i know you! i know where i know you from. i said "where am ifrom?" posh accent: eton! i know you from eton! laughter. i, i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it, with my mind in the state that it's in. and i... and i drool. which, that's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. there's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. posh accent: toboggan? laughter. i said "toboggan?" posh accent: yes, toboggan. scotland's in great shape. it's... political

editor, will gompertz, in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland and living with parkinson's disease. and so he picks on davey who lives in a council days." laughter. this particular theatre, the kings, is very good because it's vertical. it's got three gods and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. "yes, i do." "i do know you." i said, "do you think we could go in?" do you think, "actually, do you know what, i'd like to give it one more go, i'd like to do another night here?" yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. "i know you!" "i know where i know you from." i said, "where am ifrom?" "eton. i know you from eton." i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it with my mind in the state that it's in. and i drool... there's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. it's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. "toboggan?" i said, "toboggan?" "yes_i. toboggan. as if it was the most normal thing on earth. "he's a jolly good tobogganist." he keeps his toboggan lovely. you've been at this over four decades. yes. and in that period of time comedy has chan

editor will gompertz in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland, and living with parkinson's disease. and so he picks on davey who lives in a councilour house?" and davey says, "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the kings, is very good because it's vertical. it's got three gods and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. "yes, i do." "i do know you." i said, "do you think we could go in?" do you think, "actually, do you know what, i'd like to give it one more go, i'd like another night here?" yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. "i know you!" "i know where i know you from." i said, "where am ifrom?" "eton. i know you from eton." i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it with my mind in the state that it's in. and i drool... that's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. it's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. "jojoba." i said, "what's jojoba?" in glasgow that's the month before november. laughter. scotland's in great shape. politically, it's in extraordinary shape. it's beginning to stand alone and they won't take crap