A meditation on Manchester KENNETH ROY Roy Reports The day journalism in Scotland hit a new low KENNETH ROY Notebook The man who pulled Theresa May apart DAVID TORRANCE Election Forum Why I'd like Labour to do well R D KERNOHAN The Week The two fishwives of Scottish politics WALTER HUMES Hassan at Large The shadow cast by London hangs over us all GERRY HASSAN Nannie's Diary Anyone drinking this tea in G40? NANNIE SKÖLD Cafe And Table for One with Josh Moir Sharp Talk Govanhell RACHEL SHARP Sport The bird that saved my team from oblivion RON FERGUSON The Local ISLAY MCLEOD Life Sometimes it pays to plead guilty WHS MCINTYRE Essay From worst to best: the progress of gay Scotland BOB CANT Bob Smith's Views