Spearmint Rhino, the strip-club chain, is planning on re-opening a 'venue' in Glasgow city Centre. According to The Glasweigan newspaper, they plan to buy out an existing strip club and transform it into one of their own, with only the 'highest standards.'
Glasgow City Council supposedly take a hard line on lap dancing clubs, and is of the view that, "lap dancing is a form of sexual exploitation which degrades women and encourages their objectification by men."
Despite this, a spokesperson for the Glasgow Licensing Board says an application by Spearmint Rhino to open a new strip-club will be 'judged on its own merits,' and thus will not be automatically opposed.
I don't know when the planned opening for the strip club is, and hopefully it will be opposed by the Council, as to allow this chain to re-open one of their clubs would be a big step backwards. If I find out any more about this, I'll post it here. In the meantime, I guess writing a few letters to the Council and registering your feelings about strip clubs in Glasgow won't do any harm.
Clara x
The Glasweigan article available here.
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