There are eight Scottish contenders for officially becoming a city during next year's celebrations of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee; the expectation is that one will succeed. In my opinion, St Andrews deserves it most, although from a purely personal point of view I would be just as happy to see Dumfries or Oban win. Not that I suppose the latest to have a snowball's chance in hell; but what's beyond me is the candidature of South Ayrshire. How can you call a whole area a 'city', unless it's a more or less completely urban one like Glasgow or Dundee? The way people are debasing language is getting worse every year ... (Incidentally from the complete UK leet I also wish success to Colchester.)
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