Britain | Poles apart

Edinburgh closes its strip joints while Glasgow keeps its clubs open. Why?

The closures provoke a backlash from strippers and their unions

2J04RW5 Exterior view of The Western Bar, a strip bar and lap dancing venue in West Port, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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Steve macdonald has owned and run strip clubs in Edinburgh and Glasgow for more than two decades. Next year “Baby Dolls”, a bar in an area of Scotland’s capital dubbed the “Pubic Triangle”, will close, a development he describes as “tragic”. “Diamond Dolls”, his Glasgow establishment, will stay open.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Poles apart”

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