Glasgow City Council cone-demned as social media mobilises to save the Wellington Cone
In true Glasgow humour, the news of plans aimed at preventing the traditional placing of a traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington statue in the city centre have been met with the immediate creation of a campaign to save the Glasgow cone.Within hours of the proposals by Glasgow City Council to raise the size of the plinth that the monument sits on being unveiled, the @WellingtonCone Twitter account burst into life and gained the backing of Scots comedians such as Greg Hemphill, as well as politicians and members of the public. The hashtag #conegate quickly began trending in Glasgow.A petition has now been launched in aid of the cone, which was voted in the top 10 sites-to-see in Scotland by Lonely Planet.
Campaign: The Wellington Cone has taken to Twitter for support
I'm bringing Glasgow together... All for one cone and one cone for all!!
— The cone (@WellingtonCone) November 11, 2013@ScotlandTonight as a cone myself and my extended family have always been on the ground..I wanted to fly higher.. How dare they say I can't
— The cone (@WellingtonCone) November 11, 2013Hope all true Glaswegians will rally in support of the @WellingtonCone. #conegate
— David McDonald (@SNPdavid) November 11, 2013So. Council will raise Wellington statue so that "only the most determined of vandals" will put a cone on his head. Sounds like a challenge.
— Greg Hemphill (@greghemphill69) November 11, 2013I smell a movie in this. CONEHEART
— Greg Hemphill (@greghemphill69) November 11, 2013CONY NO DAE THAT (I'll get my cone)
— Greg Hemphill (@greghemphill69) November 11, 2013@WellingtonCone KEEP THE CONE! !! I will organise a mass protest and will chain myself to the horse if need be.#ConesNotWar !
— Rosie Kane (@RosieMKane) November 11, 2013For £65k, we've spoken. Leave the @WellingtonCone alone. Its been a symbol of Glasgow's sense of humour for over a generation!
— Ryan McCartney TLK (@RyanMcCartney) November 11, 2013I'm not #yes nor am I #bettertogether I'm not green or blue or the partick colours.. I'm your cone.. Ma cone.. A'bedy's cone!
— The cone (@WellingtonCone) November 11, 2013Here's me getting into the Olympic spirit pic.twitter.com/yQHVbxUmrZ
— The cone (@WellingtonCone) November 11, 2013