Dauntless task for Scottish shipbuilders on the Clyde

Standing in the shadow of the enormous steel bulk of Defender, the latest Type 45 destroyer to be built on the Clyde and looking across the river, the windows of blocks and blocks of newly-finished luxury flats wink back from the opposite bank.

The river is narrow here but the two sides demonstrate the gulf between what Glasgow - and Britain's - economy was and what it has become.

Football aside, there are few more emotive subjects in Glasgow than shipbuilding, and as a native of the city, I should declare an interest. It's hard for me not to look across the river and think "housing bubble" then look behind and think "real work".

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