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| 181. Author: jake89 Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 12:15 Perhaps Alba should work on building a credible case to vote for them? Right now they just come across a like UKIP style nutters. Reply |
| 182. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 12:40 Said it before Tenruh and I`ll say it again, Salmond promised us that Scotland would be free in `93. Thirty one years later, anytime you like then Eck. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 183. Author: Tenruh Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 15:17 The One Who Knocks, Sun 23 Jun 12:40 You can only lead a horse 🐎 to water 💧 Reply |
| 184. Author: Tenruh Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 15:30 jake89, Sun 23 Jun 12:15 Don`t disagree with you they`re not radical enough for me. Sadly they're going to end up a mini me of the SNP. Sturgeon and Salmond are the roadblocks to Independence. The SNP need destroyed but there`s no credible alternative, hence why they`re hanging on..... 5 or 57 MPs won`t unlock the door to Independence, but come 2026 and Labour taking control of Holyrood none of us are likely to see independence in our lifetime. Someone`s done a good job in destroying the previously rock solid independence movement. Post Edited (Sun 23 Jun 15:32) Reply |
| 185. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 17:51 I`m sure Sarwar won a load of votes after his appearance on the Sunday Show?🤔 Anas Sarwar on why Labour isn`t scrapping the two child benefit cap - "We`re the Labour party and we believe the best way out of poverty is work." Dearie me!🤭 Reply |
| 186. Author: Tenruh Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 05:55 Let`s choose Independence over devolution. [url]https://www.facebook.com/share/N6ByLQiKwKTCWGzy/[/url] Reply |
| 187. Author: Wotsit Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 08:01 LochgellyAlbert, Sun 23 Jun 17:51 Look, should we really be disparaging a Scottish political leader because they don`t know what in-work poverty is? Surely to goodness we can all agree that homeless single mothers should be working 80+ hours a week at minimum wage to afford the £2k per month rent they pay for their scabby B&B room. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 188. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 08:16 There`s a very odd situation in Scotland where we have a declining population yet people can`t afford to have kids. I`m not going to criticise the Scottish Government too much given we have child payments and free nursery hours, but the costs are ridiculous. I`m not suggesting things are made free to encourage people to have more kids, but wages have not followed inflation for years. I saw a thing yesterday where someone worked out you`d need to be clearing almost £2000pm just to get by living in a rented flat in a big standard area of Manchester. Reply |
| 189. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 09:18 Sad shocking read from the Beeb regarding PPI waste https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cll476qzm85o The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), which was responsible for purchasing and delivering Covid PPE, said it was unable to provide a statement due to the pre-election period. We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 190. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 10:15 Buspasspar, Tue 25 Jun 09:18 Yet no questions about Dido Harding`s track and trace funding? Reply |
| 191. Author: red-star-par Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 10:26 Buspasspar, Tue 25 Jun 09:18 That`s a truly grim read, £1,400,000,000 of the public`s money effectively burnt. Just think of what that could have done to alleviate poverty in the UK. It cost £1,000,000 of taxpayers money just to store and then destroy it. "Afterwards, Mrs Stoute and her husband bought a £30m seafront villa in Barbados; a yacht; a £6m house in the south of England and an international equestrian centre in Bedfordshire." Never mind this theft though, let`s concentrate the newspaper headlines on a few stamps allegedly misused Reply |
| 192. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 10:40 red-star-par, Tue 25 Jun 10:26 Exactly this. These politicians are like the anti-Robin Hood, taking from the poor to give to the rich. Absolutely disgusting. But, yes, stamps... Reply |
| 193. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 11:04 The article stresses the couple who owned the company did nothing wrong and didn`t try to avoid tax. I think it`s a story about inefficiency and wastefulness rather than corruption; same effect on the public purse though. Reply |
| 194. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 13:27 ‘£1,400,000,000 of the public`s money effectively burnt. Just think of what that could have done to alleviate poverty in the UK.’ So I make that about £20 each. I expect the government wastes more than this every day. Reply |
| 195. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 13:32 That`s OK then. Reply |
| 196. Author: Wotsit Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 13:44 "about £20 each" So do you reckon babies generally pay much in the way of tax? Also, you think the government wastes half a trillion quid a year? Half their budget? The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 197. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 14:22 ‘So do you reckon babies generally pay much in the way of tax?’ Didn’t say they do. Red Star was talking about how the money could’ve been spent (including on babies). ‘you think the government wastes half a trillion quid a year? Half their budget?’ More like 40% of their budget. I don’t know, but about 10% goes on debt interest for starters. ‘That`s OK then.’ No Eck, it’s not OK - I’d rather have the £20. And yet some people want (other people) to pay more tax, which we all agree gets wasted. Reply |
| 198. Author: Wotsit Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 14:50 I`d rather the government took a wee bit extra and spent it on life-saving services for folk rather than giving it to their pals or spending it on lockdown parties, but that`s just me. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 199. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 15:18 So the Tories want us to pay less tax because it will be wasted - by the Tory government. I think I`ve got it now. Reply |
| 200. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 25th Jun 2024. 16:34 We`re all paying more tax, including pensioners, wonder who caused that? Personal Allowance anybody. Reply |