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| 121. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 17:28 jake89 wrote: > Tad Allagash, Wed 5 Jun 12:43 > > Yes. Explain why it wouldn`t be? I guess you’re happy to pay for Alan Sugar’s winter fuel allowance? How about the energy price cap for people with heated swimming pools? Reply |
| 122. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 18:32 Tad Allagash, Wed 5 Jun 17:28 If they pay tax in the UK they are just as entitled to these things as anyone. You realise they pay way more than they`ll receive back? I`d assume so given that`s the case for me and I`m far from a millionaire! Reply |
| 123. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 19:07 Salmond won`t be standing for election in any constituency. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 124. Author: Tenruh Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 06:24 [url]https://www.facebook.com/share/8jXyM5drYxXmYNF2/[/url] Reply |
| 125. Author: Wotsit Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 08:12 The One Who Knocks, Wed 5 Jun 19:07 None of the Scottish party leaders are standing in this election because it makes no sense to lead a Scottish party from Westminster. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 126. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 09:26 He was a Westminster MP for quite a number of years while also being the leader of the SNP. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 127. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 09:26 D Ross is about to prove you wrong - but we all know he`s an exceptionally talented guy! 😂😂😂 Reply |
| 128. Author: Parboiled Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 12:25 Ross is nicking nomination for a safer seat from the current Tory MP who is in his sick bed in hospital. Did he ask the nurses to turn the poor invalid over so he could stab him in the back? Reply |
| 129. Author: red-star-par Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 13:44 Parboiled, Thu 6 Jun 12:25 Bit of a shoddy way to treat the current MP, who although in hospital currently, said he was raring to go for re-election. I`m not sure how Douglas Ross can do 3 jobs. Surely to be an MP representing a constituency properly at Westminster you need to actually be there regularly. An article from last year (couldn`t see anything more up to date) showed for David Duguid, "Since 2019 he has taken part in 128 debates. He has also taken part in 86% of votes – one of the highest participation rates among all MPs.". Douglas Ross meanwhile only took part in 54% of votes over the same period Reply |
| 130. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 14:44 At the moment I think D Ross takes his Westminster salary and donates his Holyrood salary to charity. There`s a differential between them of approx £19k so, by not standing at WM but remaining as an MSP, he would be losing that amount. Now that he`s decided to stand in a pretty safe WM seat and stay on at HR he has restored the differential in his favour, assuming he continues to take the WM salary and forfeit his HR salary. The respective salaries are c£91k and c£72k. Maybe it`s unfair to imply such a mercenary motivation but who knows? Having two jobs also gives him a bit of insurance against the financial effects of losing one. Post Edited (Thu 06 Jun 14:49) Reply |
| 131. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 18:57 The Duguid situation seems slightly odd. Now I`m sure that with so many potential candidates for a surprise election it`s entirely possible for someone`s personal circumstances to change at short notice. Candidates are notorious for over-estimating their electoral chances, and it is not unknown for people to take a rather optimistic view as to their fitness. In many cases, perhaps in a very safe seat, or one where you`ve no chance you might be more likely to go with the incumbent, or put up what might be a paper-candidate instead. In a marginal seat (and many seats are now marginal) the inability of a candidate to campaign could make all the difference. So it`s not a big surprise that a sitting MP could be dumped. What is more surprising to me is that it`s been left so late (is this the equivalent of failing a late fitness test on the morning of the big match?) and that it`s Douglas Ross who is the candidate. They must have seen this coming and you would have thought there might have been someone else that fancied the gig and could have been persuaded to be on standby. Reply |
| 132. Author: Wotsit Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 19:02 D Ross is about to prove you wrong - but we all know he`s an exceptionally talented guy! 😂😂😂 Sake. Hardly Mystic Meg, am I? :D The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 133. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 6th Jun 2024. 19:18 Douglas Ross the school bully who never grew up. Hopefully doesn`t get elected but all the farmers up there love the Tories for some reason. Reply |
| 134. Author: Tenruh Date: Fri 7th Jun 2024. 20:18 Go Kirsty go......one of the minority who might get elected. [url]https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-two-kirstys/[/url] Reply |
| 135. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 13:22 Though I never saw the debate it was good to hear that Stephen Flynn played a blinder last night!😲🏴🏴🏴 Reply |
| 136. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 13:51 The debate was embarrassing tbh. Farage waffling like a forgetful old man ("zero migration" but would still bring in key workers...so not zero then 🤦♂️) Mordaunt and Rayner just tearing strips off each other. Like two-sides of the same coin. The Cymru guy was just making up numbers. He could say anything as his party won`t be in power in Wales let alone the UK. Lib Dem came across well. Green came across well too but was a bit vague when challenged. Flynn came across very well but I felt he wasn`t challenged enough. What was incredibly apparent was just how out of touch the Tories are and that Labour have moved so far to the right that it`s embarrassing. They could have been talking about reducing migration through proper measures like increasing opportunities to bring people into key roles, better childcare provision, better vocational training etc. Reply |
| 137. Author: Tenruh Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 17:46 Type in your postcode and see your candidates [url]https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/KY11%209GN/[/url] Reply |
| 138. Author: Tenruh Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 18:02 LochgellyAlbert, Sat 8 Jun 13:22 Blinder...not once did he mention Independence, two leaders debates, and on both occasions the SNP representative never mentioned it. Reply |
| 139. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 18:59 Firstly, there were no questions relating to independence. Secondly, as has been explained many times, this is a UK election. Any approach for a second referendum would come through Holyrood. Reply |
| 140. Author: ipswichpar Date: Sat 8th Jun 2024. 19:00 Was the "Scotland own the oil" true? Reply |