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| 1. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024. 10:37 Income tax, VAT, and National Insurance have, quite foolishly, been ruled out as a source of raising much needed revenue to help us adequately fund the public services we all rely on. Savings, Capital Gains, private pensions and on a local level council tax will all have to be targeted. Of course in Scotland the government have made no such promises regarding income tax but with an election 20 months away the snp might not be willing to bump up the tax burden on those with the broadest shoulders but they have to surely have to let councils off the leash so they can raise council tax. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 2. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024. 12:58 I`d anticipate cutting everything "free" unless means tested. You could have a simple calculation that then means you`re automatically eligible. So if you receive universal credit you`re automatically eligible for free school meals, uniforms, bus passes etc. If you`re not, you don`t get it - simple. I also really hope they get real about council tax. Why am I paying more than my neighbour in a marginally smaller house when his household makes far greater use of council services due to the number of people in it? I`m not suggesting there`s a perfect solution here but paying £300 a month regardless of if you use/need services feels a bit daft. Rather than tax increases, I`d like to see non-core services paused or cut all together. Unfortunately, this won`t be popular as the first thing I would cut is new cycle paths without obvious demand or strategy. This is something that should be ok planning policy that cycle paths are part of any new development, but also finding towards a master plan for older parts of the town/city. Dunfermline is a perfect case of having cycle paths that take you onto busy roads as the infrastructure isn`t there. Result is that no-one bothers with them. Reply |
| 3. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024. 15:38 If only we could access all the money that is kept offshore, like what the EU planned to do? The reason for Brexit!🤬 Reply |
| 4. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024. 16:43 Please, Paul Kagame Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron Michelle Mone Mr. and Mrs. Stoute Can we have our money back ? We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 5. Author: red-star-par Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024. 17:23 LochgellyAlbert, Wed 28 Aug 15:38 That was the only reason Brexit happened, to protect the super rich. There was absolutely no appetite for Brexit happening before the EU announced their intentions regarding offshore accounts. After that the establishments media went into overdrive, and soon double digit IQ Red Top readers were foaming at the mouth for a change that wasn`t needed and has made the majority of people poorer. Now we have a situation where the likes of Farage, Robinson and the Tory party have whipped these imbeciles up into such a frenzy they are trying to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers Reply |
| 6. Author: Buspasspar Date: Thu 29th Aug 2024. 08:23 From Aunty :- A think tank has blamed "woeful budgeting" at the Home Office for repeated overspending on asylum support. Over the last three years, the department`s initial estimated budgets for asylum, border, visa and passport operations amounted to £320m. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said it had ended up spending £7.9bn over the period, £7.6bn more than forecast. The IFS also warned the department had submitted figures it "knows to be insufficient" for this year. Just 7.6 Billion We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 7. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Thu 29th Aug 2024. 09:26 An eye watering sum. The hotel bill for accomodating asylum seekers last year was 3.2 billion pounds. That`s a lot of cycle paths Jake! And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 29th Aug 2024. 11:53 Would be better spent on social care tbh. Reply |
| 9. Author: red-star-par Date: Thu 29th Aug 2024. 22:38 Of course, I hope you realise that sum of money isn`t what gets to them. That`ll be the amount that ends up being spent on food companies owned by Tory donors, hotels owned by Tory donors, it`s a whole big scam, they make the profits and blame the immigrants when people get angry Reply |
| 10. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 00:11 The middle class Fabian types will never forgive the working class for voting for their independence from the evil EU authoritarians.  Reply |
| 11. Author: ipswichpar Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 06:15 Bletchley_Par, Fri 30 Aug 00:11 Until the system is changed, so that there`s a minimum intelligence level proved before giving the right to vote, I`m not sure there`s much that can be done. Reply |
| 12. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 12:00 Excellent idea…that’ll rule the Saltire twirlers with their Saltire face paint and wee dugs with Saltire waistcoats oot! Reply |
| 13. Author: Luxembourg Par Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 12:43 Parboiled, Fri 30 Aug 12:00 And 90% of bluenoses  Reply |
| 14. Author: Wotsit Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 13:37 And parboiled. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 15. Author: ipswichpar Date: Fri 30th Aug 2024. 14:06 The last two comments made me 🤣 Reply |
| 16. Author: desparado Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 09:33 The blue Tories introduced austerity in 2010 blaming the outgoing red Tories fiscal incompetence. Now the red Tories are introducing austerity MK III blaming the outgoing blue Tories fiscal incompetence. Starmers mob were told that there was a £20 billion black hole in their budget pre election……denied of course…..and all of a sudden after they are elected ……poof……there is a £22 Billion black hole… It does not matter which Tories are in government they are all completely useless, a bunch of self serving t***s that will award themselves pay rises every year whilst preaching to the rest of us to tighten our belts… The media will blame the SNP for austerity….not sure if the Welsh gov will get blamed also or if the blame is only afforded to the SNP. I am utterly astonished that the people of Scotland just meekly accept this. We must be one of the richest countries in the world energy/population yet our country is falling apart at the seams and it is only going to get worse. What an opportunity we missed in 2014. 10 years later and the UK is an absolute mess. I for one am not in the least bit surprised and in ten more years it will be even worse. What future for our kids and grandkids ? Thank you No voters…. Post Edited (Wed 04 Sep 09:35) Reply |
| 17. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 12:05 The SNP or any party in power at Holyrood always have these issues. They HAVE to balance their budget so there`s no contingency for overspends. If they underspend the money gets sent back, which also daft. This approach makes little sense for long term planning. Imagine trying to budget your household with that approach? Might be able to afford Netflix one month then have to cancel the next. It`s a ridiculous way of running things. Labour are rightly trying to balance things but what happened to the tales of taxing the rich and going after tax avoiders? Hopefully this Labour lot are a warning to the people of Scotland for the 2026 election. The big concern for me is NONE of the parties in Scotland appear competent. Reply |
| 18. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 12:15 It was suggested that the Scottish Government resign, thus causing an election. Now that would be interesting!🤔😲🏴 Reply |
| 19. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 12:27 I think everyone needs to be a taxed a bit more to help fund the services we rely on. A little bit for those in the lower income tax bracket and increasing the take for those on the upper tax bands. Same goes for council tax. Band A and B see a small increase in their contributions and increasing the percentage as we go through the bands. Broadest shoulders and all that. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 20. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 13:01 I think folk still seem to think it`s possible to improve public services without their income suffering. New governments always say it`s possible to do this by growing the economy, so people earn more net of tax, and cutting down on wasteful expenditure but it never seems to work, certainly in the short-term because you have to invest in the infrastructure to improve productivity. I`ve seen nothing to suggest the Labour government is any different from the Tory one in its economic approach. I don`t think devolution is intended to make things better because Unionist governments at Westminster think if it is seen to work Scots might consider that full-scale independence could be the best option. The media in Scotland, which is largely controlled from outside our borders, is relentless in depicting Holyrood in a poor light. Reply |
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