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| 1. Author: desparado Date: Thu 23rd Oct 2025. 22:09 U.K. Gov distributes available funding for the fishing industry based on population. Englands fishers get £300 million while Scotlands get £28 million, despite the fact that Scotlands fishing industry lands more than 50% of the UK’s total catch. Yip sounds about right. Better Together, The Family of Nations, Equal Partner, Scotland should lead the U.K….bla bla bla. What a pathetic nation we really are for continually accepting second best………. What an opportunity we missed in 2014. Reply |
| 2. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 03:01 Anyone that still thinks we are “Better Together” is delusional at best. Sh*t on once again from WM. And will only get worse next year when Reform take seats at Holyrood. Reply |
| 3. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 03:54 Plaid Cymru win the Caerphilly by-election for the Welsh Parliament with Reform second and Labour a distant third. Reply |
| 4. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 06:03 Saying it now - Reform will return 10-15 seats minimum next year at Holyrood. Post Edited (Fri 24 Oct 06:03) Reply |
| 5. Author: Back_oh_the_net Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 06:07 Hardboiled will be along shortly to tell us all that this is fair Reply |
| 6. Author: Dandy Warhol Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 07:15 We`re very good at virtue signalling so there is that. I don`t wanna go down like disco. Reply |
| 7. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 14:26 Reform seem to be disappointed by the Caerphilly result. It seems there was a lot of tactical voting to keep them out. Reply |
| 8. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Fri 24th Oct 2025. 23:34 Why should the UK government subsidise the fishing industry at all? Reply |
| 9. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 00:31 Well that`s a separate argument and I`m not entirely sure this money is a subsidy but let`s go with that. Once the decision has been made to subsidise it surely the money should go where the industry is? And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 10. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 06:30 Tad Allagash, Fri 24 Oct 23:34 Because Brexit messed it all up. Ironic. Reply |
| 11. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 09:22 So why was the EU subsidising fishing pre-Brexit? Why not just leave the fish in the sea, saving money and the environment? Reply |
| 12. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 10:30 Tad Allagash, Sat 25 Oct 09:22 Because weirdly enough people need to eat…. Reply |
| 13. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 11:10 Dave_1885 wrote: > Tad Allagash, Sat 25 Oct 09:22 > > Because weirdly enough people need to eat…. Let them eat cake. Leave the fish to the dolphins. Reply |
| 14. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 14:00 Tad Allagash, Sat 25 Oct 09:22 It`s not subsidies. It`s the extra paperwork and hassle UK fishers are experiencing. Reported to have cost £300m, which just so happens to be what the UK Government are contributing. How Farage can sit in Westminster knowing his lot screwed immigration, screwed farmers and screwed fishers is beyond me. He`s got a brass neck! Sold his own country out in the US too. Reply |
| 15. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 14:56 jake89, Sat 25 Oct 14:00 Farage wont give a hoot. He knows he will be PM in 3 years time. They will return a decent number of seats next year too. Already know of a few that are voting for him because of his soundbites despite ignoring all of the things you stated above. Aye The Tories are corrupt @rseholes and Labour are incompetent to say the least - But Reform will be both of these combined in to one….. Reply |
| 16. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 14:59 Farage, even though on the fisheries committee, never turned up for the debates at the EU parliament! Reply |
| 17. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 15:54 Farage doesn`t want to be a PM. None of the potential Reform party reps want elected as it means they`ll have to do some work! We`ve seen it in England already where they`ve pulled the classic "Councils are filled with lazy pen pushers" line only to get elected and find out there`s no fat left to trim as budgets have already been cut to the bone. Farage and his nonsense about introducing DOGE would surely start by sacking him immediately as he`s a lazy, greedy grifter. If Reform gets elected down south then it`s a massive shot in the arm for Scottish independence. Reply |
| 18. Author: Tenruh Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 19:08 jake89, Sat 25 Oct 15:54 How can Reform getting elected down south create a massive shot in the arm for Scottish Independence? I think there`s a far greater chance of the Scottish Parliament getting shut down within the short term. Post Edited (Sat 25 Oct 19:09) Reply |
| 19. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 21:06 Tenruh, Sat 25 Oct 19:08 Because they will make a right royal arse of things. If they even considered closing down Holyrood there would be revolt. They have no desire to get elected. Much easier to apply pressure from the sidelines and then walk away/deny having said anything when the policy change blows up in their face. We ended up with Brexit because the Tories felt pressured by UKIP and now Labour seem to be doing the same with Reform. Reply |
| 20. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 25th Oct 2025. 21:25 jake89, Sat 25 Oct 21:06 Well they better buckled up and prepare because after the next GE they will most likely be in charge of the country. And why would there be a revolt if Holyrood was closed by them? Will be a split Indy/Union Scottish Parliament by then, and we clearly don’t have the balls to run it ourselves anyway! Post Edited (Sat 25 Oct 21:26) Reply |