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"Wanting to spend more time with his nephews and nieces."
Heard a rumour that, on hearing this news, they have all emigrated to England.
Wee Nippy.. it's a Nawe then
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Heard a rumour that, on hearing this news, they have all emigrated to England.
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I smell a phoenix re. Ferguson Marine.
As for Hazmat Useless, he never voted on the Gay marriage thing citing other business, but I believe it transpired that his dates didn't add up. In other words, he is against it - but being the slippery, sneaky, racist coward that he is with that constant look of contempt towards everyone else, he didn't want people to know. Clearly his religious beliefs came into play.
Whether you disagree with her views or not, at least Katie Forbes has the gender reformed balls to be honest about her views. Useless is saying anything that the cult want to hear in order to win and will be a disastrous laughing stock for Scotland. Forbes strikes me as being a lot smarter and knows that independence is dead at the moment and needs time.
Ironically, I'm sure the SNP banged on about all the recent unelected leaders with the Tories and here's them doing exactly the same thing, only with a extra large dose of nastiness in the mix.
As for Hazmat Useless, he never voted on the Gay marriage thing citing other business, but I believe it transpired that his dates didn't add up. In other words, he is against it - but being the slippery, sneaky, racist coward that he is with that constant look of contempt towards everyone else, he didn't want people to know. Clearly his religious beliefs came into play.
Whether you disagree with her views or not, at least Katie Forbes has the gender reformed balls to be honest about her views. Useless is saying anything that the cult want to hear in order to win and will be a disastrous laughing stock for Scotland. Forbes strikes me as being a lot smarter and knows that independence is dead at the moment and needs time.
Ironically, I'm sure the SNP banged on about all the recent unelected leaders with the Tories and here's them doing exactly the same thing, only with a extra large dose of nastiness in the mix.
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Humza Yousaf pledges to turn empty properties into homes for key workers
Humza Yousaf has vowed for empty homes to be used to house NHS staff, police and other key workers as part of plans to bring empty rural properties…
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I knew this was coming and had been calling it out ever since the rent increase ban and eviction ban came to light. I suspect either SNP or Labour's "reform" of the Compulsory Purchase Order will give them the power to pay far below market value.
Some of the detail in this article is just insane. This is private assets and they should have no right to force anything just because they have screwed up social housing.
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If Scotland ever did become independent, the economic outlook would be on a par with Venezuela or Zimbabwe... Greece if you're lucky.Humza Yousaf pledges to turn empty properties into homes for key workers
Humza Yousaf has vowed for empty homes to be used to house NHS staff, police and other key workers as part of plans to bring empty rural properties…
I knew this was coming and had been calling it out ever since the rent increase ban and eviction ban came to light. I suspect either SNP or Labour's "reform" of the Compulsory Purchase Order will give them the power to pay far below market value.
Some of the detail in this article is just insane. This is private assets and they should have no right to force anything just because they have screwed up social housing.
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So owners are either priced out with punitive taxation or reamed by compulsory purchase.Humza Yousaf pledges to turn empty properties into homes for key workers
Humza Yousaf has vowed for empty homes to be used to house NHS staff, police and other key workers as part of plans to bring empty rural properties…
I knew this was coming and had been calling it out ever since the rent increase ban and eviction ban came to light. I suspect either SNP or Labour's "reform" of the Compulsory Purchase Order will give them the power to pay far below market value.
Some of the detail in this article is just insane. This is private assets and they should have no right to force anything just because they have screwed up social housing.
Time to flee ?
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I wish I could flee, but it's just not possible at the moment. But yes, they are really going in for the kill with the private rental market up here. It feels like everything is for the great unwashed and public sector, whilst the middle class in the private are being completely squeezed, screwed and shat on. I'm not sure if it's any better or worse down South, but at least it's nicer weather in places!
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The snow is a bit warmer down here, that's about it.
sadly, there appears to be a very thin line between all the mainstream parties these days.
You can well imagine that the next but one labour administration south of the border will do this.
The next step could easily be differing levels of taxation for the public and private sectors.
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And another one goes...
I can't wait to see what's coming... there has to be some dirt coming from somewhere.
Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney to stand down
Mr Swinney says he will leave the Scottish government after nearly 16 years when a successor to Nicola Sturgeon is appointed.
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I can't wait to see what's coming... there has to be some dirt coming from somewhere.
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And another one goes...
Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney to stand down
Mr Swinney says he will leave the Scottish government after nearly 16 years when a successor to Nicola Sturgeon is appointed.www.bbc.co.uk
I can't wait to see what's coming... there has to be some dirt coming from somewhere.
Looks like the big dirty nappy that is Holyrood is now being washed and will soon be ready for the next load of stinking crap to be dumped in it.
(I thought you would appreciate that analogy!
)Certainly lots of back slapping going on for a job well screwed up.
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Back door action ?Looks like the big dirty nappy that is Holyrood is now being washed and will soon be ready for the next load of stinking crap to be dumped in it.
(I thought you would appreciate that analogy!
Certainly lots of back slapping going on for a job well screwed up.
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Democratic? Yes. In that it's probably more representative.
Effective? No! No one votes for those "unpopular" decisions that all governments have to make.
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I'm thinking with the case of the SNP and Greens, we've got a party that only received 1.29% of the popular vote (constituency) and 6.2% of the seats in Parliament basically having an awfully large amount of influence with policy. This doesn't seem right. If there was no coalition then the SNP would have to get support from all of the other parties, which surely would be far more representative?
Whilst there is potential for this to hinder progress, based on the SNP almost always getting full party support then they would only need a small number from the other parties, so it would have to be a really bad policy for all of them to fight it. But with a coalition they are almost guaranteed to be able to ram through anything they want - which they pretty much have done.
Whilst there is potential for this to hinder progress, based on the SNP almost always getting full party support then they would only need a small number from the other parties, so it would have to be a really bad policy for all of them to fight it. But with a coalition they are almost guaranteed to be able to ram through anything they want - which they pretty much have done.
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Independence Support Plummets to 39% as Voters Say All SNP Candidates Worse than Sturgeon
In news that will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody, having leading SNP figures publicly trashing their own record hasn't helped the party's
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Jesus, how bad can someone be to be considered worse than nippy? Or maybe it's more a reflection of the Sturgeon cult fanatics delusion of her.
Out of the three Forbes would still be my choice, even though she's started coming out with the same silly membership pandering soundbites as Useless; who will say anything and everything but he's a pathological liar as far as I'm concerned.
I don't think the trashing of their own records is entirely out of order as I suspect none of them really had any autonomy under Sturgeon and operated more like a Dictatorship.
Out of the three Forbes would still be my choice, even though she's started coming out with the same silly membership pandering soundbites as Useless; who will say anything and everything but he's a pathological liar as far as I'm concerned.
I don't think the trashing of their own records is entirely out of order as I suspect none of them really had any autonomy under Sturgeon and operated more like a Dictatorship.
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I'd rather you didn'tPerhaps now is the time for the rest of the UK to have a vote on whether we keep Scotland in the Union?
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Have you seen the YouTube videos by CGP Grey explaining democracy...? Not as straightforward as they want us to believe...
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Hmmm
SNP says its membership has fallen to 72,000
The party has revealed its current membership numbers amid a row over the conduct of its leadership race.
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