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SNP 491,386 votes (roughly a 20th of the tory vote) but only 6 seats (roughly a 50th). Looking at tory seats this means each seat This is unaccaptable!! The people that get to see them. Is it any wonder the over 65s voted NO when so many of them arn't getting the right information coz don't have an internet connection. We are wasting our time on these facebook groups we owe it to them to inform them of what's really going on 81,897 An ex, that shitty company, the bitch down the road or a nightmare boss? I Will Send Them Some Fucking Glitter That's Guaranteed To Go Everywhere And Really Piss Them Off! For An Extra $5 They Get Extra Karma I Will Circulate Their Details To Marketing Companies and £100 per sale for someone you recruited, £50 for who they recruit Admin: sorry for spamming but seemed relevant John Wayne I have no idea what this IB is but coukld be bullshit for all i know but To best represent their constituants? To stand up for all people in their seat no just the people that voted for them. Thats kinda overhypeding a bit does this no suggest 75% of us were politacly illitate before 2012? ileedigidly more of us voted No than voted Yes did Jo Like everyone else I learned a lot in more ways than one but that's not to say we were not genetically programmed with political awareness. The electorate How much do we get back from the EU in grants and subsidies? If it's far short of the 65 billion Does it really cost us 65 billion to be a member of the EU? Is that more than we get back in grants and subsidies? If so then maybe farage have a point. I don't agree with their immigration policy though (considering they're net contributors and half the hospitals According to the Conservatives, Alex Salmond wants to undermine the democratic will of the people! His crime? Working within the UK democratic system, just like Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems have been doing. This article from The Scotsman 25 Mar 2015 not only that you will receive £400 every time you recommend someone to us I like Iain Mackie's idea. We could extend this to polititians who claim millions each year traveling up and down the country (first class) plus their accommodations AND their fuckin lunches!! to sit on the backbenches of the commons n murmur shite to each other, can they no do that by email lol It's a fuckin complete waste of time and money. If they need to vote on sumit there are plenty ways they can without all the cost of fuckin off to wm every 10 minutes, Not me. I wouldn't put it past them Jackie but it's all much of a muchness anyway. Even if by some miracle SNP return 59 MPs We're no too stupid or too poor but unfortunatlry we are too small but that's democracy (of sorts) but it is still democracy. Am always banging on about No voters being the blue rinse brigade and as we all know some (but not all) were We're no too stupid or too poor but we are too small, even if SNP were to get a clean sweep ur still talking A word of warning mate and to all UKIPers better not put too much faith in these online polls last year there was literaly hunners of polls going about all with a clear YES 65-85% to avoid disappointment a think ukip are misunderstood certainly misrepresented ,i absolutlry detest that Scottish MEP cunt but every party's got some right fuckin idiots so giving ukip the benefit of the doubt i'll ignore the fact he exists for the sake of this comment making sense. The people in this country (UK) want the house of lords abolished not just reformed, the people require a living wage not the pittance blairs labour introduced. You moved the Scottish Office to Holyrood and called it The Scottish Parliament. You want us to "rid Scotland of the tories" well Jim Murphy 45%+ of us voted in september to do just that but you campaigned along side them :z So as if by magic all this oil appears from nowhere in the run up to a general election? http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/09/west-sussex-oilfield-could-produce-50-to-100m-barrels-of-oil Should it be mandatory to show ID when we vote? Should Scottish Labour disband into two parties, one pro-union and one pro-indy? Would it have made any difference to the result or Labours declining support if the had supported Yes Scotland instead of siding with Better Together? Does anyone care anymore if this is indeed the beginning of the end of Labour in Scotland? This has little to do with money, in fact it has little to do with politics it's the difference between right and wrong. Would you like to be responsible for taking out countless civillians by dropping a nuclear warhead on them, are u on some kind of power trip that u feel the need to use this to threaten other countries? Q. Are we ever going to use them? A. No. So then why have them? As the SNP, Greens, CND, Greenpeace and other orginastations have pointed the cost of £100 billion to keep them does seem ridicoulous at a time of so many cut back to our public services and many of our cititzens livr in poverty, which is a perfectly reasonable argument to make. why the feck was Wullie Hague the first point of contact in the post match analysis? Why is Willy Haig allowed to remark on the debate? Cameron refused to debate so why should the Tories be allowed to comment without opposition? And Labour sided with the tories last year. Ironic how they now want to "rid Scotland of the tories". If the penny hasn't dropped by now i fear it never will. Please throw away your television and educate yourself If and this is still a big if labour/snp formed a coalition snp would still be a junior partner in that coalition although i'm certain we wouldnt be there just to make up the numbers like the current crop of libdem weasles but you can hardly call it being in charge, labour would still hold the vast majority of seats. We need to change politics at westminster the way they all stick to the party line and rarely vote against their own party. This is what holds politics back. If something works then do it. Does it really matter whos policy it is? Anything Labour say the tories come out and dismiss it just for the sake of it and vice versa whither it makes sense or not. This has to change No BBC you have broken It's more of the same rubbish we seen last year, he's no really saying why other than saying it's they said then prices would go up cause everythings shared with uk but their prices differ from between 20p and sometimes 30p from store to store in Glasgow, i thought the cost was spread around. Last year they said then prices would go up cause everythings shared with uk when their prices are diffenent in different branches in Glasgow how are they costs no spread around Amy you normaly dig us all up to for not explaining ouselves but when we do it's seen as patronising?, we cannae win! how are we supposed to know what u know and what u don't? We disagree on so many things that's obvious to the rest of us. anyways back to the point That highlights what this is all about Kerry x Joseph Ellul-Grech these are human beings mate, these immigrants!! Hate that word immigrants! They are people! If we found ourselves born into that life woudnt we hope someone would help us. Through the barnett formula per head Londoners get more than Scots but that dosn't stop them harping on about how Scotland gets more than the English average (minus the fact Scots pay more in) they also forget to tell you many other areas also receive more than the average that's the way averages work ffs. James Marris - Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Tbh Leighan I don't really think it matters if we're in a coalition or not. We're still gonna be 45-50 against the rest of em. Their whole argument is flawed they have no choice but to maintain the 'evil nationalist' theme. Gladly many folk down south are now thinking "hey maybe they're right". Maybe we are ALL better to make our own decisions, last month boris was banging on about new powers to the london assembly. What's good enough for london is good enough for everyone else IN THE UK. Government works better when it's ran closer to the people it's supposed to represent. All parties agree that now and.soon regional assemblies will popping up all over the place but when Scotland does it it's seen as a dangerous threat that will lead to mayhem Great idea Dave! Meanwhile in Scotland, Gordon Brown has written to 350,000 households to warn that SNP plans for “devo max” – enhanced devolved powers – would mean sharp cuts in public spending, including a threat to the state pension. Wasn't that the "devo max" he promised Scots 3 days before the referendum if we vote No? There are that many Bettertogether paradoxes where the fuck to i begin : 20 years ago they de-regulated the energy industry opened it up to private companies claiming competition was good for the consumer and the economy, fast forward 20 years (give or take) and competition is a bad thing because the evil nationalists want it. the City of London is built on it mate, its a casino! Money that isn't even theirs to gamble!! Money that doesn't even exist, money they don't have, OUR money, make believe properties, During her visit she has secured a deal The £12.5m expansio You obviously don't understand the differences between UK and EU legislation. This is a slight difference between the two. Jobs, taxation, corperate taxation to attract investment, welfare, pensions, the Scottish budget.. things that matter to people and effect our quality of life. Yes nhs n education is devolved but if the Scottish budget is reduced (barnett formulae set by WM) then it effects Scotland. Not to say the EU doesn't have an important role, as it does but Westminster control the bulk of decisions made that effect us. Things people care about and want to protect. Our rural communities, farming ,fishing, renewable energy subsidies benift hugly from the EU. It's two different places mate you can't compare the two I aplologise for posting the monopoly meme but corrie was on and couldn't be arsed typingf, i still cant be arsed typing .if u want to have a sensible conversation about this i am happy to do so. BOE? True but no more or less than we influence BOE the now. Interest rates? Explain, It's a very vague meme. The currency union of that's what u mean would have been a temporary arrangement, 5-10 after indy once we were more established we would have floated our own currency, , more fool us ti think that WM would want to help us get started. Listen the IMF were right when they said the pound is over-valued and to quote the gaffer "Sterling is a millstone round Scotland's neck , which IMO also applies to the UK.. it's no secret that the pound drives away foriegn investment and damages our export market. Again same applies to the UK. The upcoming EU referendum should also mean adopting the Euro as our currency but that's another . So a think i've covered that if u have any more questions please to hesitate to comment. Thank you Let me guess Wayne Healey you're voting UKIP because you believe the people that live in your country are better placed to run it rather than a bunch of bureaucrats no one in your country voted for? The elite know fine well that the electorate want something new to vote for. In Scotland we have the SNP as a true voice of the people and it terrifies them to think that England could establish such a party. This is why UKIP have become so much stronger. It's fairly obvious that UKIP has been allowed to grow simply because they are tories. I like the fact that the English people are ready for change but I don't think that UKIP will deliver the kind of change that is craved by the masses. If real change is to come it will be through the collectivism of the people, not from an ex banker with his own far right agenda which is closely linked to the elites that UKIP voters are hoping to frighten. Hearts are in the right place but sadly the crosses on the ballet don't have a suitable place to express it.....yet. There's that word could again. There are plenty figures here but no real explanation behind them It's all ifs and buts with a few downright lies thrown in for good measure: Should the people of Scotland decide the future defense policy of another country? What's democratic about that? (don't shoot me lol) Should the next referendum be open to all residents in the UK? Many of them would probably be glad to see the back of us seen as we're such a drain on resources How many on the Times rich list are foreign born? There are only 2 Brits in the top Why should ordinary people pay for the "appallingly high debts"? Why shouldn't the bankers be forced to pay it back instead of reducing child benefit and scraping housing benefit for the people that need it? Why not increase tax levies on big business or even collect what they should be paying in the first place. Dunno how anyone can defend a tory government that despite all of the above and all the other cut backs they award themselves a 11% pay rise and rip us all off with their expenses!! You're taking the piss are u not? Aye man we can hardly rely on the media to accurately commentate on our behalf Whatever happens IT WILL NOT REALLY BE WHAT ANYONE VOTED FOR We have a right to know what we have voted for. One way or another Alex the next referendum is iminant. Dunno if a 50% share of the vote or another tory govrt. is enough for nicola to put indyref2 in 2016 manifesto. I think it should be and many of us probably agree. With the tories getting in it takes a bit of shine off it but it's still a fantastic result for Scotland, many no voters will be feeling the same I hope they happy with the result. To quote Captain Janeway "one voice can be stonger than a thousand voices" but yes that doesn't translate too well into votes i agree but you can say the same for Labour n the Greens, the 4 million that voted ukip but only have 1 mp, the 1.5 million that voted libdem but they get 8 seat. The whole system is a sham and these results may go some way to addressing what we've been calling for for years now it applies to them they may be more up for changing it. We're all in the same boot now us against the tories, just the way it's always been. This is a great result for Scotland and the SNP we couldn't have done any more. Well done to all our wonderful new MPs!!! Will be fantastic to see them up against the likes of Camron n Boris ;) There's a housing shortage because they sold all the council houses in the 80s/90s and never built any new ones Listen this is no about them paying their way or if they are of some use to us -- [although they are net contributors to the economy] AND the fact half the hospitals wid close doon because they are of use to us, but that's no the point if someone wants to come here sometimes fleeing sum shit hole would u no want someone to help you if it was you. Or even If someone just wants to come here to study or make a better life for themselves who the fuck are we to tell them they can't? Especially when we do the same, millions of Brits live abroad and arn't spoken about as if they're a burden. Is it just me or is there a pattern forming here .. the immigrants, the scots, the eu!! Everyones a fuckin burden to poor old England lol seriously ye culdny make this shit up.It's always easier to have sumone else to blame mate but you need look no further than number 10 downing street on Nae offence bud i've nowt against u just your fucking establishment and media Boris our next PM hahahah guy is a buffoon but am sure that's what he wants us all to think lol The North Sea oil and gas industry contributed £35 billion to the UK Treasury in 2014. Listen all regions of the UK including English regions should have more control over what happens in their area, not because it's nationalistic or independence for the hell of it but because it makes sense to do so. SNP have been arguing this case for years, being u are all so anti-Scottish ur not gonna take their word for it but u don't have to, even they tories agree with them (several decades later) and they are giving more powers to cities/regions. During indyref Salmond was slammed for his policy on lowering corperation tax to encourage more businesses to pay the living wage. "Rubbish" and "unworkable" Darling called it, "it would create competition with England". So? Is that not why we have independent bodies to regulate fair competetion to ensure not one company has a monopoly, competetion being healthy and positive for the econnomy and good for the consumer helping keep prices low and more compeditive. Is that no why they de-regulated the energy industy and opened it up to other companies because competetion is good for all of us. Just about everything WM say and do is filled with hypocrasy and contridiction it's almost unbeleivable. Apology accepted Charles. I "moved" here on the morning of September 19th last year Through the barnett formula per head Londoners get more than Scots but that doesn't stop you all harping on about how Scotland gets more than the English average (minus the fact Scots pay more in) what they also forget to tell you is many other 'regions' also receive more than the average that's the way averages work mate. I agree the system needs updated like so many of our systems like our voting system, a financial system that has us all paying the same interest rates across 4 countries, a banking system that rewards them at the top with tax free bonuses!! Could be here all day lol Listen all regions of the UK including English regions should have more control over what happens in their area, not because it's nationalistic but because it makes sense. The floods in England last year for example would never have happened if the people that lived there had the necessary powers and funds to dredge the rivers or build defenses as they know what's best for their area because they live and work there not some guy in a suit sent down from WM to come to all the wrong conclusions. I agree Wales too gets a bad deal from Barnett and EU due to under-representation as we are regions of a member state (UK) and not a member in our own right. Both Scotland and Wales MEP count (and budget) would increase if Scotland and Wales were independent member states. Folk will take to the streets over this! If they think those were riot in London last week they've no seen nothing yet. No that we should be encouraging public disorder of course but we need to do something about this and peaceful protests rarely result in any change. This is what's wrong Doesn't Scotland rank quite highly in the world when it comes to education? I've read several reports saying we do well as compared to most other western countries. It may not be a perfect system but show me something that is perfect Andy Joshua How is this pathetic? Maybe no southern England but London should go. inflation/deflation is set by uk interest rates, more recently uk unemplyment figures both vary hugely across the country, the high population in London skews the national average, wages/house prices/council tax are very different in Inverness or Swansea compared to London but we're all lumped in paying the same interest rate, the same tax system spread across 4 countries Listen all regions including English regions should have more control over what happens in their area, not because it's nationalistic but because it makes sense. The floods in England last year for example would never have happened if the people that lived there had the necessary powers and funds to dredge the rivers or build defenses. The snp have been arguing this case for years you don't have to listen to me or the snp now even the tories agre and are devoling more powers to the north. It's not about nationalism mate or 'braking up the country' it's a sensible thing to do I see this as a positve thing and no just for rBritain but for Londoners too! "Expensive plans to speed rail commuters from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh in under three hours would be scrapped if Scotland votes for independence, a cabinet minister has warned." Sunday 13 April 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/.../an-independent-scotland... "The £50bn High Speed Two rail link will not be extended to Scotland, as the team behind the project has found there is “no business case” for the undertaking." Sunday 24 May 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/.../snp-fury-as-hs2-finds-no... or... 8 Sep 2014 - Read Brown promises ''home rule for Scotland within UK'' http://www.itv.com/.../brown-promises-home-rule-for.../ 11 Nov 2014 - "modern form of home rule, near federalism" Gordon Brown http://www.businessforscotland.co.uk/move-to-devo-max.../ 2 Feb 2015 - "Gordon Brown outlines welfare powers for Scotland" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31104370 Impartial BBC? Section 4, paragraph 2: Impartiality - The Agreement accompanying the BBC Charter requires us to do all we can to ensure controversial subjects are treated with due impartiality in our news and other output dealing with matters of public policy or political or industrial controversy. But we go further than that, applying due impartiality to all subjects. BBC have broken their end of the contract, they are not providing the service laid out in their own charter therefore all contracts are void. Under UK civil law: "If the party does not fulfill his contractual promise, or has given information to the other party that he will not perform his duty as mentioned in the contract, he is said to breach the contract" Residents who own a TV no longer have to pay for a service if the BBC does not fulfill their contractual promise they are in breach of contract. Bankers Bonuses - http://uk.reuters.com/…/uk-britain-bonuses-banks-idUKKBN0GT… Scottish Government Budget - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00472877.pdf The £120 Billion Tax Gap - http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Documen…/PCSTaxGap2014Full.pdf Benefit Fraud - https://www.gov.uk/…/at…/file/371459/Statistical_Release.pdf Does anyone know if there is a date when the EU referendum will take place? Will Camron drag it out to after next years Holyrood elections? So the the tiple lock thing If Scots vote to stay in the EU and England votes to leave it's not right that we could make them stay in against their will in the same way it's not right for us to get dragged out against our will. I think Scotland should stay but this double/treble lock thing or whatever it's called doesn't sit right with me. If Scots vote to stay in the EU and England votes to leave it's not right that we could make them stay in against their will in the same way it's not right for us to get dragged out against our will. I get where Nicola is coming from in this interview and understand her point but we can't go about decieding things that many more English people voted against. Fair enough we would be doing them a favour in my opinion as England benefits from being in the EU as well as Scotland does but if they choose to leave then cant't we just let them. Who says we can't have it both ways? You know like the best of both worlds? England out and Scotland in? the way the canary islands are not part of the EU but are part of Spain. Is that possible here? if not then Nicola should put another independence referendum in the 2016 SNP manifesto How is that not allowed? Ireland/Northern Ireland manage it put another indepe but we are not and never have been "an equal family of nations" 46.4m in the UK the tories got 11m of them -- 23% hardly representative of the UK. Scottish Electorate: 4.09m SNP got 1.4 of them 34%. Is Camron gonna drag this out to after next years Holyrood election If we had excluded non-indigenous Scots from voting in September Yes would have had a majority. The reason we didn't is because SG beleive in democracy and fairness unlike WM who will not allow our fellow EU citizens that live here as well as 16 n 17 year olds to vote. UDI would not be recognised by other countries in effect Scotland would become a rogue state, we must do this properly. The only legal way Scotland could declare UDI is if Cameron refused to sign Edinburgh Agreement 2.0. Patience Linda x I couldn't agree more Bob with a lot of what he said, I also thought Cameron had a great speech when he opened parliament, nice words but actions speak louder than words. He also mentioned trust as a few tories have but how can we trust them? TRUST US? "Vote No to Scottish devolution to safeguard the future of Ravenscraig and jobs in our coal and steel industries" TRUST US? Between 1972 to 2012 successive Westminster governments have squandered UK oil revenues to the tune of over £500 billion. TRUST US? "A devolved Scottish parliament would harm the Scottish economy and cost jobs". Scotland now attracts more investment than any other part of the UK (outside London). TRUST US? "We will deregulate the energy industry to increase competition in the European energy sector, competition is good for the economy and offers more choice to the consumer". However when The Scottish Government suggest a cut in corporation tax to stimulate competition and encourage companies to pay their staff a living wage. David Cameron rejects these plans despite granting it to Northern Ireland arguing that "Creating competition between England and Scotland would damage the economies of both countries, it shows how little they care about the rest of the United Kingdom." TRUST US? "Abolishing tuition fees is too expensive and unworkable". In 2013 Scotland is ranked the best educated country in Europe. In 2014 "Scotland's higher education sector with five Scottish institutions ranked in the world's top 200 universities - more per head of population than any other nation.". TRUST US? "No cuts to front-line services". 5,870 NHS nurses, 7,968 hospital beds, a third of ambulance stations, 5,362 firefighters and 6,800 front-line police officers have been cut in the UK (2010-2013). TRUST US? Cameron on child benefit: "I wouldn't means-test it" "Read my lips, I like the child benefit, I wouldn't change child benefit, I wouldn't means-test it, I don't think that is a good idea.". Child benefit was abolished for higher earners and froze for three years for those earning under £50,000. TRUST US? In an interview with the Guardian in 2009, George Osborne said: "It is totally unacceptable for bank bonuses to be paid on the back of taxpayer guarantees. It must stop." Not only did he fail to keep his pledge to ban bonuses at state-owned banks, he is taking legal action against the EU commission over its plan to cap payments. TRUST US? In 2009 David Cameron promised a crack-down on MPs that fraudulently claim expenses saying "they should feel full force of the law". In 2014 MPs are claiming more expenses now than at height of 2009 scandal" MPs claimed £103 million in 2013/14 up from £98m the previous year and slightly more than they did at the high watermark of £102m set in 2008/09 TRUST US? "Expensive plans to speed rail commuters from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh in under three hours would be scrapped if Scotland votes for independence, a cabinet minister has warned." then "The £50bn High Speed Two rail link will not be extended to Scotland, as the team behind the project has found there is "no business case" for the undertaking." 2015. TRUST US? "free speech, the rule of law and democracy. It's absolutely essential we defend those values today and every day" Jan 2015 --- "For too long we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law we will leave you alone" May 2015. TRUST US? "We're an equal family of nations". Westminster then reject plans for each country within the UK to have an equal say in the EU referendum. TRUST US? "We love you Scotland! Please don't leave us" ... "Put up or shut up" when announcing cuts of £170 million to the Scottish budget devolved more powers to regional government and councils Human rights, working tax credits, child benefit, our privacy laws.. now this! TRUST US? During the referendum Scotland was promised "A modern form of home rule, near federalism" to be implemented in the event of a No vote. "The Scottish government say the Smith commission doesn't go far enough and more powers should be devolved to Holyrood" George Osbourne goes ahead with plans to devolve more powers to local councils in England and in London and Northern Ireland assemblies while Cameron says he will "consider" more powers for Holyrood. 2015 I am all for giving people the benefit of the doubt but how naive do they think we are? You have a point Patrick but we don't need to cut migation to acheive it, they are not "bleeding the system dry" they are net contributors to the UK economy. Yes we need to improve our schools & hospitals for us as well as to accomodate the new arrivals so lets do it! Start collecting the tax from mutinationals and tory donors that should be paying it anyway, stop forking out billions to keep a rusty radioactive nuke we're never gonna use, stop paying millions to keep house a lords to sleep all day.. "we must also maintain a stable and decent environment for all" you did say all or did u just mean British folk? n when they're no sleeping they're overrulling decisions our elected MPs have made ie I know what u mean but that doesn't matter.. the settlement should be made at the same time as he said. If it takes another 5 years to impiment FFA it kinda fucks up the whole "in tandem" shite "The eye-watering cut would leave just £2billion from the North Sea over the two decades from 2020 – down from an earlier estimate of £37billion." Are they for real? For 6 months of last year the price of crude fell by half, total tax revenue 2013/2014 was £3,556 million. How can they say that revenue will be £2billion over TWO DECADES when oil revenues were over £3.5billion in a single year? ion You don't fail from lack of resources. You fail from lack of resourcefulness. Big difference. George Osborne has set great store by Britain’s tax competitiveness, slashing the headline corporate tax rate from 28% to 20%. But it is not just on the rate that Osborne has competed hard: new favourable tax regimes for multinationals with offshore financing subsidiaries as well as new tax breaks for patent-owning companies have also been central to aggressive tax competition policy. its all a lot of shite wasnt it them that encouraged us all to buy our council houses and now housing assosiation houses and get ourselves into debt? Now they say we should live within our means but the means have changed, peoples wages have decreased in real terms, unless of course u are a mp. Its no our debt thats the problem here its theirs, the £1.5 trillion fuck all to do with us so why should we pay? BUT WAIT!!! Proof that asteroid sturgeon has radically changed the axis of the planet!!!! No there's no need, everybody knows there's a few bampots out there on both sides. We nats are the ones that what change so have took it upon ourselves to be the more vocal of the two groups although i really wish they would stfu sometimes We do yes but shouldn't our engineers be developing cleaner/greener sources of propulsion? It's too easy just to blame the little people for using too much electricity, leaving our telly on standby etc when it's a tiny fraction of the real culprits? Boycott all planes!! lololol Was Ronnie behind Frances Shea's death? Was she about to expose Ronnie's invovlement in child trafficing and prostetition rings? Were the Krays, Cliff Richard and Saville pimps for the Westminter establishment? If all that was true (which it's not btw) but if it was then that's a reason to stay in the uk fs lol. Do you really want to see other people suffer as a result of Scottish independence? It would effect the rUK economy no doubt about that but London alone dwarfs everything else, England has alone does well for itself True things would be tougher for them until WM change which it will eventually, it will have to. I am all for English votes for English laws but what about Scottish votes for Scottish laws or Welsh Laws? It's English votes for everybody's laws i'm all for EVEL in theory, why should it be ok for MPs in another country to over-rule decisions made by other MPs in that other country? I'm not too sure how this would 'strengthen the union' or indeed show how 'better together' we all are but it's a better system to what we have now and a solution to the West Lothian Question, however are we then to assume we can get Scottish Votes for Scottish matters and Welsh Votes for Welsh matters too? Or can WM simply continue to do as they please (English Votes For Everyones Laws) with little regard for the opinion of other democratically elected politicians? Their hypocrisy stinks! I just hope the SNP can put forward their FFA plans again without all this interference as it is a Scottish matter and nothing to do with the MPs in another country wink emoticon I Agree but I suspect we're not gonna win them over by rubbing their noses in it n gloating we were right you are wrong YES we were right they were wrong blah blah blah gloat gloat gloat. they must be feeling shit the now having already turned their backs on their country only to realise they were been lied to and drip fed propaganda not only in the run up to inyref but from 1707. We will obviously never get them to admit it on facebook but they must be sick to their stomachs knowing they played their part by voting NO. I have been guilty of the 'Don't blame me, I told u so' attitude myself and apologise for it. I forgive them. Phil, true not all migrants are contributing to the system but collectivley migrants do contribute more than they cost the country, but as I've said that's no the point! "which ones we need and which ones we don't." excuse my language but who the fuck are you to decide that we're talking about people here no dugs wae rabis! Vegas I think u better read back you may have missed the answer to number 1 ..is it globalization? sorry but why is that a bad thing? We're all human whatever our race, skin-tone, accent.. It's us against them mate not each other! THEM being corrupt governments n the bankers who rip us all off and exploit us, the tory doners that don't need to pay their taxes, the multi-national tax dodgers costing the country billions! It's THEM that suck up the cash. It is them that's the problem not other people! Not all imigrants are refugees most come here to work or goto uni but the ones here fleeing warzones n persecution need our help, you can globalisation i call it compassion. I thought we were all better together ;) Anyway I still havn't read the link but going from the headline I don't think i will. (2) well that's true we all know that tribal people can really only make crude weapons with sticks or perform voodoo what possible use could we have for that!! (3) A compromise? We can let them stay but only if we lock them up in cages and feed them maggots every 3 hours? (4) Over a quarter of all doctors in britain are non-british but even if that wasn't the case what exactly does that say about us that we're only willing to take doctors from abroad and to fuck with everyone else coz they're no privileged enough to afford a good education or just coz they're no clever enough? (5) Well statistically the same can be said for migration into this country as you mentioned yourself earlier. Also there are huge numbers of brits on the dole all over Europe claiming thousands in benefits we never hear them complaining (6) You're grappling over the consequences of wither to get an Indian or a Chinese? Lol No Vegas you're still not getting it but i suspect u never will! 1) I am disussing all 'Migrants' ie non-british residents living in the UK which is who we were discussing talking specificaly about the Boats on the Med that's even more of a reason!! Seriously! And I'm no talking about GDP mate that's not the point 2) Of course you have an opinion, we all do. What about their opinion? Ah right they're no british they don't matter 3) True UKIP only want people who will benefit the uk in some way. Am no saying it's our responsibillty ,we don't have to take them but we should! Not because it's 'the right thing to do' or sum shit about the GDP but because we would want them to do the same for us! Tony Abbott was called "a racist bastard" for his imigration policy similar to what UKIP want to do. Pity? Yes. Does watching people drown in the Med or in sum refugee camp somewhere no make u feel u wanna help? Am no judging u mate coz i don't know u but that does seem heartless. 4) Fuck knows mate am no an expert in globalisation like u but we all live here, it's a small world it's a global market mate wither u like it or not it's just the way it is. 5) Lol from your distorted viewpoint im sure it was 6) How the hell do u know the desire of the British people? Just cause someones no british doesn't take away their human rights. We're discussing several groups of people here but anyway i was making the point about migrants (non-Britishborn people living in the UK) who are net contributors, they work pay taxeslike the rest of us. Refugees or "boat people" are escaping sum shit hole, warzone, famine or drought, they've done nothing wrong all they want is to be safe keep their family safe and make a better life for themselves like everyone else, we would do the same in their position. they just want to improve their life like we all do. EVEL Its fairly tpical of the unionists to view events like this, was only last month WM MPs over-ruled all but 1 Scottish MP so instead of seeing the hypocrisy in their own argument they make out it's just the nationalists moaning again and wanting everything their own way when in reality all SNP and most Scottish people want is equality like in an EQUAL family of nations. We would rather not be in this position at all but while we are our MPs voices should be heard! SNP are a moderate left wing party of social democrats. A party of the people! You should be grateful they will stand up for you against further cuts, against fracking, against losing ur human rights n feck knows what else. I am obviously bias but a party of the SNPs greatness is much needed in England the people moaning about SNP interference on foxhunting are the same people saying Scotland should stay in the Union in 2014. "the Scottish Nationalists were quite happy to tear apart the UK based on oil price projections" no it's based on common sense, fairness and democracy, it's based on a government that are overwelmingly rejected in Scotland in election after election persuing policies and imposing further austerity cuts supported by very few people here. It's about people here making decisions that effect us. It's about many things Iain but oil isn't one of them. But as you bring it up the SNP asked several oil industry esperts for their analysis on the future of the industry, one of which was Sir Ian Wood, 10 months later he revised his findings claiming the S Just cause we can doesn't mean we should right? Wats up youtube! want to grow your own cannabis for as little as a quid a plant then click the link below! That's right for ONE pound per plant with a yeild of 2 ounce per plant that's alot a bud :D :D In my experience this plant is easy to grow and good for novice growers. With a 8 to 10 week flowering period you'll have big beautiful bud in about 100 days from seed to harvest then a further 10-15 days to smoke. with this strain i've found the drying & curing process can be reduced to 5 days of each, given a well ventalated room no colder than 75f. Nirvana ice dries out quickly although some moistness will remain in the bud until placed in a sealed container. Let the bud breathe every 5 hours for about 20 minutes, using a humidity thermometer continue this process untill both the lid open and lid closed values are the same. On the nirvana site they say to hang dry for no less than 10 days but mine were dry in half that time so I guess it just depends on the different conditions. Dunno what the deal is with these guys? Are they only gonna field candidates if there's no mention of #indyref2 in next years SNP manifesto or are they trying to force the issue? Either way It is clear that along with their free wix website and the fact candidates have to pay their own deposits they don't have many funds at their disposal also the lack of policies other than constitutional change. Seems like a single issue party which is fine but begs the question who would run the country? Where do they stand on the economy, Trident, currency, EU membership etc, with their lack of clarity on many issues it is difficult to take them seriously tbh and doubt they pose much of a threat to the SNP in terms of votes but there are now 5 political parties in Scotland supporting independence, 1 more than there was just a few months ago.. this can only be a good thing for the wider Yes movement. I welcome the new SIP It's been happening for the last 40 years but now it's a problem coz it effects England? Hang on a wee minute Darren 6 months ago u ere moaning about a £400 million underspend but now u are complaining about SG funding a company to help promote an event that brings in £12.7 Million to the Scottish economy. Listen I agree there are other things this 150k could have been spent on but if their efforts brought in more people to the event then I don't really see this as big deal (not as big as the Scotman is trying to make out anyway) #SNPbad4promotingScotland Well I don't know specificly what the money was used for so can't say, could u enlighten us poor ignorant folk? and a privatley owned company shouldn't be getting public cash?? Likewise if England voted to leave then it's unfair for any other country to veto the desicion made by England so that wouldn't work either mate. It's a constitutional shambles! One I want no part of. I voted Yes I asked about the shrinking of Scotland once on the BBC facebook page on a post by weather presenter Carol Kirkwood. She said "this represents the curvature of the Earth" like I was a 9 year old. I asked her why Iceland wasn't tiny then? Should we fear living in a one party state? Don't we work better when we're all pulling in the same direction? Wouldn't things just work better that way? So it's okay for someone in Yorkshire to want more devolved powers but it's "evil nationalism" when the Scots want it? How fuckin dare we? Lol We reqire a few extra crumbs off the table plz ;) Listen they slash council budgets then they're given power to manage the debt. Convient? Corporate WM at work Dear Barrie, I was away for a few days last week and on my return found that your courier Yodel had left the PC outside in my bottle bank which was almost empty and with the rain and general poor conditions has not done the equipment any good. Furthermore when I opened the box the front cover has been broken off and frankly this courier owes you and I compensation for the damage the casing has been bent and the front plastic panel broken in all four places that it is fixed to the machine. I think I asked you to send it back Parcel Force as other couriers are not worth the trouble they cause. I have taken the unit apart and there is a fault with the CPU Fan but the damage to the equipment is sufficient to make it unsaleable now. When the equipment was tested prior to delivery all was fine. May I ask how much experience do you have with PC and setting them us as the Ram was also removed and not in its correct position to operate. Will you please ask Yodel to pay you or I the £26.00 as it is their responsibility to deliver the equipment with due care which they have not done. The reference for their delivery was 44293962 if you can give me the name of the person to speak to I will have a go on this for you but it was your decision to use Yodel not mine. Sorry that they have not given you or I a good service and personally I would never use them myself. Please let me know how you get on. Our duty of care to you the purchaser has been undermined by their very poor service and once we have resolved this issue with Yodel we can then look at a possible rebate as the equipment had been tested and was in perfect working order prior to sale. Best wishes Richard We also have to ask why it's ilegal in the first place? Hi there i recently bought a recondishoned computer on ebay, when it was delivered it wasnt working so arranged to return it. The seller on ebay tells me that its been damaged and ive to contact the corrier company hich i did but they say the item as not damaged and deliverd ok. The reference for the delivery was 44293962. A have an email here from the seller it says: Will you please ask Yodel to pay you or I the £26.00 as it is their responsibility to deliver the equipment with due care which they have not done. if you can give me the name of the person to speak to I will have a go on this for you Richard Lorraine mith Little Sailsbury Wiltshire It's true what ur saying mate they don't get that. In the same way they forget their MP is their MP no matter what party they sepresent so every SNP MP in WM is there to represent ALL in that area not just the ones that voted for them. Some polls at the start of 2014 put Yes at 25% so we came along way. I think it is necessary to look back and analyis where it went wrong last year so it won't happen again. Hasn't UDI been rulled out? I think 3 non SNP MPs voted for it but most did not. So the idea got binned for now. I often find myself asking these questions at 4am in this case 2am so at least i know im not the only one lol ;) Sian Did the BBC really brainwash the no people into believing a lot of shite during indyref? We all knew Wid wasn't just disagreeing with his own figures but making out #SNPBAD but the BBC took the same view even though they claim in their own charter they should remain impartial. 1:38:20 Other countries have the dealth penelty, other countries torture and exsecturtion people for being gay, just cause it happens in other countries does not make it right or add any validity to your arguement. Can anyone here answer my earlier question defend from whom?? Strange it being such a deterrant when we've the scenes we're witnessing the now in Europe and the refugees multiply that by a factor of 50 if we ever dropped a nuclear bomb that's what would happen. People are not and should not be blamed for the actions of their government. The scenes we're witnessing the now in Europe and the refugees: multiply that by a factor of 50 if we ever dropped a nuclear bomb! That's what would happen! People are not and should not be blamed for the actions of their government! So my question is would you ever 'press the button' or support a government that is wiling to do so and potentially kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and displace millions more because we don't like the actions of government? He is a staunch republican and wants to axe the house of lords. As far as English politicians go that's about as radical and anti-establishment as u can get lol. He also wants to get rid of Trident. We disagree on Scottish independence but I would much rather he was head of rUK government when we get our independence wink emoticon two days ago it was all Corbyn's fab now it's Corbyn's bad?? We can't just dismiss everything he stands for as loony tunes better together shite, he has principils and not afraid to vote against his party like the war in Iraq. The man speaks a lot of sense we can't just turn on him now because he's on the other side when it comes to indy. The truth is indy is coming for us Corbyn or not but I care what happens elsewhere in the UK when we leave Lol huh? The consersvative and unionist party thats what they stand for I see its okay to call every SNP voter a nationalist cause its in the party name but not when its other parties? Its fairly tpical of a unionist to view events like this. No offence mate but last year Scotland's accounts showed a £400 million underspend (surplus) as you pointed out this was in the same year oil prices nose dived. It was also the year we held two major sporting events and held our referendum (which we were told at the time was a huge waste of public money) I would like to correct Mary Nightingale "Nicola Sturgeon tells the UK they are living on borrowed time". That was not what Nicola Sturgeon said. This kind of blatant misquoting is something I expect from the BBC and not from an independent news organisation. After he realises what he said he gets all flustered and nervous rambling incoherent nonsense and spouting his usual shite. Alister Darling let's the cat out the bag! Alister Darling tells the truth for once in his life and in last years referendum. Darling: Indyref turnout was over 90% Why is this important? The 'official' turnout last September was 84.6% (3.6 million). Alister Darling lets slip "more than 90% turned out to vote". 380,000 votes seperated the final result. A 10% difference ( which represents a 5.1% swing needed for a Yes victory. If the turnout was 90% and these missing votes were Yes votes we would have seen a very different result. And he does say more that 90%. Reporting Scotland, 18/9/15 Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use. Over 700,000 registered voters 'failed to register their vote' The 700,000 registered voters that failed to cast their vote in fact did turn up to vote and their ballot papers ended up shredded and stuffed in bin bags? And what about the ones counted along with other Yes votes on a No table in Dundee? Still never got to the bottom of that one either The difference between Yes and No was only 380,000 (10%) a swing of 5.1% would have seen a different result. And he did say more that 90% Like · Reply · 3 · That exludes 700,000 registered voters (4.2m-3.6) that went AWOL in fact did vote and and their ballot papers ended up shredded n stuffed in bin bags. The difference between Yes and No was only 380,000 (10%) a swing of 5.1% would have seen a different result. And he did say more that 90% Is Scotrail now trans-nationalised owned by Abellio a Dutch state owned company. Unless he knows something I don't Calmac is not privatised. He also claimed Labour's recent rise in membership is unprecedented? I seem to remember the new lib dem leader saying the same last week boasting about their new 10,000 members, the Scottish Green Party has also seen a huge surge in membership as have the national Green Party not to mention the Scottish National Party (SNP) Are we feeling better together yet? I wouldn't expect you to understand but hey if you can't win the arguement just change the subject and pick on someones profile pic. Last night on question time this prat hits out with how much we need trident as a deterent with "evil Russia" lurking in the wings ready to attack. 5 Minutes later he makes the point that "Russia hasn't attacked any country in the middle east since Hungray in 1941" How many countries has US invaded in the Middle East?? Middle East Invasion (since 1941) US USSR UK Asia Invasion (since 890AD) US USSR UK All invasions (since 890AD) US Russia/USSR UK Scottish invasions 1650-2018* invasion of Scotland by England 1333 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" and England 1332 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" from England 1296-1314 invasion of Scotland by England 793-1018 invasion of Scotland by The Viking Empire 71-211 invasion of Scotland by The Roman Empire Try, try & try again. Wee shame they can't do the same at rugby. :P 1707-2018* Union of Scotland and England 1650-1707 invasion of Scotland by England 1547-1550 invasion of Scotland by England 1544 invasion of Scotland by England 1541 invasion of Scotland by England 1482 Invasion of Scotland by England 1448 Invasion of Scotland by England 1333 invasion of Scotland by England 1332 invasion of Scotland by England 1296-1314 invasion of Scotland by England * to be confirmed Try, try & try again. Wee shame they can't do the same at rugby. :P Mon the Aussies!! 1707-2018* invasion of Scotland by England 1543-1551 invasion of Scotland by England 1482 invasion of Scotland by England 1448 invasion of Scotland by England 1332-1357 invasion of Scotland by England 1298-1314 invasion of Scotland by England 1297 invasion of Scotland by England 1296 invasion of Scotland by England 1174-1296 invasion of Scotland by England * TBA (1999 invasion of Scottish waters: 6,000 Sq miles of Scottish maritime border stolen by England) [source] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/utk/scotland/conquered.htm http://www.scottishhistory.com/articles/independence/csys/dissertation/csysdiss_print.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stirling_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunbar_(1296) http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/09/when-richard-iii-invaded-scotland/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_War_of_Scottish_Independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Berwick_(1482) http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Wooing When Scotland becomes independent would we give forign aid to England? With all these cutbacks announced it got me thinking about how much worse it would have been for everyone else in the UK if Scotland had voted Yes. We know the people causing the problem (thee establishment, westminster, house of lords, the monarchy, the bankers etc) they would never take a hit and pass on their debts to the rest of society. England deserves better! Most of them never voted tory scum either. UK government has acumilated a black hole of 1.5 trillion in the economy and that's with Scotland. I fear what could happen I would just like to say good luck to England tonight i still want the Aussies to win mind you but Guns. Councils would go cap in hand to the government to pay for it but the government would get that money back after it's sold from the councils, why don't they do that? The BBC along with other organisations and individuals see themselves as British. They actually believe Scotland is better off being part of the UK they are wrong (in my opinion) but can we blame them? BBC blatant bias aside, they were drip-fed a diet of were just reacting to what some eejit said in London and how indy would be a catastrophe for Scotland. They are unionists for a reason wither we agree with them or not it's their democratic right.and they actually believe Scotland is better within the UK. Personally I think they're a bit nuts but can we blame them? am patriotic wither we call them trolls or not came Glad everything is oknow, that's crazy! The law is an ass my friend! Keep fighting the good fight Suzette one day eh? It's on the way my friend. Hope you're now settling into your new homex.Will b soon enough don't take any their pish (aswe say in Glasgow) lol x Do they do meth in your retirement village? it's not like that over here at least i don't think so lol They can't silence us all Suzette. ! It's on it's way my friend x Why are unionists gloating over the fact the Scottish economy has stalled in the last quarter after 12 months of continued economic growth? Was only last month they were going on about another SG underspend while trying to convince themselves and others this was somehow a bad thing. Earlier in the year when the SG reveled plans to extend childcare schemes, when they've awready made up their minds , if the pennies no dropped by noo a don't think it ever will, let them think what they want UNIONIST WARNING...Contains actual facts! (may patronise) If the penny hasn't dropped by now it probably never will. The quote below is an extract from OECD part of the UK governments budget of responsibiltiy, they do this every year but to illistrate how oil predictions don't always go to plan (anyones plan) "The OECD simply assumes that oil prices will rise by $5 per barrel per year. Prices: In our central scenario oil prices rise from $102 a barrel in 2015 to $160 dollars a barrel in 2040." From July 2014. http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/SPFCletter.pdf No one "lied and decieved the Scottish voters" as andrew neil puts it. The SG explain how they forecast oil below// "While it is not possible to fully predict the scale or frequency of such factors in the future" ,"the data suggests", "estimations from experts", "global production"... The simple fact is NO ONE KNEW. You could argue they should have known and you would be right considering they are so called experts in the field and the crash was only round the corner surely they had a rough idea how much the world was producing (the main cause of the oil crash) http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00453317.pdf "A number of organisations produce forecasts of future oil prices, with a considerable variation in their expectations of how prices will evolve. For example, among the 22 forecasters monitored by HM Treasury, projections for oil prices in 2015 range from $85 to over $115 a barrel. 19 The OECD assume oil prices will remain at $110.6 in 2014 and rise to $115.6 in 2015" LOL JUST LOL WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK TO AUGUST 2014! LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE 100 LOLIPOPS RIGHT AND YOUR BIG BROTHER TAKES ALL YOUR L Sorry if you think im 'having a go' but just to be clear "half the country" did not vote against it, 46.7% did ;) Your comparising of two seperate voting systems is flawed. One was single transferable vote the other is first past the post. Scotland overwhelmingly rejected the tories as we do in election after election. 90% of Scots did not vote conserative (our government) at the last election, what part of that dont u get? This isn't about you mate it's about what we all voted for. recommend a friend and recruit others to do the same. Pass on savings to your friends and family. Earn commission from everyone in your network Hi there, good morning about this "MyLittleBigVictory" if i sold an item for £30 would the voucher still apply or would it have to be under that amount? Fair enough mate ,believe what u want by the sounds of it your going to anyway no matter what anyone says. The average no voter will happily reminds us Scotland voted no and "We won" remind me again What exactly did we win? Even Alex Salmond Boulevard westmonsters fuckin sleeze pit Last month wind and solar power outstripped coal for first time. I think we should focus more on renewable energies. Also mainland Scotland has 6,160 miles of coastline including the numerous islands, this increases to some 10,250 miles. Our coastline can be harnessed and converted to electricity.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/19/green-light-for-worlds-largest-planned-tidal-energy-project-in-scotland Westmonsters announced in the julys budget they were stopping the feed-in tarrif which was intoroduced by the lib dem/tory collition in 2010. There are community grants available from the Scottish Government of upto £2,000 but the feed in tarriff scheme as better as there's no upfront cost Much is said about the oil and who owns it at the end of the day it's no ones oil it belongs to the planet, it pollutes the air we breath and the water we drink and kills the wildlife, it creates greed and wars so fuck the oil lol Mon the trees :P Should we stop paying to keep these places open when they're closed half the time anyway? https://twitter.com/jakimccarthy/status/658058950919766016/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Know what gets ma goat... all they unionist mps that said we were better together before the referendum only to segrigate themselves after the event. i agree with EVEL in princepel as MPs in one country shouldn't be allowed to make decisions that effect people in a dofferent country that wern't elected by the people in that country. That makes pefect sense to me.. Of course unionists would argue we ARE all the same country and there's "no borders", with EVEL they obviously do see us as two different countries which is the exact opposite of what they said last year. Never mind the fact that English MPs (elected in England by English people) set laws that effect people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are we then to assume we can get Scottish Votes for Scottish matters and Welsh Votes for Welsh matters too? Or can WM simply continue to do as they please (English Votes For Everyones Laws) with little regard for the opinion of other democratically elected politicians? Their hypocrisy stinks! Know what gets ma goat Amy... all they unionist MPs that said we were better together before the referendum only to segregate themselves after the event. i actually agree with EVEL in principle as MPs in one country shouldn't be allowed to make decisions that effect people in anothr country who couldn't vote for them. Of course unionists would argue I am wrong as we are all the same country aka better together.. fast forward 13 months (unlucky for some) and they now obviously see us as seperate countries which is exactly the opposite of what they claimed last year. Their hypocrisy stinks! Never mind the fact that English MPs (elected in England by English people) set laws that effect people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are we then to assume we can get Scottish Votes for Scottish matters, Welsh Votes for Welsh matters without interfearence from English MPs or do we simply continue as it's been since 1707 were English MPs do as they please with no regard for the opinions of the electorate or democatically elected politicians in those countries? (AKA English Votes For Everyones Laws) AKA best of both worlds. Are we no I am all for English votes for English laws but what about Scottish votes for Scottish laws or Welsh Laws? It's English votes for everybody's laws i'm all for EVEL in theory, why should it be ok for MPs in another country to over-rule decisions made by other MPs in that other country? I'm not too sure how this would 'strengthen the union' or indeed show how 'better together' we all are but it's a better system to what we have now and a solution to the West Lothian Question, however are we then to assume we can get Scottish Votes for Scottish matters and Welsh Votes for Welsh matters too? Or can WM simply continue to do as they please (English Votes For Everyones Laws) with little regard for the opinion of other democratically elected politicians? Their hypocrisy stinks! Why is it somehow okay for English councils to set their own business rates but it's bad for Scotland to do the same? In George Osborne’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, he said that he was “embarking on the biggest transfer of power to our local government in living memory” with the £26bn raised by councils to be retained locally. Under his proposals, local authorities will now have the power to set their own business rates. He also announced that he will be abolishing the uniform business rate – a single tax rate that is imposed on every council by central government. “Right now, we collect much more in business rates than we give back in the main grant,” he said. “So we will phase out this local government grant altogether.” How come it's now okay for councils to set their own business rates but it was somehow bad for Scotland to do the same when Alex Salmond suggested it? Anyway...assuming councils use these new powers effectively will it make a difference in rejuvenating our half empty town centres and High Streets or will the money saved be passed onto staff or customers? If you owned a small business and found yourself better off as a result how would you spend your profits? 1 pay your staff a higher wage 2 lower the price of your goods or services or buy more stock to sell cheaper 3 maximize production --employ more staff at current wage levels... enabling you to take on more orders/jobs thus make more profit next month 4 Invest it in some other way -- stocks n shares, 5 Donate to charity 6 Donate some to charity and split the rest between your workforce http://www.publicsectorexecutive.com/Economy-and-Infrastructure/councils-to-keep-26bn-business-rates-income-osborne- http://www.publicsectorexecutive.com/Economy-and-Infrastructure/councils-to-keep-26bn-business-rates-income-osborne-