tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post494356533385142500..comments2024-03-18T22:55:22.060+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Welcome to the year in which Nicola Sturgeon will *probably* renew her demand for a Section 30 orderJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14917331855003317162019-01-07T19:21:03.718+00:002019-01-07T19:21:03.718+00:00Poor Cordelia. Attention span of a goldfish, blind...Poor Cordelia. Attention span of a goldfish, blind obedience to Tory doctrine and a Toilet Duck habit are some of the reasons why it's never heard about the work done to mitigate austerity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43094738485636098012019-01-07T17:06:52.529+00:002019-01-07T17:06:52.529+00:00Never heard of this millions per annum money. Never heard of this millions per annum money. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-10093070507890119982019-01-07T15:11:05.702+00:002019-01-07T15:11:05.702+00:00ScotGov does spend tens of millions per annum, pap...ScotGov does spend tens of millions per annum, papering over some of the worse aspects of the UK benefits system, dopey.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6717360800498418532019-01-07T13:32:54.631+00:002019-01-07T13:32:54.631+00:00Except they can top up benefits, Scot Gov asked fo...Except they can top up benefits, Scot Gov asked for the powers to do so, got given then and now don't want to use them, very strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29026594168219070682019-01-07T12:41:57.711+00:002019-01-07T12:41:57.711+00:00http://www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/Education...<a href="http://www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/Education/18642.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/Education/18642.aspx</a><br /><br /><i>"Reserved [to the UK government] matters include:<br /><br />Benefits & Social Security..."</i>Scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-41073546892221043542019-01-07T11:56:58.635+00:002019-01-07T11:56:58.635+00:00What is the Nat si plan on welfare and eradicating...What is the Nat si plan on welfare and eradicating foodbanks! I do recall they were prepared to top up welfare payments but this turned into their usual wind. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20904448352439989322019-01-07T10:26:21.815+00:002019-01-07T10:26:21.815+00:00Poor, desperate, tormented Cordelia.
So bitter.
So...Poor, desperate, tormented Cordelia.<br />So bitter.<br />So drunk.<br />So funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11023506034848171122019-01-07T10:24:16.702+00:002019-01-07T10:24:16.702+00:00Poor Cordelia. The only unionist troll too dim-wit...Poor Cordelia. The only unionist troll too dim-witted to get anyone to pay it for trolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81515113194847683562019-01-07T08:12:40.986+00:002019-01-07T08:12:40.986+00:00Unemployment is technically only ~4%, yet millions...Unemployment is technically only ~4%, yet millions are using foodbanks. Can you imagine what it will be like when the 4% becomes 8%...12%+? Even if the shelves are not empty, people won't be able to buy what's on them. The UK welfare system has been so undermined we're seeing abject poverty while most are in work and growth has been modest, never mind a full blown 1920's type Brepression. <br /><br />That is what we're looking at for our calamitous plan-free hardcore English nationalist brexit. scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-64820774464438548172019-01-07T07:53:05.151+00:002019-01-07T07:53:05.151+00:00Given the removal of much of the welfare state in ...Given the removal of much of the welfare state in the past 10 years, god help us when the great brecession hits. Whole families on the streets is what we face. Unemployment is already creeping up as we approach the initial contraction in earnest, with EU workers fleeing through the exit gates in their hundreds of thousands. The latter at least can go back to other EU countries for a job or welfare support if needed. For Brits, there'll be no such options, with the UK goverment's 'great big wall' preventing them leaving, while punitive sanctions leave them destitute.<br /><br />When a government reduces the free movement of its citizens - as the UK is doing now - it is because bad times are coming and it's trying to stop them escaping. Just look at any country historically that has curtailed the free movement of its citizens. This has never been done for positive reasons, obviously.<br /><br /><br />The UK government is about to end your right to freely go and live/work in 27+ other countries. It's going to massively limit your freedoms, tying to a shithole which is entering a serious and extended recession. At the same time, it's slashed welfare meaning when folks lose their jobs - which is inevitable, even in normal economic cycles - they're utterly screwed. scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11608326822297328052019-01-06T22:47:55.387+00:002019-01-06T22:47:55.387+00:00Great idea skier you have switched on and in such ...Great idea skier you have switched on and in such a short statement which is unusual from your previous documentaries! Glasgow UK Scotsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81101577650059615352019-01-06T20:04:49.322+00:002019-01-06T20:04:49.322+00:00What's wrong with a hard border at Gretna? We ...What's wrong with a hard border at Gretna? We can just trade on WTO terms.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-60586330829657776452019-01-06T18:05:39.117+00:002019-01-06T18:05:39.117+00:00Scotland is not being forced to leave the EU mafia...Scotland is not being forced to leave the EU mafia. It was a UK election and over a million jockos voted leave. I doubt even the Nat sis would want a hard border with their main trading partner. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32504013377106215122019-01-06T17:54:01.124+00:002019-01-06T17:54:01.124+00:00Ejfj. Jesus Christ. What a boreEjfj. Jesus Christ. What a boreKenny far the Fifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17105963333010083542019-01-06T14:24:25.091+00:002019-01-06T14:24:25.091+00:00@michaelsavage
Same poll...
Please imagine that a...@michaelsavage<br />Same poll...<br /><br />Please imagine that a Brexit deal passes because it is supported by most Conservative MPs and Labour does not instruct its MPs to oppose it. How would you vote at the next election?<br /> <br />CON 43<br />LAB 26<br />Lib Dem 16 <br />SNP/Plaid 5<br />Other 10<br /><br />---<br /><br />Scots subsample may be interesting!<br /><br />As I said, if Labour continues to facilitate brexit, forcing Scotland out of the EU against the will of voters, it will be the end of them in Scotland, and so the end of the union. scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13911956510563849322019-01-06T12:05:42.781+00:002019-01-06T12:05:42.781+00:00That was in reply to a now removed post from a Bet...That was in reply to a now removed post from a BetterTogether activist using some typically colourful language, but no harm in folks knowing the moniker origins!scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-40303511057463097872019-01-06T12:01:54.203+00:002019-01-06T12:01:54.203+00:00The White Lady was my lass when I took my first tu...The White Lady was my lass when I took my first turns. If you came fae the valley, up the hill was where you spent the school holidays. The Austrian ski school ('bloody furriners') in the village even provided the local kids with skis for free. Was the lifeblood of the community back before thatcher trashed the economy. Only Scots would understand that though.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53307449596030644992019-01-06T11:41:35.187+00:002019-01-06T11:41:35.187+00:00Gentlemen's Water Closet. Cordelia hangs aroun...Gentlemen's Water Closet. Cordelia hangs around looking for "action". She doesn't get much. Hence the frustrated ranting.Carol Berrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61457783159096911962019-01-06T09:43:50.322+00:002019-01-06T09:43:50.322+00:00I see UK consumer confidence is hitting lows last ...I see UK consumer confidence is hitting lows last observed at the end of the 2012 'double dip' recession.<br /><br />https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2019/01/03/uk-consumer-confidence-slumps-unpredictable-common<br /><br />Projections of 0.1% growth only for the last quarter of 2018 is setting us up for a potential recession as early as Q1/2 this year. <br /><br />Would be the first time in history a UK government (or any government?) had intentionally induced a major economic contraction, and all simply because they don't like furrin lookin folks.<br /><br />BetterTogether#2 is going to be a seriously hard sell, especially when we're kicking off at near 50Y/50N rather than 30Y/70N. scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45481033943840798972019-01-06T09:24:42.284+00:002019-01-06T09:24:42.284+00:00I believe 34% is labour's lowest since pre-201...I believe 34% is labour's lowest since pre-2017 GE?<br /><br />UK Westminster voting intention:<br />CON: 40% (-1)<br />LAB: 34% (-5)<br />LDEM: 10% (+3)<br />GRN: 4% (-)<br />UKIP: 4% (+1)<br /><br />via @YouGov, 21 Dec - 04 Jan<br />Chgs. w/ 17 Dec<br /><br />25k sample apparently. In Scotland this is manifesting as a net shift to the SNP and, from what scant data we have, Yes.<br /><br />If Labour continue to force brexit (+ the Tories) on Scotland (by not opposing it/them or even facilitating it/them), it will be the final end of them, and so the UK union. Corbyn's supposed 'left revival' was last chance saloon, yet its turned out to be hardcore delusional English nationalism with a decent dash of total incompetence.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-60264201781490607202019-01-05T17:05:27.897+00:002019-01-05T17:05:27.897+00:00I think, based on the barely coherent screams of i...I think, based on the barely coherent screams of impotent rage this morning, that Cordelia is having something of a lost weekend.<br />It may have chased its Toilet Duck breakfast with turps.<br />Comedy gold, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-42544562282501444382019-01-05T17:01:18.263+00:002019-01-05T17:01:18.263+00:00State of this drunken mess.State of this drunken mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-70492522870548416252019-01-05T17:00:22.681+00:002019-01-05T17:00:22.681+00:00Tanked up and shouting the odds at 11am.
Poor, mis...Tanked up and shouting the odds at 11am.<br />Poor, miserable, desperate Cordelia.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6824229267886487142019-01-05T16:58:25.495+00:002019-01-05T16:58:25.495+00:00What a drunken omnishambles Cordelia is.What a drunken omnishambles Cordelia is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-89270876656426643022019-01-05T16:56:45.027+00:002019-01-05T16:56:45.027+00:00Too drunk to ask its overlords to pay it for troll...Too drunk to ask its overlords to pay it for trolling.<br />Snivelling, guttered Cordelia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com