http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41027964

Hardly surprising really, our MP's are quite comfortable leaching off whoever is prepared to do the providing.

Wake up jim..

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=7078

:haha:

I am tired of hearing this again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41030635

I want to know is every single penny being spent on what it should be? Back in the 1990's when I worked in the NHS I witness money being spent on new flash cars every year by the management.

Granted I have no idea how the money is spent now but I feel certain amount of money is being diverted else where.

http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...warns-11018782

Conference season cancelled? That would have been result back in the days it was on TV in full. :03:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41141373

From what I have picked up on Scotland's books are not balanced, so where is the money coming from?

It'll start with the letter "B". That's the Block Grant which Holyrood receives from the Treasury which is calculated via Barnett. As part of the increased powers that the Scottish Parliament gained it also has the ability to borrow money on it's own account.

The SNP largely cut or froze council funding whilst Scottish Labour controlled so many Local Authorities. Now that the SNP have a greater degree of control over them the purse strings will loosen.

TBH honest, without control of macro-economic policy and the "Stealth" taxes that go with it, Scotland is very unlikely to be able balance it's books.

Only independence or Full Fiscal Autonomy would do that.:hmmm:

Mike.

Looks like I was right:

Sarwar - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41146997

Leonard - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41140402

Guardian article: Sarwar and Leonard confirm bids for Scottish Labour leadership.

Now we'll see who has the most powerful backers.:hmmm:

Mike.

So we have the same old story, spend money you have not got and look good and pray no one will find out or blow it big time. :rolleyes:

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/...-in-six-months

And when you are sanctioned you are off the unemployment figures which makes it look good for the government of the day as monthly unemployment figures show a drop. :03:

Don't get me wrong if you are a lay about who will not work you should be sanctioned but if you are really making the effort and get hit because your bus was late that would be out of order.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a3626386.html

I don't find this a big story or a little story. I find this another attempt by George Gideon Oliver Osborne to put the knife in. There could be a issue here if these sort of news stories become more and more in the Evening Standard it will show a bitter twisted angry former MP who stills holds a grudge against Mrs May.

Not untrue.

I also see that the Tories are also going to do something similar: LINK. I would hardly call the Sun a great source, but it was linked on the Conservative Home site.

I could be sceptical and say that the Tories may wait until the SNP announce it first, indulge in a bit of Nat-bashing/Jockophobia for their voter base in England and then quietly introduce the exact same policy south of the Border......

Not the first time they've done so, of course. The antics of English Conservatives often makes things very difficult for Ruth Davidson and the Scottish Tories.

Mike.:hmmm:

And about bloody time!!

Even if they did, I hardly think those effected will vote Tory.

Quote:

Anti-Islam UKIP leadership hopeful Anne Marie Waters attacks 'EU-like' rivals

http://news.sky.com/story/anti-islam...ivals-11021041



This one seems to me some what blown up about if she is elected its goodnight UKIP. From the UKIP end it just seems a bit of hoo-har while the media comes across as to say that's a rap for UKIP and we will miss their infighting and fruitcake actions.

I thought they went to sleep ages ago when Nigel left :hmmm:

UKIP - back to being the BNP in blazers, then.

Meanwhile, up at Holyrood the SNP administration has announced it's intention to "get on with the day job"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41147003

At-a-glance: Scotland's legislative programme 2017-18

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41162058

16 bills altogether covering various topics. We'll see how much they can actually deliver.

Mike.

Some rich bloke rang in to a radio phone in last night moaning the SNP were bleeding his kind dry and the SNP was on course to bankrupt Scotland's economy. He was a employer owning a small company, I suspect too a point he was telling the truth. Question is has the SNP now passed its peak and trying to do what every it can to hold on to power? :hmmm:

The summer break is over and here we go again..

DING DING PMQ'S

May Vs Corbyn

Come on Corbyn, every time that dotty old bag brings up the last Labour Government you should hit back. Over 6 years ago not 6 months ago! Trouble with Corbyn is too many topics, if he gets the wrong answer he should keep hitting back demanding the answer and not some off the cuff answer or deflection response.

May is weak but Corbyn is weaker and can not see how to deliver the knock out blow.

Score
May 1 Corbyn 0

It's a bit more subtle than that. There was a major stooshie last year over changes to business rates. As it turns out businesses in the North East and many other rural areas would be most affected by the rises, the Central Belt less so. So if he's based in the NE it's a bone of contention between the business community here and the SNP administration.

There have been dark mutterings up in this neck of the woods (Aberdeen in particular) that the SNP has deliberately set out sabotage the economy up here in order to boost that in the western central belt (i.e. the Clyde Valley and Glasgow) so they can hold on to their new ex-Labour voter base in those areas.

No doubt relations have worsened now that the Tories have made gains at the SNP's expense in this area.

Mike.

BBC Scotland's Business Editor Douglas Fraser's take on the SNP Programme for Government:

Sturgeon's mid-term reboot

Also, Ruth Davidson has this to say about the Brexit process:

Scottish Tory leader says she is worried Brexit could damage economy permanently

Almost forgot this - the GMB is calling foul over the decision to open up the contract for the new Type 31 frigates to yards across the UK rather than using the Clyde only:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-41174619

Viewed UK wide, it's a good decision and one I approve of, but from a specifically Scottish view point this is a potential hornets nest. If Glasgow gets the hump, the rest of Scotland normally suffers.

Mike.