Dawson Park Boy Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just watched the interviews with Ian Duncan and Alex Salmond on the BBC and how interesting and articulate these two were. What a difference from the usual dullards of Scottish politics who are usually wheeled on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 hours ago, welshbairn said: Great, throw in a bit of quantitative easing and we kick off a new regime on Monday! Except a maximum of £450 million wouldn't take us very far in rejigging the economy. How can we borrow £450m without borrowing powers? We don't have the power to borrow just £450m though. I am sure after your initial uniformed post and subsequent Google search you will see that we can borrow significantly more than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 How fucking tedious. The never ending slavers about the ability to borrow for specific capital expenditures but not day to day spend. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 27 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said: How fucking tedious. The never ending slavers about the ability to borrow for specific capital expenditures but not day to day spend. There’s an underlying point. A country that does not have full financial autonomy will never be able to determine its own future. Certain craven creatures are quite happy with this state of affairs. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Just watched the interviews with Ian Duncan and Alex Salmond on the BBC and how interesting and articulate these two were. What a difference from the usual dullards of Scottish politics who are usually wheeled on. You mean like D.Ross? Salmond was very good, and made several excellent points as to how we should proceed towards Indyref2. Surprised to find we are in agreement on this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 46 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: You mean like D.Ross? Salmond was very good, and made several excellent points as to how we should proceed towards Indyref2. Surprised to find we are in agreement on this. Yes- D Ross and most of the SNP ministers are hopeless. Politically, I am totally opposed to Salmond but, as a political communicator he is streets ahead of Nicola and the rest. Duncan, who I don’t know much about, was articulate and honest in his views. Made a welcome change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Perhaps being in no way accountable to or dependent upon the views of thew electorate makes it easier to speak your mind. Like the guy who lost to Pete Wishart and still became a government minister the next day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 38 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said: Perhaps being in no way accountable to or dependent upon the views of thew electorate makes it easier to speak your mind. Like the guy who lost to Pete Wishart and still became a government minister the next day. I listened to Salmond too and he spoke very well on the subject of Indyref in 2023. Accountable or not, he was bang on with pretty much every point he made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, HTG said: I listened to Salmond too and he spoke very well on the subject of Indyref in 2023. Accountable or not, he was bang on with pretty much every point he made. I've certainly got much more time for "let's all work together" Unity Salmond than I have for "still seething and lashing out at being correctly ostracised for being a toucher" Salmond. Edited June 12, 2022 by williemillersmoustache 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 6 hours ago, williemillersmoustache said: I've certainly got much more time for "let's all work together" Unity Salmond than I have for "still seething and lashing out at being correctly ostracised for being a toucher" Salmond. I wouldn’t touch Salmond with a ten foot pole. Anyway he’s totally irrelevant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 11 hours ago, williemillersmoustache said: How fucking tedious. The never ending slavers about the ability to borrow for specific capital expenditures but not day to day spend. Obviously not tedious as you are showing how ignorant you are. The Scottish government can borrow for revenue and capital expenditure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duries Air Freshener Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Yes- D Ross and most of the SNP ministers are hopeless. Politically, I am totally opposed to Salmond but, as a political communicator he is streets ahead of Nicola and the rest. Duncan, who I don’t know much about, was articulate and honest in his views. Made a welcome change. Agree with this, DPB. Salmond has character flaws (don't we all?) but is a superb debater and communicator. Sturgeon isn't as competent, but has an incredibly broad appeal. She lives a lie and has cultivated an image/persona that appeals to all the 'right on' groups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanhourjoe Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Announcement coming from Harvie and Sturgeon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Juanhourjoe said: Announcement coming from Harvie and Sturgeon? 11am, not sure if it's televised. P.S. On here anyway.. Edited June 14, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanhourjoe Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: 11am, not sure if it's televised. Just a link to Facebook and Twitter that I've seen. Though it is up on the BBC scrolling bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Juanhourjoe said: Just a link to Facebook and Twitter that I've seen. Though it is up on the BBC scrolling bit. Aye https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-61795633 P.S. Live on BBC2 Edited June 14, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, Juanhourjoe said: Announcement coming from Harvie and Sturgeon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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welshbairn Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 It's on BBC2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albus Bulbasaur Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 So when's the date then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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