Poo Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 9 hours ago, sparky88 said: It's not lying. The daily mail was talking about travel expenses and other selected expenses that went up. WOS shot back with a load of whataboutery (a very common theme for wos articles) about the total expenses spend being down. Both sources selectively used the figures for their own ends. WOS is showing the whole thing. The Daily Mail is using selective statistics as you admit yourself. It's morons like you who read papers like the Daily Mail, Express and Telegraph who take a whataboutery attitude, because you know what you're reading isn't giving you the complete picture. Just selective facts while leaving out the rest in order to create a narritive bias. But as long as it reads #SNPbad, you don't really care if it isn't accurate when compared to the complete picture. You don't even consider the fact that their travelling expenses are higher, because they have far greater involvement over debates and voting at westminster than the previous labconlib arrangement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Not that long ago you had to show an NHS registration card. I think my parents had one for me when I was a kid. You only needed it to register at a GP, like if you moved house or something. You didn't need to show it again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 45 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said: Everybody should have a barcode tattooed on their wrist Why the wrist? Just tattoo it on the back of peoples heads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 4 hours ago, NotThePars said: I think someone worked out the "health tourist" unclaimed costs were about £200 million or 0.02% of the budget. Then again it feels a bit pointless to challenge this from an economic perspective when it's obviously ideologically motivated. As a percentage of the whole budget it's tiny, but presumably there is a disproportionate impact on NHS trusts in areas with lots of foreign nationals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 10 hours ago, NewBornBairn said: Everybody should have a barcode tattooed on their wrist Most of those in the west of Scotland have that many tattoos the only places left to stick any tattoos on them would be their internal organs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Chip everybody then like we do with cats and dogs. Is that as daft as it sounds? Once chipped all your data would be in the same place getting rid of the need for passports, driving licences and the like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/22/scotland-voluntary-work-sanctions-benefits-holyrood Scotland wins battle to end voluntary work programme sanctions Wait...SNP good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 18 hours ago, NotThePars said: I think someone worked out the "health tourist" unclaimed costs were about £200 million or 0.02% of the budget. Then again it feels a bit pointless to challenge this from an economic perspective when it's obviously ideologically motivated. Sadly populist policies like this is something the right are very good at, cheered on by the Daily Mail, Express, Sun, etc. Those on the left politically find it hard to respond. I can see more policies of this type emerging, whilst millions suffer solutions to non-existent problems will abound. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/22/scotland-voluntary-work-sanctions-benefits-holyrood Scotland wins battle to end voluntary work programme sanctions Wait...SNP good? Seems a sensible approach, 80,000 sanctions issued in Scotland alone since 2010!! [emoji47] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 13 minutes ago, RedRob72 said: Seems a sensible approach, 80,000 sanctions issued in Scotland alone since 2010!! No, 80000 sanctions just for those on work programs is how I read it. The actual figure will be far higher I would think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 No, 80000 sanctions just for those on work programs is how I read it. The actual figure will be far higher I would think. Sorry, It's how I read it too mate, hence the [emoji47]!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The government are apparently about to ban access to porn which includes 'non-conventional' sex acts.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornographyThere's something that makes me feel very uncomfortable about the government deciding what counts as 'non-conventional', particularly as apparently this includes female orgasms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, jmothecat said: The government are apparently about to ban access to porn which includes 'non-conventional' sex acts.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography There's something that makes me feel very uncomfortable about the government deciding what counts as 'non-conventional', particularly as apparently this includes female orgasms. They should just start with their own "non-conventional" sex acts for now, that'll be plenty for the search engines to be getting on with for now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, jmothecat said: The government are apparently about to ban access to porn which includes 'non-conventional' sex acts.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography There's something that makes me feel very uncomfortable about the government deciding what counts as 'non-conventional', particularly as apparently this includes female orgasms. Sounds like they want to make sure that they themselves are not subject to xhamster videos. Especially given previous revelations regarding MPs and ministers. Edited November 23, 2016 by strichener 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The government are apparently about to ban access to porn which includes 'non-conventional' sex acts.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornographyThere's something that makes me feel very uncomfortable about the government deciding what counts as 'non-conventional', particularly as apparently this includes female orgasms. Never realised the Barnett formula was the 'Four Fingered Rule' !!?[emoji15] eek! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, RedRob72 said: Never realised the Barnett formula was the 'Four Fingered Rule' !!? eek! NI only get a pinky up the arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 1 hour ago, jmothecat said: The government are apparently about to ban access to porn which includes 'non-conventional' sex acts.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography There's something that makes me feel very uncomfortable about the government deciding what counts as 'non-conventional', particularly as apparently this includes female orgasms. If conventional is anything a Tory MP or lord has been up to then anything goes. Lock up your pigs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 What the f**k is this shit. Wid not, and wid, btw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Conservative MSP misses parliamentary committee meeting because he is linesman in Sporting Lisbon v Real Madrid game.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38078341?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/38074963&link_location=live-reporting-story He's excused. IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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