strichener Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: Tories are funded by private donations from the financial elite. Those donations will always be forthcoming were the party to need them so they don't care about deficits. SNP do receive private donations but are far more reliant on membership fees. That means their membership numbers are key to their finances, which was the main point of the article. It's worth noting that reliance on membership fees is far more democratic than reliance on private donations. So this is another example of how our system punishes increased democracy. The drop in donations was larger than the drop in membership fees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, strichener said: The drop in donations was larger than the drop in membership fees. Sure, that's the point. The SNP can't rely on donations how the Tories can because society's donors - the financial elite - donate to the party that protects their interests. That's the Tories before its the SNP. Therefore SNP deficits can have consequences whereas a donor will always step in to pick up the tab for a Tory deficit if its ever needed. This is an example of our political system punishing increased democracy because it allows for party finances - and therefore the ability of a party to advertise its message - to be dictated by wealthy individuals rather than mass membership movements. 6 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: SNP do receive private donations but are far more reliant on membership fees. With that sentence I meant, "far more reliant on membership fees" than the Tories, and not than those private donations. Edited August 25, 2023 by FreedomFarter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orfc Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 It's not like the SNP have ever been bankrolled by 1 or 2 lottery winners, I mean individuals, is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, orfc said: It's not like the SNP have ever been bankrolled by 1 or 2 lottery winners, I mean individuals, is it? When was the last time you read anything? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orfc Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 1 hour ago, FreedomFarter said: When was the last time you read anything? Probably this, when I posted --> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/euromillions-lottery-winners-colin-christine-22169831 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, orfc said: Probably this, when I posted --> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/euromillions-lottery-winners-colin-christine-22169831 Other than backing up the previous couple of posts, not sure what point you are trying to make. That was your intention I take it ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, orfc said: Probably this, when I posted --> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/euromillions-lottery-winners-colin-christine-22169831 Well aware of what you were referencing. All your comments are gotcha attempts and they're always shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, orfc said: Probably this, when I posted --> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/euromillions-lottery-winners-colin-christine-22169831 12 years ago they won and the majority given in 2014. I doubt much has been given recently seeing as he has been brown bread since 2019. Edited August 25, 2023 by DeeTillEhDeh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orfc Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 12 years ago they won and the majority given in 2014. I doubt much has been given recently seeing as he has been brown bread since 2019. Even before that. What started off as donations ended up as loans he wanted paid back as he got sick of bring the Murrell's piggy bank and pension funder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Fiona Stalker's lawn chat at twenty minutes, twenty five seconds There's an awful lot that can be forgiven in light of this carry on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66668094 So for the BBC's Paris correspondent: Russia and China conspiring with "over-eager" (ie. daft) Africans is not the conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory is that France are to blame for their own policy failings in Africa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 3 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66668094 So for the BBC's Paris correspondent: Russia and China conspiring with "over-eager" (ie. daft) Africans is not the conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory is that France are to blame for their own policy failings in Africa. China are heavily involved in Africa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) On 03/09/2023 at 18:21, Binos said: China are heavily involved in Africa China have zero military footprint in Mali/Guinea/Burkina Faso/Niger/Gabon. It seems unlikely that they were somehow dealing with the military putschists in those nations, as Macron alleges. There's also that China's main interest is in fostering trade relations which military coups disturb. Regardless, my previous comment wasn't about assessing Macron's quotes. It was about highlighting the BBC journalist's bias. He reported Macron's words without scrutiny yet described local African anti-France sentiment as being the result of a conspiracy theory. The article is the BBC Paris correspondent running defence for France and to do that, he has to use quite a contorted framing of issues. Take this example: Good on those French anti-corruption judges but, ultimately, of what use is that to the common Gabonese people? Their collective wealth has already been stolen by Bongo with France (not China or Russia) having acted as accessory to the robbery. They won't be getting that money back to build their schools and hospitals, its already in France and will stay in France. Edited September 4, 2023 by FreedomFarter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Derek Bateman insisted that it was poor editorial standards rather than corruption that was to blame for output that was obvious in its paucity. When the police were concentrating their prison escape enquiries in Chiswick, over the course of multiple BBC Radio Scotland bulletins, they pronounced it as Chiss-Wick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Bbc jockoland telling us that HS2 getting cancelled is great news because of the Barnett consequences is some look .Cole Hamilton front and centre to tell us that there -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Bbc jockoland telling us that HS2 getting cancelled is great news because of the Barnett consequences is some look .Cole Hamilton front and centre to tell us that there HS3 from Inverness to Wick hopefully. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarHibee Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Bbc jockoland telling us that HS2 getting cancelled is great news because of the Barnett consequences is some look .Cole Hamilton front and centre to tell us that there I swear, there's an odious sex pest behind that b*****d's smirk. Edited October 4, 2023 by StellarHibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 18 hours ago, StellarHibee said: I swear, there's an odious sex pest behind that b*****d's smirk. Sex pest or otherwise, he’s a c**t. I would encourage everyone to have a look at Emma Walker (former CEO of the Scottish Lib Dems) account of how she was treated by him and others in the party. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Good on BBC UK News for reporting on the Scottish floods in just as much detail as they'd've done if they' d happened in London. May contain sarcasm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 04/10/2023 at 15:22, welshbairn said: HS3 from Inverness to Wick hopefully. I think a Dundee to Lanzarote transporter (of the Star Trek variety) would have significant economic and cultural benefits for all. Tangerine rather than blue illumination naturally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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