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You are right that there is a valid question as to how much the treasury can legitimately charge us computer upgrades.
If John Swinney had been remotely competent he would have made it publicly & soughtthe support of the other parties. It seems he didn't even seek the support of the rest of the SNP cabinet. This strongly argues he didn't have a clue & that Salmond's post facto claims that there was a deliberate decision to get rid of Scotland's main economic power are untrue.
Honest John v the toadies
The Scottish parliament debate on the Tartan Tax was dispiriting to watch. Far from seeking clarification in the interests of the people they serve, the opposition parties all indulged in point scoring about an issue they didn't actually care about. Far from "allowing the Scottish tax powers to...
Increased CO2 also improves plant growth since that is what plants breathe. Unlike "catastrophic global warming" there is no dispute about the increase in CO2.
Obviously this gets no MSM coverage.
The Greening of the Sahara
I'm not one of those people inclined to believe that global warming is "a myth", but I've long held that there was something off-kilter about the way in which its possible dangers were played up to the complete exclusion of its likely benefits, one of which just might be the shrinking of the Saha...
As a member of the public who may have embarrassed you yesterday with a factual statement which the entire MSM have been doing their damndest to suppress for over a year I understand BBC's fears. This is not to say they were morally right - I am absolutely opposed to censoring such activities but I understand that there is a genuine division of interest.
RIDDOCH QUESTIONS OFF AIR
There was a wee piece in the Scotsman today about a cancelled European hustings programme and the fact Riddoch Questions will be off air after July 31st. Just for the sake of clarity, these two things are not linked. I've no idea why BBC Scotland decided to drop RQs from the schedule (for the u...
It may be shallow but a lot of it was that with every word she used she showed she was petit bourgeous English which just rubbed Scots the wrong way. Also she was female & Scotland was a self consiously masculine culture (then). So, in a very different way was the Conservative party until she learned how to "nanny" them. However the persona needed to nanny the English was differnt from that needed to "Jean Brodie" the Scots (see Annabelle Goldie for the latter) & she couldn't do both.
This is unfair but what goes round comes round & Gordon Brown is suffering from the reverse phenomeon now.
David Torrance: Debunking the myths about Margaret Thatcher and Scotland
David Torrance is a former political reporter for Scottish Television who is now a freelance writer, journalist and broadcaster. Last year he wrote the biography of George Younger and next week sees the publication of his latest book, 'We in Scotland' - Thatcherism in a Cold Climate. The hi...
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