Scottish Politics
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The reason why Leave won was that a significant section of the electorate actually thought that leaving the EU would reduce the number of Islamic terrorists rather than the number of Polish plumbers.
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Originally Posted by Sallyann1234
So what we have come down to is that the UK had a democratic right to leave the EU - and we certainly did - but Scotland must be denied the right to make a similar choice to leave the UK.
I hope Scotland does stay with us. But they are never going to be happy to be denied the choice. I don't blame them for that.
I hope Scotland does stay with us. But they are never going to be happy to be denied the choice. I don't blame them for that.
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Such ingratitude.... The result being in England the pay board will probably end up recommending 4%, which will be seen as a victory over the government and lauded and accepted - whilst in Scotland.......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/u...ease-63jz6p7nr
Union tells NHS workers to reject 4% pay increase
NHS workers are being urged to reject the 4 per cent pay rise being offered by the Scottish government with union leaders insisting that it is not enough after a “wretched year”.
The GMB Scotland union is recommending its members turn down the offer when a consultative ballot is held next month. Karen Leonard, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “The offer doesn’t value our members properly, it doesn’t restore the pay they’ve lost after a decade of cuts, and it doesn’t secure their future. That’s why we are recommending its rejection.”
She added: “We see this pay offer for what it is: a pre-election punt by an outgoing health secretary that looks better than it really is when put up against the insulting 1 per cent increase for our NHS colleagues in England.”
The offer from the Scottish government, which has been backdated to December last year, applies to staff including nurses, midwives, paramedics and porters, and would see those on salaries below £25,000 receiving increases of more than £1,000.
It comes on top of the £500 “thank-you payment” to health and care workers in recognition of their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Leonard, speaking before a demonstration by nurses and other NHS staff in Glasgow yesterday, said: “It’s been a wretched year for our NHS workers and the Covid-19 pandemic has not only pushed them beyond their limits, but it’s also exposed the many underlying problems in our NHS because of its managed political decline . . .
After all the applause, we strongly believe the Scottish government can and should go further on our members’ pay.”
She said that this was the “least ministers can do after everything our NHS staff have done for all of us”......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/u...ease-63jz6p7nr
Union tells NHS workers to reject 4% pay increase
NHS workers are being urged to reject the 4 per cent pay rise being offered by the Scottish government with union leaders insisting that it is not enough after a “wretched year”.
The GMB Scotland union is recommending its members turn down the offer when a consultative ballot is held next month. Karen Leonard, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “The offer doesn’t value our members properly, it doesn’t restore the pay they’ve lost after a decade of cuts, and it doesn’t secure their future. That’s why we are recommending its rejection.”
She added: “We see this pay offer for what it is: a pre-election punt by an outgoing health secretary that looks better than it really is when put up against the insulting 1 per cent increase for our NHS colleagues in England.”
The offer from the Scottish government, which has been backdated to December last year, applies to staff including nurses, midwives, paramedics and porters, and would see those on salaries below £25,000 receiving increases of more than £1,000.
It comes on top of the £500 “thank-you payment” to health and care workers in recognition of their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Leonard, speaking before a demonstration by nurses and other NHS staff in Glasgow yesterday, said: “It’s been a wretched year for our NHS workers and the Covid-19 pandemic has not only pushed them beyond their limits, but it’s also exposed the many underlying problems in our NHS because of its managed political decline . . .
After all the applause, we strongly believe the Scottish government can and should go further on our members’ pay.”
She said that this was the “least ministers can do after everything our NHS staff have done for all of us”......
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Of course their union telling them to reject the 4% is entirely different from them doing so. OTOH the remainder of UK health workers owe a debt of gratitude to the Scots for shaming Tubs de Pfeffel and his Bullingdon Strollers into matching their raise which, admittedly, still isn't generous in the circumstances. My feeling is that ordinary NHS employees should get a double figure increase.
I would also point out that they have given huge handouts to self employed people who they perceive to be their own supporters. I have received in excess of £30,000 in the past year based on my ownership of a zero rated business premise and my last three years earnings. I know people in a similar position running " pastime businesses" that have been treated similarly.
I would also point out that they have given huge handouts to self employed people who they perceive to be their own supporters. I have received in excess of £30,000 in the past year based on my ownership of a zero rated business premise and my last three years earnings. I know people in a similar position running " pastime businesses" that have been treated similarly.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Such ingratitude.... The result being in England the pay board will probably end up recommending 4%, which will be seen as a victory over the government and lauded and accepted - whilst in Scotland.......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/u...ease-63jz6p7nr
Union tells NHS workers to reject 4% pay increase
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/u...ease-63jz6p7nr
Union tells NHS workers to reject 4% pay increase
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(genuine question) - Whose ingratitude to who?Did the same union not tell the English NHS workers to reject 1% - or did I miss it?
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EF,
I saw nothing to rebut.
Reference the self-employed. a constant complaint has been the number unable to claim as they hadn’t run their businesses long enough to qualify, think yourself lucky. How many if the millions effected vote Conservative is unknown and irrelevant.
As I understand it one had to apply for the money as a grant. If you did so whilst not needing it, it says more about you than the government funding it for those that did and do.
I saw nothing to rebut.
Reference the self-employed. a constant complaint has been the number unable to claim as they hadn’t run their businesses long enough to qualify, think yourself lucky. How many if the millions effected vote Conservative is unknown and irrelevant.
As I understand it one had to apply for the money as a grant. If you did so whilst not needing it, it says more about you than the government funding it for those that did and do.
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Define "need". My sole income is the state pension. Anything in addition to that has to be earned. I run my old business on a very part time basis and, as most of that is selling Citroen 2CV cars, I am affected by government regulations preventing me from travelling to France where I source most of my stock.
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More importantly PaddyPower (other ways of losing money are available) has odds of 1/100 that the SNP will win the most seats and evens for them getting a majority (65 seats or more).
They also give 1/40 that Indyref2 won't be until 2022 or later and that it's a dead heat on in/out.
They also give 1/40 that Indyref2 won't be until 2022 or later and that it's a dead heat on in/out.
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Ipsos/Mori latest poll SNP on 53% and on course for an outright majority.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...lection-latest
Scotland out in the cold: 'We want you to stay’ result plummets over Scottish independence
The number of people concerned about Scotland remaining part of the UK has plummeted in a bombshell new poll.
A poll from Opinium for the Observer of 2,006 adults from April 8-9 found nearly six in ten (57 percent) thought it was “likely” Scotland would vote to leave the UK within the next five years, with just over a quarter (26 percent) believing it to be unlikely....
Before the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, nearly two-thirds of people in England and Wales told the pollster that wanted Scotland to remain part of the UK.But in the most recent poll, just a third (33 percent) opposed Scotland becoming independent.....
Scotland out in the cold: 'We want you to stay’ result plummets over Scottish independence
The number of people concerned about Scotland remaining part of the UK has plummeted in a bombshell new poll.
A poll from Opinium for the Observer of 2,006 adults from April 8-9 found nearly six in ten (57 percent) thought it was “likely” Scotland would vote to leave the UK within the next five years, with just over a quarter (26 percent) believing it to be unlikely....
Before the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, nearly two-thirds of people in England and Wales told the pollster that wanted Scotland to remain part of the UK.But in the most recent poll, just a third (33 percent) opposed Scotland becoming independent.....
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Well after his success in N I, his little quip about Scotland, presumably Boris has also included the restoration of castles along the Welsh border as part of his grand infrastructure development promises.......
Union in peril as PM ‘speaks for England alone’, former civil servant warns | Boris Johnson | The Guardian
Union in peril as PM ‘speaks for England alone’, former civil servant warns | Boris Johnson | The Guardian
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Originally Posted by ORAC
https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...lection-latest
Scotland out in the cold: 'We want you to stay’ result plummets over Scottish independence
The number of people concerned about Scotland remaining part of the UK has plummeted in a bombshell new poll.
A poll from Opinium for the Observer of 2,006 adults from April 8-9 found nearly six in ten (57 percent) thought it was “likely” Scotland would vote to leave the UK within the next five years, with just over a quarter (26 percent) believing it to be unlikely....
Before the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, nearly two-thirds of people in England and Wales told the pollster that wanted Scotland to remain part of the UK.But in the most recent poll, just a third (33 percent) opposed Scotland becoming independent.....
Scotland out in the cold: 'We want you to stay’ result plummets over Scottish independence
The number of people concerned about Scotland remaining part of the UK has plummeted in a bombshell new poll.
A poll from Opinium for the Observer of 2,006 adults from April 8-9 found nearly six in ten (57 percent) thought it was “likely” Scotland would vote to leave the UK within the next five years, with just over a quarter (26 percent) believing it to be unlikely....
Before the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, nearly two-thirds of people in England and Wales told the pollster that wanted Scotland to remain part of the UK.But in the most recent poll, just a third (33 percent) opposed Scotland becoming independent.....
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Originally Posted by Avionker
The fact that only 33 percent opposed Scotland becoming independent would appear to show just how little the Union means to the majority of the English and Welsh. So why on earth is Tubs hell bent on preventing a second referendum?
