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Malcolm Robinson

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  1. Well up to now GGG its been called the Barnet Formula, an exercise in quantum financial theory which left anyone south of the Tweed much more worse off financially than anyone living just north of the Tweed. Thought to be around 20% it's actually England subsidising Scotland.

    Then we consider health and education and there is only one winner........................................................................................

    The Scottish Act 1998 (rev 2012) looks to be an exercise in self-flagellation for England! ...............................................................

    So certainly we would have been better off with the boarder on the Tyne. .................................................................................

    As for the 'vote'. ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

    I am not so enamoured by either Mr Salmond or his supporters to be swayed by their arguments but given the chance to start again I would certainly be grabbing it. A political and societal reboot would outweigh any other considerations.

    One proviso….all current politicians would have to be employed painting the Forth Road Bridge with Wor Lass's nail brushes and if any of them utter a single word it's off to Barlinnie with them!......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    PS Sorry I can't set out the text better, it's a viral thing!

  2. Everything in the garden is rosey now........................................................

    "The Board of Directors of Banco de Portugal has decided to apply a resolution measure to Banco Espírito Santo, S.A.. The general activity and assets of Banco Espírito Santo, S.A. are transferred, immediately and definitively, to Novo Banco, which is duly capitalised and clean of problem assets."

  3. "The real enemy is the London-centric liberal (with a small L) elites, who produce nowt, but think they have a divine right to rule.”

    ………...............................................................................................................................................................propped up by a despotic political system which uses nepotism and coercion to further its own autosarcophagical goals at the expense of democracy. This you can see at every level of government from the lowest to the very highest office in the land.

    The perfidy exercised against the common good in pursuit of hegemony is more than apparent and any nascent opposition to that has to be welcomed, irrespective of past indiscretions of some of the initial make up, almost in a deontological kind of way!

    The whole thing is an exercise in Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy!

  4. Good God Tonyp, if we stop politicians talking about things they know nothing about there would be enough clean air for everyone!

    Being able to get an answer to a specific question would be a good start!

  5. I think it was absolutely inexcusable for no one from NCC planning or NCC highways to get to that last meeting when they were supposed to.

    Still not sure if a planning officer could have spoken about live planning applications mind!

    It would seem the housing bubble is once again with us and that makes all these relatively smaller scale developments worthwhile.

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