Re: What's Going On In Russia?
Reply #75 –
More dross from our resident 20th century resident Jacobite. Some how these tartan crackers think that somehow an independent Scotland would be immune from world problems - oh and the oil which they always over estimate is now in a critical position. This is due to the dramatic price fall and the cost of getting it out of the North Sea. Since the Jacobites lost in September they have been kept going with fairy tales and think they could have raised the tax threshold and pensions more than the national government. it is all emotion nationalistic bluster and sour grapes. When tax limits were raised to the £10,000 then it went to another £500 and the government is aiming for a £12,500 threshold. As for dismantling the Welfare State what an utterly leftist and stupid remark that is when one considers the government has pumped more money into it. At the same time it also overdue for tightening up the Social Security thing as it was getting out of control and misused. It is meant for the needy not an alternative to work. Right now there are more working than befoe and that includes youth. In the private sector wages are now going to rise.
Then falling back to history (typical Jaco stuff) and going on about thatcher. When she gave ordinary people the right to but large numbers of your and mine fellow Scots rushed to buy. So don't give us this nonsense tall Council housing was sold to the private. A barefaced untruth. Large numbers of people who do not own homes are in Housing Associations which are community run organisations dear know little. Here in Glasgow what used to be the City Council Housing is now a Glasgow Housing Association!. And your childish go at your Tory ridicule many of those same associations were aided by the Thatcher government! And while at it with your emotional political uff about the Tories may I remind you also of this. At the last General Election, the SNP, Labour and conservatives were all polling over the 400,000 mark in Scotland. Because the Tory people were more scattered and the others in tighter areas the appropriate results happened. Some democrat or tolerant you are describing well over 400,000 of fellow Sots scumbags?? Yeah you are right you should shut up and move on.
Meantime in the real world well done President Putin with his excellent 3 hour gift to the media! As Russia and the far east get closer there will be a broader base in the world but we can expect more hassle from the world dictatorship based in North America.