tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post4539962400650950817..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Scottish independence: Case for independence suffers another fatal blow as Professor Patrick Dunleavy of the London School of Economics (LSE) produces new figures that indy costs are 750% higher than he previously thought, Alex Salmond isolated using discredited £200 million figure Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-35296071445671507632014-06-29T13:36:46.349+01:002014-06-29T13:36:46.349+01:00I think you’re bang on the money with your project...I think you’re bang on the money with your projections, George, because, given the Scottish public sector’s congenital recklessness with with taxpayers’ money, you can bet your bottom dollar that the people heading up the new departments will demand that new, lavish premises be built to house them, using the bogus argument that no existing (and cheaper) premises would be fit for purpose. And it is inevitable that the politicians, to satisfy their vanity and lust for power, will agree to build them, screwing the taxpayer in the process. It’s a bleak, bleak prospect, and I can only hope that I’ll be able to up-sticks and get a job elsewhere when the economy tanks and I find myself on the dole (assuming the government has any money left to pay the dole!).<br /><br />Incindentally, I don't think any of the figures being bandied about includes a new central bank - the cost of which - if one has to include vaults and printing presses and coin minting equipment and IT systems - would, one would expect at least match the price of the parliament building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com