tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post5064846319627436551..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Glasgow Labour councillor Russell Robertson announces support for Scottish independence, apparently the SNP want to know; “If he did apply (to join) we would want to check it's not just an attempt to keep his seat”, ask him if he has white bed sheets and a pair of scissors to cut out holes for the eyes and access to a burning cross? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-30929383742416212422015-12-01T19:11:05.001+00:002015-12-01T19:11:05.001+00:00I would like to know what Mr Robertson's views...I would like to know what Mr Robertson's views are on the story regarding the Fire Service in Scotland. It appears that some tenders are unmanned due to a lack of funding. If independence was going to happen next year, where on earth would the money come from? Scotland receives a hefty chunk from the UK, which would be considerably less had we voted for independence last year.<br /><br />I have yet to hear a coherent arguments from the socialists about how all their plans would be funded.<br /><br />Slightly aside, it appears that the nationalist critic of the BBC News is now targetting fictional series, claiming it is inaccurate and shows the Celts in a poor light. FFS some people really need to get a life. One commentator even said that it is a deliberate attempt to brainwasj the Scots. This pish is exactly the same type of comments about given by the SNP about Robertson. Unless you have Alex Salmond's face tattooed on your arse, it seems that they trust no one.<br /><br />And these clowns want to rule Scotland?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-68917789442948949592015-12-01T19:08:14.875+00:002015-12-01T19:08:14.875+00:00Re Anonymous post about the like of Robertson and ...Re Anonymous post about the like of Robertson and his ilk taxing the rich, where would that leave the likes of McColl, Souter, the Weirs, etc, etc....<br /><br />The first thing that would happen if the hard left got their way would be an exodus, and capital flight.<br /><br />To be fair, Corbyn, MacDonnell & Co don't take much discrediting, given their past comments, they have given their opponents plenty of ammunition.<br /><br />If it had not been for the harm it would cause, FFA might have given the Nationalist cause a welcome (and long overdue) dose of reality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813530294541990030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-8709727945472132252015-12-01T15:50:45.549+00:002015-12-01T15:50:45.549+00:00Mr Robertson is on the left of the party having pr...Mr Robertson is on the left of the party having previously supported Neil Findlay for the Scottish Leadership, and Jeremy Corbyn for the UK Party role. I have heard this line from a number of hard-left quasi-Marxists that independence would allow for a hard left socialist regime to be introduced on a permanent basis in Scotland. While left wing politics are undoubtedly more popular in Scotland than in England, this seems to be based on the notion that someone else will pick up the (sizeable) tab for this. The phrase 'scandanavian polcies with a Texan taxation system springs to mind. The answer is always 'tax the rich' in order to fund ever increasing levels of public spending, ignoring the fact that the richest one per cent in Scotland already pay around a third of the taxes that pay for the public spening that already equates to over £10,000 for every man women and child in the country. The fact that the UK is currently running a budget deficit of around 8% of GDP and that Scotland would need to run a budget deficit of at least twice that to fund existing expenditure, never mind the increases to Health, education and spending that will filter through the Barnett Formula on the back of the recent UK Govt spending review, seems to be irrelevent in the purusit of this socialist utopia. Independence is even more crucial to this socialist nirvan now that Jeremy Corbyn is beinbg deliberately discredited (and hence being made unelectable) by the media and establishement, when in fact Corbyns conduct since taking over the labour leadership has thrown in more material than could ever be dreamt up in the finest dreams of the right wing press. So the only option now for socialism seems to be an independent scottish 'socialist democracy',ignoring the fact that any one with any wealth would move out of of reach of the governement prior to any ascendence of such a government through massive capital flight, with the best brains and talent also crossing the border at Gretna and Berwick. Economic reality doesnt seem to exist in this socilaist enclave where everything is fair, everyone is equal and the nasty torie are run out of town. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com