Salmond and Sturgeon Want the English Fish for More Fat Subsidies

Shakethedisease

kabayiri wrote: »

Oh stop it Mr Hamish Ferrero Rocher, you and your pesky facts are spoiling us.


On a plus note, that level of cuts would mean private firms stepping in to fill the gap left. Lovely jubblee

Oooh another member of Hamish's fanclub !!! You do realise he didn't personally write the report, or came up with that 7 billion figure ? It was a newspaper article. And to think you dissed me for putting up newspaper articles and opinion pieces instead of my own personal spreadsheets.. I'm hurt.. ....

I'd hold off popping the champagne corks and popping that 'spoiling yourself' Ferrero Roche in your mouth just yet though. See, I've found another article and report that included Prof Ashcroft.. who wants the UK government to go all 'anti-austerity ! Just like Nicola does..

Brian Ashcroft, Professor of Economics at the University of Strathclyde, said he “agrees with Krugman’s analysis 100 per cent” claiming that the media coverage of the economy has been “simply wrong”.
He said: “I, along with Simon Wren-Lewis at Oxford, Jonathan Portes, director of the National Economic Institute in London, Martin Wolf at the FT [Financial Times], have long agreed with Krugman that the general narrative peddled by the mainstream media on the recent performance of, and policy problems facing, the British economy is simply wrong.”

http://www.thenational.scot/news/government-fixation-with-budget-deficit-is-bogus-says-nobel-prize-winning-economist-paul-krugman.1358

Mabye I misjudged the man. He thinks the UK are being played like fiddles by the media over austerity. Wonder why Hamish never mentioned that...

elantan

Anyone watching Nicola in Glasgow?

kabayiri

Shakethedisease wrote: »

Oooh another member of Hamish's fanclub !!! You do realise he didn't personally write the report, or came up with that 7 billion figure ? It was a newspaper article. And to think you dissed me for putting up newspaper articles and opinion pieces instead of my own personal spreadsheets.. I'm hurt.. ....
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Err, I have been on the receiving end of Hamishs' posts, you can ask him!

I actually think that in some ways the oil price drop is a good thing. It brings the reality home. 7 billion is indeed a lot of money. 3 billion is a lot of money. Especially for just 5 million people.

Better to refocus your economy now whilst you have the benefit of a Union able to borrow money on the markets at historically low rates.

Nobody wants to see Scotland fail. I rather like the place, even if deep fried McCains pizza is a truly stupid idea.

.string.

Paul Krugman - would that be the same as this Paul Krugman- Voodoo Economics: Paul Krugman Rejected By His Peers

Thrugelmir

elantan wrote: »

Anyone watching Nicola in Glasgow?

Seen her comments.

Will be a boom to UKIP. As will raise the tension of Nationalism. Having not got their way with independence. Appears they wish to dictate to the voters of England.

If ever there was a time for proportional representation its now.

Leanne1812

elantan wrote: »

Anyone watching Nicola in Glasgow?

I missed Nicola earlier but just caught this clip on the news.

What's not to like eh?

Also caught the updated membership which stands at 102,143.

Phenomenal!


SNP's Nicola Sturgeon promises to reform Westminster for all in UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32094423

Leanne1812

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Seen her comments.

Will be a boom to UKIP. As will raise the tension of Nationalism. Having not got their way with independence. Appears they wish to dictate to the voters of England.

If ever there was a time for proportional representation its now.

In what way do you feel the SNP wish to dictate to the voters of England?

elantan

Leanne1812 wrote: »

I missed Nicola earlier but just caught this clip on the news.

What's not to like eh?

Also caught the updated membership which stands at 102,143.

Phenomenal!


SNP's Nicola Sturgeon promises to reform Westminster for all in UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32094423

Download the speech, phenominnal .... Even wee Eck couldn't have done as good ... And I'm a huge wee eck fan and not so much a Nicola fan but she was brilliant

Shakethedisease

elantan wrote: »

Download the speech, phenominnal .... Even wee Eck couldn't have done as good ... And I'm a huge wee eck fan and not so much a Nicola fan but she was brilliant

She was fantastic. I was watching and following comments on twitter from time to time, even hard headed unionists and newspaper editors were saying it was the best conference speech they'd seen for years !

She did really well. I wonder if Labour will respond to her 'call' to say decisively if they'll vote with them against a Tory minority government ? They're in a bit of a 'spot' with that one.

Shakethedisease

.string. wrote: »

Paul Krugman - would that be the same as [URL="http://?www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2015/01/13/voodoo-economics-paul-krugman-rejected-by-his-peers/"] this Paul Krugman- Voodoo Economics: Paul Krugman Rejected By His Peers[/URL]

I wasn't quoting Kurgman, I was quoting Prof Ashcroft, the same guy Hamish 'Ferrero Rocher' was...