The New Fat Scotland 'Thanks for all the Fish' Thread.

Arklight · 10 October 2017 at 2:04PM

SNP making some serious sense again about inequality and the class system. Although it's not a developed matter they've voted to strip the Royals of public funding.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/oct/10/snp-conference-nicola-sturgeon-tells-party-to-prepare-for-10-more-years-in-power-politics-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

SNP members back call for Queen to lose state funding

Here are some more quotes from the Sovereign Grant Act debate.

SNP delegates have voted for the Queen to lose her state funding. The vote will have no practical impact, because the Sovereign Grant Act, which the resolution said should be repealed (see 12.06pm), is a matter for Westminster. And Derek Mackay, the Scottish government’s finance minister, said the move would not affect his government’s plans to change the way the Crown Estate is managed in Scotland. (See 12.31pm.) But the debate allowed delegates to complain about the inequality epitomise by the royals. Julie Hepburn, who opened the debate, said it was not about the monarchy, but about how public assets are used.

The sooner this embarrassing anachronism of class based privilege and unearned reward is removed from the shores of Britain the better.

Tromking · 10 October 2017 at 4:33PM

I know it's like catnip to the activists in the hall, but Sturgeon's pathological need to somehow propagate the myth that the next indyref is just around the corner so just trust me, makes her look so tinpot.
She's just not very good is she?

Joshua_Nkomo · 10 October 2017 at 9:42PM

Arklight wrote: »

The sooner this embarrassing anachronism of class based privilege and unearned reward is removed from the shores of Britain the better.

Any relevance to this thread?

antrobus · 10 October 2017 at 9:49PM

Shakethedisease wrote: »

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The next ref campaign will mention oil very little though.

Of course it won't. The oil will be well gone by 2045.:rotfl:

antrobus · 10 October 2017 at 9:54PM

Joshua_Nkomo wrote: »

Any relevance to this thread?

Depends. Do you think this hypothetically independent Scotland should be a republic?

antrobus · 10 October 2017 at 10:02PM

I don’t support a constitutional role or the provision of public funding for the monarchy. But, until such time as we are given a choice in the matter, the UK government will continue to fund them with public money - our money...

I'd respectfully point out to the individual in question, that the "whopping £76.1m in 2017" is a drop in the ocean compared to the £8 billion or so which the rest of the UK gives Scotland every year. Goodness knows how many lottery wins that adds up to.

That's our money, money that could otherwise be spent on the public good:)

People in glass houses etc and so forth.