Is mise Iain sa Ghàidhlig. Otherwise, John. Seanair/Grandpa. Humanist. Doonhamer. SNP member, desperate for independence. #Xdissenter
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Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Two points about Michael Marra saying he wants the UK to rejoin the EU.
1. He has zero authority or influence. He may as well express a wish to join the Galactic Empire.
2. He recently came out *against* rejoining, calling Europe politically instable. He's been told to U-turn.
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Documents released by the Scottish Government show Data Centres could cause water shortages, higher energy bills and power cuts.
Nobody wants AI get them out.
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Your a list MSP. You were not elected. You were selected. Like an annoying little brother you have to take with your friends to the cinema.
I remember the bigger lads getting their tipped singles for 3d each in the wee shop across from the school. That was an eightieth of £1. When I got my first pay packet, the summer after decimalisation, there were £14 in it.
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My late mum told me that one day, before I was born, but my two elder siblings were there, money was tight, and it was a choice for her "between a pound of sausages and a packet of fags". She gave up right away, and my dad followed shortly afterwards,
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Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Nothing should be Privatised.
John Maynard Keynes pointed out 90 years ago that all private profit seeking leads to is...
lower wages
lower quality
job losses
consolidation (monopolisation)
higher prices
He told us what Privatisation would do 30 years before it was even named
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Utter ignorance from @BBCRadio4
Describes Halloween as "an America import that has inserted itself into "national" and domestic life like Japanese knotweed" 🙄
Halloween the oldest tradition in these isles, from Celtic Britons .. predates Anglo Saxon migrants !
#bbcwato
Very happy hearing that my eldest granddaughter, Eva, has been awarded her MSc in the Psychology of Mental Health, at Edinburgh University, with Merit. Proud Grandpa.
Two, that mean roughly the same: "Dulce est desipere in loco" and "If you don't do something daft soon, you'll die of atrophy of the vital spirit."
I'm happy that I'm 73, and past such issues. I wish both of you happiness, whatever that looks like for each of you.
“my mum said a woman who really wants to build with you wouldn't encourage you to move away from her.” i asked him if he agreed with her, and he said he didn't know anymore because i'd made it sound like i didn't care whether he stayed or left. i thought i was giving him room to choose his future without feeling responsible for my happiness. apparently, he heard it as me not wanting him enough to fight for him. is loving someone enough to let them go after an opportunity, or should they expect you to ask them to stay?
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Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
We suspect there will be a broadly neutral impact on the average gas bill in Scotland if standing charges are scrapped and the cost added to a unit. It will make a marginal difference either way if the unit price increases by around 1p. So, no help at all with Scottish bills.
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Nuclear power plant in England is years behind schedule and double original estimate. The original £20bn cost is now £47bn. Scottish taxpayers helping to pay for it.
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Scotland's carbon capture projects ignored again by a Labour Govt. Unlike projects south of the border, Scotland's Acorn project missed out on a confirmed funding commitment. Twenty years of Labour carbon capture betrayal started by Gordon Brown back in 2007.
It's not a serious parliament at all. As Mairi Black said, it's an old boys' club. Serious debate is rare. The first-past-the-post electoral system guarantees that. TV coverage has added to its being all a sham.
Iain (or John) Howieson retweeted
Here's what is wrong with this headline.
Labour made an announcement for England that results in consequentials for Scotland. The headline should merely have reflected that fact. The BBC didn't do this.
Instead BBC Scotland opted to *assist* Labour. The station immediately turned an England only announcement into pressure by Labour on the SNP. The BBC has thus favoured Labour instead of merely reporting the facts.
