Scottish, sceptical.
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Neil King retweeted
After watching this as a kid, all I wanted for Christmas 1982 was a bottle of bubble liquid, a blower and 20 B&H Superkings.
Neil King retweeted
I know so many people who've paid for scans, cataracts, hips and knees, It's an absolute scandal, Sometimes I wonder if it's actually their plan but I doubt the SNP are actually competent enough to plan and pull something like that off.
“cynical state sponsored disinformation”
Calling this “The Great Scottish Pensions Robbery” is a stunning display of revisionism and fiscal illiteracy.
Let’s start with the most blatant lie in your accompanying article: the claim that Scottish pensioners enjoy free personal care “under an SNP-run Scottish Government.” Free personal care was introduced in 2002 by the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition via the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act, a full five years before the SNP even entered power. You are shamelessly stealing credit for another administration's legislation to manufacture a grievance. Second, the claim that Scottish pensioners will “pay for it” completely ignores the principles of devolution.
If Westminster funds a National Care Service in England, the Barnett Formula automatically triggers a massive, proportional cash injection directly into Holyrood's block grant. Scotland doesn't pay for English care; Holyrood gets a multi-billion-pound payout because of it. Parading around a debunked, compounding £4bn spreadsheet projection for 2050 to deliberately terrify older voters isn't standing up for Scotland; it is cynical, state-sponsored disinformation.
Neil King retweeted
The English are lucky not to have a devolved parliament. Unless, of course, they would like their lives to be micromanaged by third-rate barristers, over-promoted councillors, public sector lanyard-jockeys, NGO email-writers, ex-spads, and other spiteful, self-righteous dullards.
Neil King retweeted
This is a masterclass in statistical lying to manufacture a constitutional grievance. You claim the Prime Minister is taking “up to £4bn from Scotland's pensioners to pay for social care in England”, but your own Deputy First Minister’s letter admits that £4bn figure is an unadjusted cash-terms extrapolation for 2049–50, nearly a quarter of a century away. Terrifying pensioners today with compounding spreadsheet projections for 24 years in the future is cynical politics. More importantly, the claim that Scottish money is going south to fund English care is completely fabricated. Social care is fully devolved. If the UK Government invests money into an English National Care Service, the Barnett formula automatically triggers massive, proportional block grant windfalls straight into Holyrood's bank account. Scotland doesn't pay for English care; Holyrood gets a cash payout because of it. The ultimate irony is that Scotland’s population is ageing faster than the rest of the UK. Scottish pensions are currently underwritten by a 68-million-strong UK tax base and an annual £25.3bn UK Treasury fiscal transfer. If Scotland were independent, facing a 10% structural deficit without a central bank, you couldn't maintain existing state pensions on Day 1, let alone in 2050. Honest John?😂
I think what you’re saying is the ToU wasn’t delivered on so far as the Parliament of GB was concerned because its sovereignty isn’t limited to the extent that it can’t alter certain clauses of the ToU. But how do we know that, >>
Neil King retweeted
This is a better way to visualize Columbus’ voyages than the traditional way (that shows him traveling through a modern map)..
It looks a lot crazier and more daring when you see it as a trip into the unknown.
Neil King retweeted
If having “the Scottish cringe” means finding cunts like this skin-crawlingly insufferable then I’m positively riddled with it.
Because it’s better if decisions about a place are made by the people who live there.
Planning authorities will have to notify Scottish Ministers of new data centre applications within seven days.
A new direction has been issued by Public Finance Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad. This applies to data centre developments using more than 50 Megawatts of power.
ALT Data centre planning direction
ALT "Data centres is a rapidly emerging sector, and planning has an important role to play in considering applications, harnessing economic opportunities, and finding solutions which align with our climate goals." Hannah Mary Goodlad, Public Finance Minister.
Neil King retweeted
anybody who doubts that the independence movement is swamped with unserious people just needs to look at the independence-coded accounts on here - they get schooled into next week after making blatantly false assertions *and just keep going anyway*
Neil King retweeted
Hard not to admire the ingenious mischief behind the digital rebirth of @ScotRail
The beautiful unmanned West Highland line station Tulloch has discarded all analogue information and now boasts a handy QR code. One problem. There is no mobile coverage of any kind. Genius.
Neil King retweeted
What do the World Cup and Second World War have in common?
When it finished, the losers flew to Argentina.
I know I should be better than this but on reflection I’m not.
