HTG Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: The Scottish branch of the Tories said there was no austerity from the UK government Aye but look at the nick of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Crossbill said: Aye, the press reporting of the budget has been quite the sight to behold. Not even a pretence at neutrality anymore. Got to agree with this, yeah - quite a few "BIG BAD SNP TARGET MIDDLE AND TOP EARNERS WITH TAX RISES" type headlines about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I see Ruth "No Surrender" Davidson getting fired in on Twitter after the likes of the Express (shock), the Mail (shock) and the Scotsman (shock) all railed against the SNP tax plans. Maybe she would have been happier if they had gone after disabled folk or people struggling on benefits? Ruth seems to have no issue supporting moves to take money from them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I’m surprised Ruth was able to release a statement. Isn’t she busy baking cakes and attending conventions down south? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 hour ago, RiG said: I see Ruth "No Surrender" Davidson getting fired in on Twitter after the likes of the Express (shock), the Mail (shock) and the Scotsman (shock) all railed against the SNP tax plans. Maybe she would have been happier if they had gone after disabled folk or people struggling on benefits? Ruth seems to have no issue supporting moves to take money from them. I hear it is so bad Ruth is considering taking a job down south. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 51 minutes ago, RiG said: I see Ruth "No Surrender" Davidson getting fired in on Twitter after the likes of the Express (shock), the Mail (shock) and the Scotsman (shock) all railed against the SNP tax plans. Maybe she would have been happier if they had gone after disabled folk or people struggling on benefits? Ruth seems to have no issue supporting moves to take money from them. The Tories are all over the place with their attacks on this. They somehow aren't seeing the inherent and obvious contradiction in portraying a tax increase of £1.35 a week for someone on £40K as an 'outrageous attack on aspiration' while simultaneously saying the SNP aren't really doing anything to help low income earners as someone on £15-20K is only saving £1.73 a week and that's apparently so small a sum that it'll make no difference. It's an absolutely preposterous line of attack, and that's before we even consider that this is the same Conservative Party responsible for taking £30 a week from disability benefit, imposing the two child cap on tax credits, and several other policies which have reduced incomes by tens of pounds per week. I'd prefer the tax proposals to go further, and I expect they still might in order to raise the extra money for local government required for Green support: possibly by removing the inflationary adjustment on the higher bands that will actually see someone on £50K saving more than someone on £26K and those on £60K losing less than those on £35K. However, seeing the reaction from the papers and Tories today only makes me more convinced the SNP have played a blinder here. They've completely neutered any attacks from the right with the cut for lower earners which has left the Tories tying themselves in knots, while they've come out with a tax proposal that is undeniably progressive and makes it hard for the left to dismiss - it's not as far as the Greens or Labour would go but it's going to be enough for them to accept with some minor tweaks rather than an overhaul in order to fund their requests. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Shining star of the aberdeen tories here.You need to read his thoughts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Shining star of the aberdeen tories here.You need to read his thoughts Just saw that on Twitter I m not sure he will reply to me.... anyway http://derekbateman.scot/ A more coherent look at the budget. Edited December 15, 2017 by capybara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Pleased that private schools will lose their access to rates relief. A ridiculous bit of class warfare that should have gone long ago. Still need to go much further, but it represents a start. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 52 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Shining star of the aberdeen tories here.You need to read his thoughts Fair play to you but I couldn't clutter up my day with shite like that appearing on my social media pages if I had them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 If you see the words "taxation is theft" anywhere you can immediately stop reading and discount anything else the person responsible has to say or think about anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 18 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: If you see the words "taxation is theft" anywhere you can immediately stop reading and kill the person responsible. You know it makes sense. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Just now, Granny Danger said: FTFY I'd rather they suffer through realising the futility of their existence when they inevitably (attempt to) fulfil their survivalist dream only to go back to their maw's after four days because they ran out of tins of mushy peas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I'd rather they suffer through realising the futility of their existence when they inevitably (attempt to) fulfil their survivalist dream only to go back to their maw's after four days because they ran out of tins of mushy peas. ^^^^ Snowflake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 3 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: If you see the words "taxation is theft" anywhere you can immediately stop reading and discount anything else the person responsible has to say or think about anything. I hate it when the Scottish government steal my money and spend it on shite like the NHS, education and other good positive things. Absolute arseholes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 There's a labour lassie on HIGNFY just now and it's mighty cringey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, HTG said: There's a labour lassie on HIGNFY just now and it's mighty cringey. Not as cringey as Hislop any time Corbyn is mentioned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB 4.2 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Yoons are thick as f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 See Libertarians, how come they're so about the individual and not having help from ANYONE, except that doesn't extend to them winning a vagina lottery and being helped by mummy and daddy's money? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 So, anyone earning 33K and under will pay no more tax. If you work in the public sector that is closer to 70K before you are "worse off" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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