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Or alternatively they could go into admin, then propose a CVA with 0% return. I think it's commonly known is a "Dunfermline".

This is true if you are selective about the starting point. If we began in (say) 1950 and matched the UK rises then we would be far better off than we currently are.

Benefits of minimum unit pricing Modelling estimates that over the first five-year period of minimum unit pricing there will be: 400 fewer alcohol-related deaths 8,000 fewer alcohol-related hospital admissions At full effect, after 20 years, there will be: 120 fewer alcohol-related deaths per year 2,000 fewer alcohol-related hospital admissions per year So the legislation was intended to reduce alcohol-related deaths, therefore it isn't fixing the issues that it was designed to tackle. But I am sure you already knew that as it has been pointed out numerous times already.

Increase MUP to £5, that'll sort it.

The context being that the guy is a walloper that was just trying to be awkward.

Millions? I would like to see the evidence for this. Why did the BoE only raise interest rate by 50 basis points when the US and USA raised then by 75? It was sue to their abysmal forecasting and that doesn't sit at Truss' door.

An alternative viewpoint on the Liz Truss caused the bond market rout. https://capx.co/did-liz-truss-really-cause-the-bond-market-rout/ Interestingly the issue was identified 5 years previously with the BoE warned directly. Once again the issue is leverage. Where have we heard that before.

The average UK mortgage for a 5 year fix increased by 1.06% in the quarter before she became PM. In the quarter after it increased by 1.09%. https://www.statista.com/statistics/386301/uk-average-mortgage-interest-rates/ The overnight 2% increase was actually over 6 months. The issue also affected a small number of people since it only affected those coming out of a fix that wanted another fix. People that were in the middle of their fix or on a variable rate saw no substantial increase as a result.

Don't want to be seen to appear to backing her up over her clusterfuck of a time as PM but it is actually correct that she was not responsible for people's increase in mortgages. The mortgage rates were increasing before she took office and after she left office. Unless we are claiming that developed world interest rates are based on the decisions of the British PM then we can dismiss this notion. Pensions are an entirely different matter and one that can be laid bare at the door of her and her chancellor.

I would say foundation rather than medium tbh.

You are deranged. I see where the SNP got their blame England for everything. I take it you have never heard of Jardine Matheson or even more recently Finlays. Those great English companies riding on the tails of imperialism. Another example would be the Glasgow West India Association which was formed to campaign against the abolition of slavery. Scotland was disproportionately a benefit of the slave trade and the British Empire, to suggest that this was an English issue is just complete denial of historical facts.

A reread of the thread will quickly dispel this notion. I await chief conspirator @SandyCromarty coming along to tell us which individuals in MI5 are responsible for this obvious framing job.

Well I don't see the relevance tbh. Are you suggesting that any legislation that is passed without cross party support is somehow inferior or less legitimate? If not then by definition the fact that too many legislators are incapable of admitting when a law has failed in meeting it's stated aims does not somehow give it more legitimacy. This really is one of those don't back down, double down situations.

That doesn't make it good legislation.

@pawpar Not sure why you are taking my post and editing it in this thread. It may be that you are incapable of original thought, you certainly don't take well to someone disagreeing with your posts. On this subject, has Rayner actually been dishonest here? Are you objecting to her buying her home or claiming that it was her main residence for GT purposes? Do you actually know or are you lashing out at someone, anyone to try and compare this to someone lying to the public, lying to their peers and then being found out months later as the layers of lies started to unpeel?

The camera was supposed to be in line with the eighteen yard box so it isn't called pallalax, it's called bullshit.

That is the shitest picture to justify the decision ever. Those lines when compared to the 18 yard line are the completely wrong angle.

I have a car in my garage from 1992 and the bonnet release works fine. I guess most people who would think about age as a factor in the bonnet release not working wouldn't be guessing that it would be as little as 5 years.

You are being a dick since the post you quoted didn't say it was a new car.

The Scottish Parliament has a history of producing bad and even illegal legislation.

I'm as guilty as the next person when it comes to riling opposition fans during the game but quite happy to walk amongst them afterwards. Must just be a higher level of arsehole that follows the non-diddies.

Why can football fans from opposing teams not sit in the same stand? It's perfectly acceptable at lower league games. Did these people cause any trouble, removal is all rather OTT

He is, it's the only way he gets into parliament!

I hope all my posts haven't been consumed by some AI LLM. If they have, the internet will be full of even more shite than it currently is. I wouldn't suggest that Jim McInally asks ChatGPT to generate his CV.

Does it? The "dividend" returned by Lothian buses is a mere fraction of the money they receive for their Bus Services Operating Grant. The reality is that there are very few bus services that pay for themselves and the vast majority of journeys are subsidised so Lothian returning money back to the councils would suggest that they are being over subsidised rather than making a profit through genuine revenue.