Dawson Park Boy
-
Posts
3,795 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Posts posted by Dawson Park Boy
-
-
25 minutes ago, Benjamin_Nevis said:
Well it's not a pish stained bedsit and the sign seems spelled correctly. Definitely not your gaff then.
The language seems to be from your vocabulary?
-2 -
5 minutes ago, LeodhasXD said:
Went on the pitch and it's like a block of ice which was what I predicted earlier in the thread when the rain was forecast. The ground temps won't rise enough to melt it.
Stadium damage is to the away toilets. Frozen pipes.
Tbf, I can’t get out of my driveway. Completely frozen and treacherous underfoot conditions.
0 -
1 hour ago, Mr Waldo said:
It is residence based. Nothing to do with employers, all to do with his tax code. An 'S' uses different tax tables.
Apologies.
You are correct.
Depends on residence and, if it’s Scotland, you get the deadly S.
-1 -
4 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said:
Sanook is a clown, he'd struggle to bottle a fart.
If he holidayed in Pataya he'd be the dopper exchanging saliva with the only ladyboy in the bar, and the rest in the bar knowing it.
Sandy, still in a bad mood?
Thats some level of abuse!
0 -
48 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said:
Everything that's not strafing the small boats with Border Force spitfires is pinko bloody communism.
A few shots across the bow should do the trick!
0 -
3 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said:
Ah, got you. You don't mean left wing as most people would understand it, but the current crop is to the left of the rabid, racist, insular Tory you'd prefer. OK, thanks.
It’s all down to your definition of left and right.
Anyway, glad I've cleared things up for you.
0 -
12 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
Can he pay English taxes if he lives there most of the time?
No, it’s where your employment takes place.
0 -
37 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said:
I'm really struggling here. You think the current government is very left wing?
Yes.
High taxes, High public expenditure, failure to stop channel crossings, net zero nonsense, I could go on.
Will that do you for now?
0 -
2 minutes ago, Goomba said:
Why did you change your name from Day Of The Lords mate?
Was it the bad language which was the clue?
1 -
1 minute ago, Salt n Vinegar said:
Always?
Planning your daily or holiday travel must be incredibly complicated, with all those roads and bridges you have to build.
I don't think the situation is particularly remarkable. Different tax rates and different social policies north and south of the border are an inevitable consequence of devolution.
The Scottish Government is setting out a view on the kind of country they believe Scotland can be and ought to be. Election results would tend to suggest that more voters are attracted to the kind of policies Swinney puts forward than favour those of the Tories, Labour or the LibDems. Seems pretty democratic to me.
Scotland appears to favour different social policies to those of England - as demonstrated by election results - and policy is bound to reflect that fact. If the 3 other parties in the Parliament want to implement their policies, maybe they should have a go at winning Scottish Parliament elections. You never know!
Can’t argue with that.
Yes, it’s down to the voters.
Too late for me to move away but I’ll still use my right to state my views however much they are in a minority.
Funnily enough, voters views change fairly regularly too. We’ve had the Tories in charge for quite a while(albeit a very left wing variety) and when things aren’t going well they want the current government out so no doubt Labour will be back in at the next election. Once socialism is shown to be useless, after another period voters will move back to the right and the Tories will be back.
Thats how it goes!
0 -
3 minutes ago, Cairn Terrier said:
If you attended Uni back then you would know damn well you didn’t pay any fees at all and more than likely got a grant to boot.
Yes, probably, so what?
Very few people attended university in those days.
The argument is about individuals paying for things they want with consequent low taxes rather than paying high taxes and being beholden to the state and all its apparatchiks.
-2 -
10 hours ago, lichtgilphead said:
If that's true, you've also paid for your prescriptions, over 60's bus pass and any free school meals you ever had many times over?
Somehow, I'm not convinced that you attended University, but if you did, you've also paid for that many times over.
Why do you consider the "many times over" argument to only apply to one benefit, which coincidentally we all know you currently receive?
Just happy to abide by the rules of the government I live under.
I paid school fees for the kids, private health insurance for myself and the wife so I’ve done my part in not being a burden on the state. If they chose to put £250 x2 into my bank account, fair enough. Likewise, if I prefer to do things privately, my choice. Things like the state pension, the £10 at Christmas (who dreamt that up), I had no choice about contributing into so I’ll take whatever they throw at me.
The obvious solution is to increase choice by granting tax relief on school fees(abolish charitable status as a quid pro quo), health insurance (it was allowed many years ago) and by so doing we start to move towards a much better and competitive public sector. In fact some of our European neighbours have a mix of health funding which allows them to have far better outcomes. It’s time to move away from the current, failed statist model we currently operate.Yes, I attended Glasgow University. It was so long ago that I can’t recall how fees were paid.
0 -
-
49 minutes ago, ford prefect said:
Maybe we should go in line with the rest of the UK. Bring back prescription charges, stop free bus passes for kids, free school meals and allow universities to charge up to 9000 per year? Surely stopping that waste of money would help us not to have to increase tax?
Yes, good idea.
Always better to pay for your own things than rely on the state.
-2 -
24 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
I get the sentiment but having been to London Manchester and Liverpool in fairly short order over recent weeks, given the choice, I'd willingly hand over the extra £250pa just to ensure I get to live in my wee ivory tower this side of the border.
I think that’s what they’re banking on.
However, over an extended period this can only be a detrimental move.
Okay, you're not going to get many settled Scots with families moving South but it makes it harder to attract highly paid professionals from abroad and also it will put off companies setting up here rather than in parts of England.
Will take time but I think it’s a bad move and will harm our economy.
-2 -
31 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
If they are going to have the higher rate tax band up here 2% more than the rest of the UK, it would be reasonable if they at least raised the threshold somewhere closer to the £50k mark
Won't happen though.
Dream on for that.
0 -
17 minutes ago, FFCinthearea said:
The squeezed middle will bear the brunt of this to give more to the layabouts and benefits scroungers.
Absolutely.
They always forget that it’s the aspirational who produce prosperity.
High taxes isn’t a good policy especially if you want to encourage business activity.
Labour tried this in the 70’s and it ended badly.
I would imagine it will be loudly applauded on here.-7 -
Trying to look at this matter objectively, from an anti SNP standpoint, there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong in him lending money to his organisation to get over a temporary cash flow problem. It just seems a bit strange!!
Politically, it doesn’t look great and it’s no wonder the opposition parties are all over it.
The SNP would be doing the same if it was the other way round.
0 -
1 hour ago, ShaggerG said:
Sad new indeed. Before my time but a bit of a legend by all accounts.
Very sad indeed.
He did a lot of painting for us and he’d tell me piles of stories about his playing career.
One of the best.
1 -
20 minutes ago, Gaz said:
I've been borrowing my mum's car (vroom vroom!) the past couple of days so been listening to Five Live on my morning commute rather than my usual podcasts.
The presenters are really not even hiding their anti-union stance.
Just shows what a bubble you’ve been living in.
At least your mum seems to have some sense.
0 -
28 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said:
If/when the truth comes out and statements from lawyers might be shown to be misleading at the very least, would there not a case for bringing professional action against the lawyers involved?
Far too early to make assumptions like that.
We all have our feelings about this most unlikeable person but you just have to let the wheels of justice grind on.
I feel sure she will get her comeuppance.
0 -
18 minutes ago, Leith Green said:
You are conflating people voluntarily paying for operations (due to waiting lists) with private companies being given free reign to run parts of the NHS.
If private companies can run parts of the NHS and do it successfully, bring it on.
The only point you need to worry about is whether the end user has to pay directly or through general taxation.
As yet, I haven’t heard of any big push to change the funding principles so what’s your point?
0 -
You can rant as much as you like about privatisation of the health service but it’s happening without any help from anyone.
People, some of modest means, just want treatment whether hip ops, knee ops or eye ops.to get them about and start living again.
If the NHS can’t do them, the only option is to pay for them privately.
There is no big conspiracy here. It’s just people exercising their right to improve their lives in a situation where the state is useless.
Sad, but there you are.
-2 -
10 hours ago, LeodhasXD said:
https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/administration/marketing/blocked-broadcasting-hours/
My interpretation of the rules is to follow the UEFA blocked hours above so not in Scotland for the Falkirk game as it stands. England will be fair game until the 14th January but that might be wrong according to someone else.
All you need to know about how disjointed the Scottish football authorities are is that Saturday 31st December was an exception but every game was scheduled for Monday 2nd January originally. A fair few have opted to move the games.Thanks for that.
Much appreciated.
0
NHS Reform
in The Politics Forum
Posted
The NHS in Scotland is run wholly by the SNP SG and people are going private simply because they need medical care which the NHS can’t deliver. There is no great political conspiracy going on here. It is simply happening because of need.
Individuals will always find a way to get what they want.