UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Wee Ruthie wants to bring in prescription charges. for the hard working.Source? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 minute ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: 18 minutes ago, I said: Wee Ruthie wants to bring in prescription charges. for the hard working. Source? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14392338.Ruth_Davidson_sets_out_graduate_and_prescription_charge_plan_details/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14392338.Ruth_Davidson_sets_out_graduate_and_prescription_charge_plan_details/That's almost 3 years old by the article date. Will be interesting to see if the current thought is the same. Prescription charges should be funded via taxation for all and further education should be similar. University for free is one of the reasons I've previously voted SNP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 minute ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: That's almost 3 years old by the article date. Will be interesting to see if the current thought is the same. Prescription charges should be funded via taxation for all and further education should be similar. University for free is one of the reasons I've previously voted SNP. That was in the run up to the last Holyrood election and is what they campaigned on. There are claims that she has performed a U-turn, but until the next Scottish elections we won't know. I have my doubts that any Tory will be taking the stance that things should be provided by the state. It goes against the Tory ideology. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 22 hours ago, AyrExile said: Really? A competent party wouldn’t be pumping hundreds of millions of pounds into health on the qt to fix waiting times that have reached record levels. Much of this is finding its way to private providers who have set up specialist services knowing they have a long term flow of patients coming. Who’d have thought Scotland would be adopting the english model of reliance on private healthcare. A few years ago this would never have happened up north. Perhaps it’s time to see if one of the other mobs could do better as things are dire currently Gonna need a source on that claim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 4 hours ago, I'm Brian said: Wee Ruthie wants to bring in prescription charges. for the hard working. As someone that is working I am happy to pay for prescriptions. What I’m not happy about is paying extra tax or £5 more for a bottle of whisky than someone in Carlisle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 3 hours ago, ArabianKnight said: Gonna need a source on that claim. You will be lucky. Try reading that in the papers. If you know anyone that works in the nhs or private hospitals it’s worth asking the question 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, AyrExile said: As someone that is working I am happy to pay for prescriptions. What I’m not happy about is paying extra tax or £5 more for a bottle of whisky than someone in Carlisle So buy your whisky in Carlisle and get your prescriptions here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, AyrExile said: As someone that is working I am happy to pay for prescriptions. What I’m not happy about is paying extra tax or £5 more for a bottle of whisky than someone in Carlisle So you want to pay for something that could potentially save your life and pay less for something that can help end it?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 16/02/2019 at 11:44, DrewDon said: So, anti-independence voters would unite behind anti-independence candidates, regardless of other issues and concerns, simply to defeat pro-independence SNP candidates. But it's the SNP and pro-independence voters who are obsessed with issue of independence at the expense of everything else. Right, that definitely makes sense. I'd imagine if I said exactly that to my pro Union workmates they wouldn't understand how stupid they're being and tell me to suck it up. We now seem to have got to a point where they would vote for the Union even if it meant killing the rest of their family. They seem to hate the SNP and wee Nic that much they don't seem to care about anything above protecting the beloved Union of shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, doulikefish said: So you want to pay for something that could potentially save your life and pay less for something that can help end it?? If I am working and can afford it, then happy to pay as the extra can be put to good use elsewhere in the Nhs. Would also like to think I can moderate my drinking to ensure it doesn’t harm my health. Strange country Scotland where the people who work hard get punished by having to pay more as the people who pay nothing have issues with their drink consumption 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 If I am working and can afford it, then happy to pay as the extra can be put to good use elsewhere in the Nhs. Would also like to think I can moderate my drinking to ensure it doesn’t harm my health. Strange country Scotland where the people who work hard get punished by having to pay more as the people who pay nothing have issues with their drink consumptionDid you post that shortly after consuming a bottle of whisky? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, AyrExile said: If I am working and can afford it, then happy to pay as the extra can be put to good use elsewhere in the Nhs. Would also like to think I can moderate my drinking to ensure it doesn’t harm my health. Strange country Scotland where the people who work hard get punished by having to pay more as the people who pay nothing have issues with their drink consumption They pay for prescriptions in England so im sure you will all the stats n stuff to prove of a better run nhs?Or in Wales as they are run by other mobs? Edited February 17, 2019 by doulikefish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 40 minutes ago, AyrExile said: As someone that is working I am happy to pay for prescriptions. What I’m not happy about is paying extra tax or £5 more for a bottle of whisky than someone in Carlisle A standard bottle of whisky contains 700 ml of 40% ABV spirit. Accordingly, the minimum price in Scotland is £14.00. Are you seriously suggesting that a bottle of whisky costs £9.00 in Carlisle? Proof please. Tesco 's cheapest is currently £11.00. Lidl & Aldi's are £11.25. Any malt or any reasonable blend (Black Bottle is currently £18.95) will cost exactly the same in Scotland or England. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said: A standard bottle of whisky contains 700 ml of 40% ABV spirit. Accordingly, the minimum price in Scotland is £14.00. Are you seriously suggesting that a bottle of whisky costs £9.00 in Carlisle? Proof please. Tesco 's cheapest is currently £11.00. Lidl & Aldi's are £11.25. Any malt or any reasonable blend (Black Bottle is currently £18.95) will cost exactly the same in Scotland or England. Will the stores in Scotland set their prices to exactly minimum pricing level or will they set their own margins? The example I saw a few months back was £15 Carlisle and £20 Scotland. A few people I know say the difference is big enough for them to pick up booze on the way home when working down south. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, AyrExile said: Will the stores in Scotland set their prices to exactly minimum pricing level or will they set their own margins? The example I saw a few months back was £15 Carlisle and £20 Scotland. A few people I know say the difference is big enough for them to pick up booze on the way home when working down south. Whilst I accept that shopkeepers are free to set their own price margins, I would point out that I asked for proof, not vague assertions. Please provide your evidence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 minute ago, lichtgilphead said: Whilst I accept that shopkeepers are free to set their own price margins, I would point out that I asked for proof, not vague assertions. Please provide your evidence. Next time I am working down south I will take a note of prices in tesco Carlisle and compare to my local store then let you know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Rubin Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, AyrExile said: Next time I am working down south I will take a note of prices in tesco Carlisle and compare to my local store then let you know You're aware the prices of normal basket items like bread, juice, biscuits vary from store to store? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, lichtgilphead said: A standard bottle of whisky contains 700 ml of 40% ABV spirit. Accordingly, the minimum price in Scotland is £14.00. Are you seriously suggesting that a bottle of whisky costs £9.00 in Carlisle? Proof please. Tesco 's cheapest is currently £11.00. Lidl & Aldi's are £11.25. Any malt or any reasonable blend (Black Bottle is currently £18.95) will cost exactly the same in Scotland or England. Before minimum pricing your standard own brand or Bells/Grouse etc was often sold at £15 a litre in Scotland. Now the minimum is £20. So he could well be right about the whisky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, AyrExile said: Next time I am working down south I will take a note of prices in tesco Carlisle and compare to my local store then let you know No need. Tesco have their grocery prices online, nowadays. You can sort by price, low to high. I've looked at 700 ml standard bottles. Tonight, the cheapest whisky is Scots Club Blended Scotch Whisky at £11. There are only 3 whiskies available at £15: The Famous Grouse Smoky Black Whisky, The Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky & Bell's Original Whisky. I'm willing to bet that I can pick up a bottle of one of these three blends for significantly less than £20 in Lochgilphead Tesco tomorrow. I'll scan the till receipt as proof. How much would you like to stake? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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