NotThePars Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Pato said: Thought this was quite a good snappy infographic of the sort the SNP should be churning out and putting on bus stops etc Saying "we're not smart enough" sarcastically then showing 3 guys who've been dead a minimum of 66 years doesn't feel like a W for Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Just now, NotThePars said: Saying "we're not smart enough" sarcastically then showing 3 guys who've been dead a minimum of 66 years doesn't feel like a W for Yes. Better having Stevie Crawford, James McPake and Robbie Neilson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Snappy enough , I suppose, but full of holes. Just one - GDP per person is around 8% lower than the rest of the UK and 20% of the workforce is in the public sector. Not a great start. So you're saying the union has been bad for Scotland... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Boris Johnson is telling Scotland that the union is no longer based on consent If he refuses a referendum that Scots have voted for, there would be no lawful way to leave the UK. The implications are huge https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/boris-johnson-is-telling-scotland-that-the-union-is-no-longer-based-on-consent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Baxter Parp said: Boris Johnson is telling Scotland that the union is no longer based on consent If he refuses a referendum that Scots have voted for, there would be no lawful way to leave the UK. The implications are huge https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/boris-johnson-is-telling-scotland-that-the-union-is-no-longer-based-on-consent Old news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Old news. In what way? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 08:31, Pato said: Thought this was quite a good snappy infographic of the sort the SNP should be churning out and putting on bus stops etc Dunno about including Adam Smith on that tbh, given that he's hugely responsible for economists thinking that their field of work is something other than a branch of philosophy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, Pato said: again - explaining:losing can't believe i did that tbh. went over my head. going to take a 24hr timeout from the politics forum so i can think about what i've done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, G51 said: can't believe i did that tbh. went over my head. going to take a 24hr timeout from the politics forum so i can think about what i've done. There are many from both sides who should probably do the same. Often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, Pato said: I'd also say it's more economists not turning to page 2 of the wealth of nations that's the problem rather than Adam Smith himself but anyways I've already lost 99% of my audience by saying that Yep, if most gave Adam Smith more than a cursory glance they'd realise the error of their ways. Sorry if you didn't expect me in the 1%. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Adam Smith is a lino sniffing, right wing wee teamer. John Maynard Keynes shits all over him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) On 12/04/2021 at 15:43, Antlion said: Waste of time. Look what the “Young Unionists” are rocking. A rocket wearing a crown and smoking a pipe is clearly going to win the battle of the bus stops for God’s sake. Strange choice of picture Using an object that is literally designed to separate. The two parts have hugely different designs, functions and trajectories. The two parts not seperating would be absolutely catastrophic for both. But “ better together” or “flegs” or something Edited April 15, 2021 by Merkie84 Spelling 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 59 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Adam Smith is a lino sniffing, right wing wee teamer. John Maynard Keynes shits all over him. Thought that was the worms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Pato said: again - explaining:losing I don't know what this means. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, GordonS said: I don't know what this means. I would explain it to you, but I don't want to lose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 minute ago, renton said: I would explain it to you, but I don't want to lose. Shit, it's one of those things. Can you tell me if it's a P&B thing, or wider? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, G51 said: can't believe i did that tbh. went over my head. going to take a 24hr timeout from the politics forum so i can think about what i've done. No you're right it's a wee team mentality (look at these deid c***s) 2 hours ago, Pato said: I'd also say it's more economists not turning to page 2 of the wealth of nations that's the problem rather than Adam Smith himself but anyways I've already lost 99% of my audience by saying that I remember someone saying if Smith was born a century later he'd have been a communist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Adam Smith is a lino sniffing, right wing wee teamer. John Maynard Keynes shits all over him.You are not right though - you are confusing him with the right wing economics think-tank that has very little to do with the economics he proposed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 4 hours ago, Stellaboz said: Adam Smith is a lino sniffing, right wing wee teamer. John Maynard Keynes shits all over him. Smith gets a vast relief because his name was taken for a right wing economics think-tank that has very little to do with the economics he proposed. His whole schtick is predicated on competition, where the self-interest of owners of what we'd now regard as small businesses leads them to provide things the public want at the lowest cost they can. The Adam Smith Institute don't believe in a free market, they believe in a market in which the existing big players can rig it for themselves, squashing new entrants and flattening competition. The idea that a handful of companies owned by shareholders and managed by millionaires would ever provide real competition is a joke. The Adam Smith Institute shouldn't be allowed to use his name. They're not a think-tank, they're a lobby group secretly funded by the uber rich to promote ideas that make them richer. That was never, ever what Adam Smith was about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, G51 said: Dunno about including Adam Smith on that tbh, given that he's hugely responsible for economists thinking that their field of work is something other than a branch of philosophy. I think you may be confused Adam Smith was literally the Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University. Edited April 15, 2021 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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