Comments on: The Scottish Centralisation Party http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angry Steve http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/comment-page-1/#comment-210135 Angry Steve Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:46:27 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/#comment-210135 I see that Edinburgh Cuntcil have decided they aren't willing to step up to the plate re the Cuntcil Tax freeze... They might or might not be able to afford it, they say... How about sacking a collection of these freeloading bums until they can afford it. I see that Edinburgh Cuntcil have decided they aren’t willing to step up to the plate re the Cuntcil Tax freeze… They might or might not be able to afford it, they say… How about sacking a collection of these freeloading bums until they can afford it.

]]> By: mark mcdonald http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/comment-page-1/#comment-209019 mark mcdonald Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:36:28 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/#comment-209019 Duncan, surely the removal of ringfencing, and freeing local authorities to spend the cash how we want, is granting us more power than Labour and the Liberals ever did? Duncan, surely the removal of ringfencing, and freeing local authorities to spend the cash how we want, is granting us more power than Labour and the Liberals ever did?

]]> By: Rory Maxwell http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/comment-page-1/#comment-208166 Rory Maxwell Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:59:35 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/11/15/the-scottish-centralisation-party/#comment-208166 This is consistent with the SNP's wider goal of independence... this move is calculated to further incense those of us who pay tax in England, adding momentum to English calls for Scotland to stand in its own feet. The Daily Mail/Evening Standard are already whipping their readers into a frenzy over council tax rises and none of the outcomes here are, in the grand scheme of things, bad for the SNP. Either Labour tries to appease English voters by tinkering with the Barnett formula or the Conservatives continue to push English nationalism - both help Alex. This is consistent with the SNP’s wider goal of independence… this move is calculated to further incense those of us who pay tax in England, adding momentum to English calls for Scotland to stand in its own feet.

The Daily Mail/Evening Standard are already whipping their readers into a frenzy over council tax rises and none of the outcomes here are, in the grand scheme of things, bad for the SNP. Either Labour tries to appease English voters by tinkering with the Barnett formula or the Conservatives continue to push English nationalism – both help Alex.

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