WHY SHOULD WE PUT UP WITH POTHOLES?

The pothole in our road

I've been driving for nearly 40 years and in all that time I don't think I have ever seen the roads in such a bad condition.

Why should we drivers put up with it?  It's costing a fortune in springs, shock absorbing thingies, (I'm not too technical) and burst tyres.  I don't know about in your part of the world but up here in Scotland, it's a company called AMEY, who have the contract to repair the trunk roads.

It seems to me that they are plainly not keeping up to the job.  Now we know that there has been severe weather which knocks hell out of the road surface but most of that was in December.  We're now into March and the roads STILL haven't been repaired.  Amey must have some contract to repair them, if they are not in a fit state and if they don't have a contract that holds them to account, why not?  They should be taking on more workers, albeit on a temporary basis to get the job done.  They are to the best of my knowledge a PLC, the same as BP.  Now when the Gulf Oil Spill happened, BP didn't stand back and let it get worse.  They got on with it and repaired it.

Local Authorities in Scotland are liable for the non-trunk roads and they have been given huge amounts of money to effect repairs from the Scottish Government.  I have told my MSP, that as far as votes are concerned for the May election in Scotland, a good number of people would vote for the party that promises to repair our road network and if that means holding PLCs to account, then so be it, their shareholders just wouldn't be able to get a dividend this year.  All together now,  aaaaw!

WHY NOT VOTING SNP COULD QUITE LITERALLY BE THE DEATH OF YOU!

As most of you who read this PILE OF SHITE are aware I have been in for a reasonably major operation over the last few days.  As I don't like to bore, (aye that'll be fucking right, ED), just let me say that I HAVE BEEN AMAZED at the level of care and the PROFESSIONALISM shown by all the staff in AYR HOSPITAL.
When I was wheeled down to the one of six operating theatres, my overwhelming feeling was how many people were working there just for little old me.  They all seemed to be going about their individual tasks efficiently and with a sense of purpose and I remember thinking just before I went under, FUCK ME, this must be costing a fortune!
Anyway to cut a long story short, after the operation, (which went well BTW), because of a few probs I have with my heart, I was taken into 'HIGH DEPENDENCY'.  There at all times there was one STAFF NURSE for every two patients.  Next door in INTENSIVE CARE it was one on one.  As you progressed up the levels of care it gradually became one in three and so on. 

Anyway to get to the moral of my tale.  If you're ever in Hospital for a serious operation, yes you might think, how much is all this costing?  But, instead you will just be glad that the NHS is there for you and you are being looked after to an extremely high standard.  As they wheel you into the operating theatre, you won't be worrying about how much money is being spent on the ROADS/POLICE/EDUCATION etc., you'll only be thankful that in SCOTLAND we have a SNP GOVERNMENT who has pledged to look after health and stand against THE CUTS OF THE WESTMINSTER PARTIES.  So for your own good, please vote SNP if you can on Thursday, it could quite literally be a LIFE OR DEATH DECISION!