CLINTON SHOULD DEMAND THE REAL LOCKERBIE BOMBER.

 

That American harridan, Hilary Clinton, a bitter, twisted, crabbit bastard because she believes she would have made a better President than her feckless husband, has been demanding that the new Libyan Government returns al-Megrahi to serve out the rest of his sentence for the Lockerbie bomb.

I think that most people, at least the ones who bothered to research the matter, would realise is, that al-Megrahi was almost certainly a 'patsy'.  However the fucker above, Musa Kusa, the Libyan spy-master was almost certainly the one behind the bombing, if the Libyans were the perpetrators at all and there has to be some doubt about that.  Why then did the West let him fuck off to Qatar to live out the rest of his life with his ill-gotten gains?  He came to Britain for a couple of days to answer some questions and then went to live in the sun.  Why do we not have him locked up somewhere very safe?  Could it be that he knows too much?  Or are the security forces, just slack fuckers?

So, instead of fat-arse Clinton demanding this and that, she and that fucker, Mueller, the head of the FBI should be dragged here to this country, (Scotland) and forced to answer some pertinent questions before a Holyrood committee.  Like why were the CIA personnel pulled of the flight and what was the cargo?  Instead of hounding a reasonably placed security officer, who the last I saw, was patently dying of cancer and putting international doubt of a Scottish Government, who made the right decision based on Scottish law.  For those that say that he shouldn't have been released as he was not dying, I have only two words for them and it's not fuck off, but, Ronnie Biggs.

SCOTLAND MORE THAN PAYS ITS WAY!

Scotland in stronger budget position than the UK as a whole, new figures find

Figures show that Scotland generates 9.4% of UK tax but only has 8.4% of the UK population.

22 June 2011 10:03 GMT

Oil revenue: Forecast to rise Pic: © STV

Scotland is in a stronger budget position than the UK as a whole for the fifth consecutive year, according to new figures.

Government and Expenditure Revenue Scotland 2009-10 figures show that, including a geographical share of UK North Sea oil and gas revenues, Scotland contributed 9.4% of UK public sector revenue and received 9.3% of total UK public sector expenditure, including a per capita share of UK debt interest payments.

Including a geographical share of North Sea revenues, Scotland's estimated current budget balance in 2009-10 was a deficit of £9bn, or 6.8% of GDP - stronger than the UK-wide deficit of £107.3bn, or 7.6% of GDP for the same year, including 100% of North Sea revenues.

In terms of the net fiscal balance - which includes infrastructure investment for long-term benefit - Scotland was again in a stronger position than the UK:, with a deficit of 10.6% of GDP, compared to 11.1% for the UK as a whole.

Commenting on the figures, Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "Scotland has now been in a stronger financial position that the UK as a whole for each of the last five years. Once again, the official GERS figures show that Scotland contributes more to the UK exchequer than we receive in public spending.

"Despite the fall in North Sea revenues to £6.5bn in 2009-10 - less than half the level for this year - Scotland still contributed far more to the UK exchequer than our share of population, which underlines the breadth and strength of Scotland's finances, and the opportunities of financial responsibility and independence.

"Scotland generated 9.4% of UK tax with 8.4% of the population - the equivalent of £1,000 extra for every man, woman and child in Scotland.

"The figures also show that in 2009-10, at the height of the UK recession, half of the £2.8bn increase in public spending in Scotland was for social protection measures such as unemployment benefits, while increased spending by the Scottish Government on the health service also accounted for a significant share of the rise.

"We know that Scotland's oil and gas resources represent a trillion pound asset base - worth more than ten times Scotland's share of a UK debt built up by successive Westminster governments. And we also know that North Sea revenues are on a sharply rising curve - in 2010-11 they were £8.8bn, and this year the North Sea is forecast to generate an all-time record £13.4bn in tax revenue. Indeed, over the next five years North Sea oil and gas is forecast to raise £61bn in tax revenue, 35% more than during the previous five years.

"Unlike successive UK governments, the Scottish Government has run a balanced budget every year since 2007, and we now urgently need new levers to promote economic recovery in Scotland, such as access to enhanced borrowing powers, corporation tax, excise duties and the Crown Estate."  

COALITION PARTIES IN TATTERS AS CANDIDATES RESIGN LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE!

A third Conservative Scottish election candidate has stood down, as the party officially launched its campaign for Holyrood.  David Meikle had demanded an investigation into the ranking of candidates for the party's Glasgow's list, alleging electoral malpractice.

Meanwhile, a top Liberal Democrat candidate for the Scottish elections has quit the party.  Hugh O'Donnell was the leading candidate in the party's Central Scotland list.  Mr O'Donnell said was unhappy with the direction of the party in Scotland and the UK Tory/Lib Dem coalition.

New polls have shown that the SNP is within touching distance of the 40% it need to be the largest party in Scotland and be elected again under the slogan, 'Alex Salmond for First Minister'

The UNIONIT parties have been shown to have not a clue about what the requirements of the Scottish people are as they squabble amongst themselves to please their Illuminati masters at Westminster.  They even get the Royals to stick on a wedding the week before the Scottish Elections to boost their hopes. 

 Worse than pathetic!

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!

SALMOND WOULD RATHER LEAD ANOTHER MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Alex Salmond would prefer to lead another minority government rather than enter into a coalition deal if this May's Holyrood elections result in a hung parliament.

Speaking on Newsnight Scotland, the first minister said he would not rule out joining a coalition but that would not be his first choice.

He said he felt his minority government had "proved itself".

A minority Government to some extent has been good for Scotland, much better than a coalition.  If only, the fucking numpties in the the Labour party, could actually enter into the Government of Scotland, by contributing to the budget as do the Tories and the Libdums, instead of acting like a bunch of overexcited  schoolboys on their first date, the Governance of Scotland could be more of an adult affair.  The thought of that prick, Gray, being first minister is enough to make a good proportion of Scots,  move to England.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT'S RELEASE OF MEGRAHI VINDICATED

A Foreign Office minister sent Libyan officials detailed legal advice on how to use Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s cancer diagnosis to ensure he was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds, documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph show.  The Duke of York is also said to have played a behind-the-scenes role in encouraging the terrorist’s release.

The Scottish First Minister said the revelations confirm that while his administration acted according to its public pronouncements on the affair, Tony Blair's Government was behaving duplicitously.  “The cables ... show that the former UK Government were playing false on the issue, with a different public position from their private one,” said a statement released by Mr Salmond's office.


This release of WikiLeak material shows finally that the Scottish Government's release of Megrahi was done only on the grounds stated, i.e. that it was for humanitarian reasons only.  Those prick Senators in the US, should now apologise to the people of Scotland for casting a slur on it's people and it's Government.

UNIONIT PARTIES VOTE DOWN SENSIBLE SNP SUPERMARKET TAX

The Local Government and Communities Committee rejected the Scottish Government's plans for a levy on supermarkets on 26 January 2010.  The scheme seeks to impose additional business rates on large retailers.

The Liberal Democrat MSP Jeremy Purvis moved the motion which recommended the proposal be dropped.   It was carried by five votes to three with no abstentions. 
The SNP government had planned to raise £30 million through the levy.

Why was this scheme voted down?  £30 million is a lot of money.  It seems sensible to charge Supermarkets extra to make up for the damage they have done to our town centres and small businesses.  Ok, we all use them, but their profits are obscene and they should be contributing more to their local communities.  They will pay plenty to get in and build new stores, so why not when they're built.

 Were palms greased?