BBC News.

BBC Scotland in full fleck and spittle mode with screams of the new Forth crossing to be closed until September.

The reality is occasional overnight lane closures that might cause a two minute delay to journeys.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
BBC Scotland in full fleck and spittle mode with screams of the new Forth crossing to be closed until September.

The reality is occasional overnight lane closures that might cause a two minute delay to journeys.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

Make a proper Complaint then - on the Complaints site - rather than simply whingeing on here!

You'll almst certainly get a more sympathetic response too! :rolleyes:
 
Doon frae Troon said:
BBC Scotland in full fleck and spittle mode with screams of the new Forth crossing to be closed until September.

The reality is occasional overnight lane closures that might cause a two minute delay to journeys.
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the bbc scotland news i saw this morning said closed till next Thursday, then later that southbound traffic diverted over the old bridge
 
Oh, l do like a good thread ...

Person 1 says that example A, using words, x,y & z proves BBC bias. Person 2 then says that very same example, using the very same words, in fact proves the opposite.

So.... don't we need some informed person to explain what example A, and words x, y & z actually mean?

Then person 3 says that explanation is biased and person 4 says its not.

So ... get some better informed person to put the explanation or opinion in context and ... round we go again.

Everyone now happy? Nah, never will be. Perception of bias has always depended on where one is looking from - and alway will.

Right, that's me done - off to the playground to tell someone that their dad smells ...
 
BBC in good form today. Because we had 230,000 net migration over the last year they describe it as a Brexidus, they were indicating we were seeing a mass exit of EU migrants reflected in the figures. And there was I thinking that a net increase of 230K meant we had 230,000 more than people leaving.
 
SocketRocket said:
BBC in good form today. Because we had 230,000 net migration over the last year they describe it as a Brexidus, they were indicating we were seeing a mass exit of EU migrants reflected in the figures. And there was I thinking that a net increase of 230K meant we had 230,000 more than people leaving.
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There you go, you see. Interpretation. There was me listening to a fairly bland piece with them saying that net migration in the year had fallen to 230k (down by a third IIRC) and that probable cause of the slowed increase was was the value (ie relative weakness) of the £ against the Euro.

Hey ho.
 
IanM said:
BBC breakfast.... big article about shortages of heathcare, then panicking over a drop in net migration to ONLY a quarter of million people....

Must be lots of people without desks in their offices!
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I did have to double take that as well An extra 1/4 million is a new cities worth of people. Huge numbers.
 
Tomorrows BBC Scottish news headlines will be either.

[a]Tax hike on the rich. [30%]
or
Tax cut for the poor [70%]

My money is on [a]

Update.....and there is Jackie Burd right on cue with a preview of tonight's headlines.
They never disappoint
 
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Doon frae Troon said:
Tomorrows BBC Scottish news headlines will be either.

[a]Tax hike on the rich. [30%]
or
Tax cut for the poor [70%]

My money is on [a]

Update.....and there is Jackie Burd right on cue with a preview of tonight's headlines.
They never disappoint
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The BBC reports I'm seeing are headlined with "Scottish income tax changes unveiled".

In the details it says that anyone earning less than £33k per year won't pay more tax. Are you suggesting that someone earning £35k a year is "rich"?

And you also seem to have your figures wrong. The Scottish finance minister has said that 55% will be paying less and 45% will be paying more not the 70/30 split you have suggested.
 
ColchesterFC said:
The BBC reports I'm seeing are headlined with "Scottish income tax changes unveiled".

In the details it says that anyone earning less than £33k per year won't pay more tax. Are you suggesting that someone earning £35k a year is "rich"?

And you also seem to have your figures wrong. The Scottish finance minister has said that 55% will be paying less and 45% will be paying more not the 70/30 split you have suggested.
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There you go.
I think you are quoting the BBC Scotland figures

https://www.snp.org/the_scottish_budget_what_you_need_to_know
 
Doon frae Troon said:
There you go.
I think you are quoting the BBC Scotland figures

https://www.snp.org/the_scottish_budget_what_you_need_to_know
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I was quoting from the Scottish finance minister, Derek Mackay. Here you go.......


Mr Mackay said the move to a five-band income tax system will mean no one earning less than £33,000 in Scotland will pay more tax they do now. And he told the Scottish Parliament that those earning above that figure would only pay a "proportionate amount more" than they currently do.His figures showed that 55% of Scottish taxpayers will pay less compared to south of the border under the new system - with 45% of people paying more.

Someone in Scotland earning £150,000 will pay £1,774 more than if they lived elsewhere in the UK, with someone earning £40,000 paying £140 more.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42356953

So one of those sets of percentages is incorrect.
 
ColchesterFC said:
I was quoting from the Scottish finance minister, Derek Mackay. Here you go.......


Mr Mackay said the move to a five-band income tax system will mean no one earning less than £33,000 in Scotland will pay more tax they do now. And he told the Scottish Parliament that those earning above that figure would only pay a "proportionate amount more" than they currently do.His figures showed that 55% of Scottish taxpayers will pay less compared to south of the border under the new system - with 45% of people paying more.

Someone in Scotland earning £150,000 will pay £1,774 more than if they lived elsewhere in the UK, with someone earning £40,000 paying £140 more.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42356953

So one of those sets of percentages is incorrect.
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I would trust the SNP before BBC Scotland any day.
I listened to the full budget speech and I am pretty sure MacKay never said those words [or the 70/30% words either.]
He would have used the words 'my figures' not 'his figures'.

BTW £35k is more than three times the starting figure for paying tax so I guess it is fairly rich.
Maybe not in the London suburbs though, probably a few months rent on a two bedroom flat down there.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
I would trust the SNP before BBC Scotland any day.
I listened to the full budget speech and I am pretty sure MacKay never said those words [or the 70/30% words either.]

BTW £35k is more than three times the starting figure for paying tax so I guess it is fairly rich.
Maybe not in the London suburbs though, probably a few months rent on a two bedroom flat down there.

In your quote notice the word 'his', would he not have said 'my'.
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I would trust neither of them. Been trying to find an independent source to look at the figures myself but so far can only find details of average salaries which isn't helpful. The search for verification continues.
 
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