Someone please explain Scotland to me

If we reversed the Barnett formula would you feel hard done by?

The BBC [and STV] Scottish political pundits were very balanced and did a great job.

The London based BBC were surprisingly ignorant and biased towards No.....why was that?
Sgt Bilko [aka Nick Robinson] was disgraceful and should have been sacked. He was pretty awful before the referendum so I suppose it was to be expected.
I will never trust the National BBC again, never thought I would say that.
 
It gets dark stupidly early in the winter.

As part of DevoMax, Cornwall will have to send 2 hours of daylight to Aberdeen every day from November until February
 
Doon frae Troon said:
If we reversed the Barnett formula would you feel hard done by?

The BBC [and STV] Scottish political pundits were very balanced and did a great job.

The London based BBC were surprisingly ignorant and biased towards No.....why was that?
Sgt Bilko [aka Nick Robinson] was disgraceful and should have been sacked. He was pretty awful before the referendum so I suppose it was to be expected.
I will never trust the National BBC again, never thought I would say that.
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Are we going to hear about BBC bias forever?
 
I'm not interested in the Yes/No vote or how it was covered by the BBC but solely on what is wrong with the place such that people feel hard done by in some way.

Doon frae Troon said:
If we reversed the Barnett formula would you feel hard done by?
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Is Scotland hard done by by this 'formula'? you want some free money? put less in and take more out?

Where would the extra money go?


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Forget the 'bitter talk' what's wrong? Does Scotland have to be like a new Vegas or Monaco? should the streets be paved with gold? are Englands? I'm not sure what we have that you don't, we work hard at this end and pay thru the nose for most things, I'm not up to speed with what it is that disgruntles you so much...and I don't mean you personally, I mean all in general.
 
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Doon frae Troon said:
If we reversed the Barnett formula would you feel hard done by?

The BBC [and STV] Scottish political pundits were very balanced and did a great job.

The London based BBC were surprisingly ignorant and biased towards No.....why was that?
Sgt Bilko [aka Nick Robinson] was disgraceful and should have been sacked. He was pretty awful before the referendum so I suppose it was to be expected.
I will never trust the National BBC again, never thought I would say that.
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It's quite amazing how you are still going on about a television station after a massive judgement day

Of all the issues within the whole story - the BBC should be right a the bottom of any problems
 
Liverpoolphil said:
It's quite amazing how you are still going on about a television station after a massive judgement day

Of all the issues within the whole story - the BBC should be right a the bottom of any problems
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Swept under the carpet as it is an embarrassment to you.
Whatever happened to a free press in the UK ?

Re Barnett formula, as I said why do we not turn it on it's head.
Scotland will keep what it earns and perhaps send a bit down to London if it suits us.
If it is fair one way ,why not the other.
 
I think part of the issue is that very few people feel that they are getting a good deal at the moment. It could very easily be said that many of the English regions are in a similar position to Scotland, they feel that the London based parliament has no understanding of their wants and needs and believe that the country is run for the benefit of the wealthy and that policies are decided based on the needs of the South of England. The difference is that Scotland had the opportunity to do something about it. I suspect that many regions in the UK feel that they would be better served by their own autonomous government. I also suspect that if the nation was prospering, everyone had money in their pockets and jobs were plentiful then the vote would not have been as close as it was.

I am not sure that it was about wanting more, just a case of wanting better and wanting representation that understands the needs of the area in question. Thing is, that argument could probably be equally applied to the North East, The North West, the West Midlands, the South West, the list goes on.

Hopefully the outcome of this will be improved regional representation for all.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Swept under the carpet as it is an embarrassment to you.
Whatever happened to a free press in the UK ?

Re Barnett formula, as I said why do we not turn it on it's head.
Scotland will keep what it earns and perhaps send a bit down to London if it suits us.
If it is fair one way ,why not the other.
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Nothing to sweep under - because it's a non event

The apparent bias was created to try and divert away from the fact that the yes campaign had no answers to any of the crucial questions

To constantly go on about allows the Yes campaign to ignore where it went wrong.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Per head roughly £800 additional in Scotland than England.
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From what I can tell (so someone can correct me) Scotland earns approx £150Bn p/a

England is spending £50Bn on a single railway!! on earnings of £1.5 TRILLION

If you tried to survive as a nation on £150Bn you'd have to eat bread and water or else not have any new infrastructure... ever.
£800 per head isn't going to tarmac many roads (at a cost of £1M per mile) and that extra £800 per head certainly wouldn't end up in your OWN pocket.


and if you're making £800 more than those in England then what's your worry? do you want to be making less? :confused:
 
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JustOne said:
In what way(s) are you hard done by?

Would rather hear it from people here than some journalist gumpf on t'internet.
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Don't feel hard done by in the slightest, never have done, if I did I would have moved. Stereotyping and newspaper spread cobblers....imo

32% land mass with 8% population does mean higher unit costs for services which need more subsidising, don't think that's unreasonable.
 
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maxfli65 said:
32% land mass with 8% population does mean higher unit costs for services which need more subsidising, don't think that's unreasonable.
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True but with less people using the infrastructure it shouldn't need replacing so often apart from in areas of high population density of course.... and (for example) I don't think ANYONE will allow an 8 lane motorway to be built straight down the heart of the beautiful (probably protected) landscape in the first place. What other services are you referring to?
 
Doon frae Troon said:
If we reversed the Barnett formula would you feel hard done by?

The BBC [and STV] Scottish political pundits were very balanced and did a great job.

The London based BBC were surprisingly ignorant and biased towards No.....why was that?
Sgt Bilko [aka Nick Robinson] was disgraceful and should have been sacked. He was pretty awful before the referendum so I suppose it was to be expected.
I will never trust the National BBC again, never thought I would say that.
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Based on the simple fact the BBC are neutral, those that are in one camp will think they are more bias towards the other. As an example:
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