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SwingsitlikeHogan

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Just one consequential of the GE and the new government trying to work out how to please everybody who voted for them is that I hear that the budget is not going to be until early March.

The Scottish Government was due to present it's budget to Holyrood on 12th December but is having to wait until the Tories present theirs. I'm thinking the Scottish government could present a budget making assumptions about the UK government budget - but that would be rather irresponsible given we don't have much idea of what Johnson and Crew will come up with.

A little bit more grist to the mill for the SNPs argument. Scotland might have it's own government in Holyrood - but it is still in many ways subservient to that in Westminster.
 

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The late budget has put the Scottish Government in an intolerable position, they basically have to guess what Westminster is going to do.

Under the new 'getting our country' back rules it now also appears that individual Westminster ministers can overrule decisions made by the Scottish Parliament.
Mind you they reassure us that this will not happen under 'normal' circumstances….now we all know what that means.:whistle:
 

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I see the Tory party MP's hysterically yelling at a Scottish MP and stopping civilised debate.
The new Speaker twiddles his thumbs and fails to intervein.
Mind you this is after telling everyone that he wants a new kind of atmosphere at Westminster...…..same as same as.
 

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I see the Tory party MP's hysterically yelling at a Scottish MP and stopping civilised debate.
The new Speaker twiddles his thumbs and fails to intervein.
Mind you this is after telling everyone that he wants a new kind of atmosphere at Westminster...…..same as same as.

Again very poor bait Doon. Must try harder. ?
 

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DfT - If Ian Blackford would speak without the hyped rhetoric and theatrics there might be chance that the colour and debating style would reflect his more measured approach and he'd get less emotive, or angry retorts.
 

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DfT - If Ian Blackford would speak without the hyped rhetoric and theatrics there might be chance that the colour and debating style would reflect his more measured approach and he'd get less emotive, or angry retorts.
It was not Ian Blackford who was speaking.
Are you trying to make up excuses for denying free speech by Tory Party 'mob ' rule in Parliament.?

The most amusing bit about this story is that Mr O'Hara was attempting to point out that Thatcher and Major [and even Tebbit] declared that a simple majority in Scotlsnd or the Scots Parliament would be enough to trigger a referendum.
Also worth remembering that Cameron had promised that we would not leave the EU without the consent of NI, Wales and Scotland.
 
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