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ScotInTraining

@ScotInTraining@mastodon.scot

Scottish immigrant
Brexit is still a bad idea

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ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Its been clear for ages that many public service cuts are false economies.... as a friend of mine pointed out some time ago, if you cut early intervention & prevention services (which can be relatively cheap & effective), you then enlarge the demand for more expensive (and often mandatory) crisis services....

A new IFS study that looked at closing police stations, suggests, likewise that every £1 saved by closing a location increased social costs by £3!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/spending-cuts-are-often-false-economies-that-end-up-costing-society-dearly

ScotInTraining,
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@jwi @ChrisMayLA6 @tkinias I think you are right to a point.

You will always need both, people get sick and will need hospital. People are awful and will need prison.

However using either to solve societies ills is wrong.

Better health promotion, better social care, earlier intervention and people will be better.

However I definitely agree that both locking people up isn't the answer and if we solved societal problems, then we wouldn't need as many prison spaces

ScotInTraining,
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@jwi @ChrisMayLA6 @tkinias an excellent example is homelessness in Finland.

Spend less than we do and has functionally ended homelessness.

I think it comes back to Graham Norton quote on taxes "we can spend money to build a wall or pay taxes so we don't have to" ie life is better for all if we properly fund societal improvement

Roadwarrior29, to random
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There is some irony at listening to Starmer urging an election to "Let the people decide", the same Starmer who does not recognise Scotland's right to have a referendum to "Let the people decide". Yes, indeed, we had one in 2014 but materially, the UK has changed. We have elections every five years yet Scotland is continually denied democracy by, in effect, a foreign country, England. Is the union voluntary, yes it is, how then does Scotland leave ?

ScotInTraining,
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@CloudyMrs @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Roadwarrior29 very interesting.

We saw, and initially believed the disinformation. However talking to my brother in Edinburgh the agenda and truth didn't match.

Then we started looking at what SNP were doing and more importantly the attitude in politics.

Holyrood cares about and for its people, Westminster see them as purely their route to power, and does not care if they live or die.

Attitude is why we moved to Scotland

simon_brooke, to random
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Humza isn't a great politician, but he isnae a rubbish politician either, and the is short of talent at Holyrood. would be unwise no tae gie him a cabinet seat; and gien hoo has performed on an ither maitters furth o Scotland, it would be guid tae see him in a foreign relations brief.

If we're aiming for , we need to be developing strong relationships with the rest of Europe and beyond.

ScotInTraining,
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@Thebratdragon @Lassielmr @simon_brooke I agree Black would be an excellent FM and /or the face and voice for independence.

ScotInTraining,
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@Thebratdragon @muminitaly @Lassielmr @simon_brooke I think a more likely route is she stands as an msp.

I understand why she is jaded with Westminster, but she is a clever and talented politician, who stands by her morals. She would be a great loss to politics if she retired, and I can see her continuing to serve Scotland well for decades

Geri, to random
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"Of the 850,000 people who are long-term sick, fully half say they have depression or anxiety," said Sunak in such a manner today that these were not real illnesses.
....

"It would be wrong to sit back and accept this growing trend."

Oh, fuck off

ScotInTraining,
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@Geri so they stack the system against workers. They remove workers rights. Raise inflation, cut health service, cut benefits. Blame the poor, then have the brass balls to complain about MH.

Anyone who is long term sick isn't delighted about it.

Then they have rigged the system that if you are off sick, support is so poor you will end up with anxiety or depression.

The real mental health issue is hoarding whilst your fellow human suffers

Absolute fucking cunts

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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For those put off voting indy because they can't stand the SNP - the SNP is not forever. Vote for the Scotland you want for your children, grandchildren and their children.
(This and and other printable designs available to download and share from https://indyposterboy.scot/vote-independence-vote-scotland/

ScotInTraining,
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@Indyposterboy step 1 - independence
Step 2 - get a wider range of political parties
Step 3- get the Scotland we want

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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If heat pumps are part of the answer for how the UK makes a green transition, then the (next) Govt. needs to do a better job of supporting & incentivising their roll-out.

To reach the current target of 600k heat pumps installed a year by 2028, the installation rate would need to rise 11-fold... delays & shifting policy will not achieve that.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/18/uk-heat-pump-rollout-criticised-as-too-slow-by-public-spending-watchdog

ScotInTraining,
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@ChrisMayLA6 we need to copy Germany on this one.

People are willing to swap but the installation is expensive.

Germany charged people €1 under a government scheme to swap.

Remove the massive installation costs and people will swap. The truth is that people are barely keeping their head above water with the running costs of gas/ oil and just don't have the money to fund the install.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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I wouldn't normally turn to British Vogue for a strident defence of Diane Abbott, but...

''none of this parliamentary rhetoric about extremism & MP safety has been mobilised to protect Diane Abbott after the Conservative’s biggest donor said he wanted to shoot her. Quite the opposite; the system has moved to shield Frank Hester, a poor man who made a little mistake & needs to be given grace and compassion'!

A (rightly) angry piece

h/t @Karenawokekaren

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/diane-abbott-racist-frank-hester-british-politics

ScotInTraining,
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@djr @ChrisMayLA6 @Karenawokekaren it's precisely social mobility like that that the tories are wanting to stop

alexlac51, to cymru
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Randomthoughts...

In an #independentScotland... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we will not need a "royal family" in any shape or form...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#ScottishIndependence ...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ScottishRepublic ...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #YouYesYet ...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#Independence for #Wales...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#OneIreland...🇮🇪

ScotInTraining,
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@alexlac51 it's very interesting that The Irish rugby team is ROI and NI players. So they have 2 national anthems, neither of which involves kings being saved by god

Wen, to UKpolitics
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Tice says he will be ‘surprised’ if Reform UK does not get more Tory MPs joining – UK politics live

As that gem of a toad, Lee Anderson 'defects’ (the man is full of them), why should we not be surprised. I am sure that many will be considering their allegiance - after all they only joined the Tory party for a bit of righteous xenophobia, misogyny, asset stripping, larcenty and country smashing.

ScotInTraining,
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@Wen

When will they realise that right wing ideology will not make a country great?

They can shove their rose tinted spectacles up their ample backsides

JackTheCat, to random
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So...Marcus Smith is an englandshire hero but we can't possibly have TOO many Filipino care staff coming over or continuing to work in this sceptic island's health care sectors.

ScotInTraining,
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@JackTheCat but as soon as his playing days are over the same people will want him deported.

It's one of the reasons wemoved north. Scotland shares our views, England does not.

In fact the chasm is so deep I see no way forward but independence

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Last year 10% of scheduled operations by the NHS, were actually undertaken by 'independent' providers (read private health care).

As more & more of us despair at delays to care & take out (or have employers take out) private health insurance (or find ways to pay for medical attention), so the Tories normalisation of a two-tier health care system become ever more real.

The Tory project of NHS as basic safety net for the poor becomes ever nearer.


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/08/private-healthcare-could-become-a-new-normal-as-nhs-grows-weaker

ScotInTraining,
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@Thebratdragon @ChrisMayLA6 and when a surgery goes anything other than to plan off to the NHS you go

Andy_European, to random
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Lest we forget: Labour is just as corrupt as the Tories.

MoD paid millions into Saudi account amid BAE corruption scandal

Don’t waste your vote this year on Labour, unless you want 5 more years of Conservative government, austerity and decline.

in England to break free of the Tory/Labour death grip on English politics.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/08/mod-paid-millions-into-saudi-account-amid-bae-corruption-scandal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

ScotInTraining,
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@Andy_European I am going to respectfully disagree. Not because of what you are saying, politics is a cess pit and it would take alot to surprise me.

However for Westminster elections we have a first past the post system. Whilst the majority of people are not tories they can still get in by having the most, but still a minority, of the votes.

It is vital people vote tactically and get the tories out. They are the bigger threat

To follow we need electoral reform

JackTheCat, to random
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Jeremy Hunt has given over £100k to local Tory party in effort to retain seat

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/03/jeremy-hunt-personal-donations-local-conservative-association-godalming-ash-seat?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ScotInTraining,
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@JackTheCat as the chancellors salary is £145,492, does this mean he scraped by on £45k pa?

If not where has the money come from?

RussCheshire, to random
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So tell us, imposed Prime Minister @RishiSunak: which unruly mob has been in charge of Law & Order in the UK for the last fourteen years?

I suggest if you wish to see Britain return to democratic rule, rather than calling on the police to arrest everyone who is in the slightest way disgruntled by your policies, you resign and call a General Election; because you have neither the will nor the ability to manage this country.

ScotInTraining,
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@RussCheshire @RishiSunak
The tories are a wounded party. And therefore very dangerous.

They know they will lose badly at the next election so will stay in power as long as possible.

They want to stay in power so they can continue to gain as much for themselves as possible.

They are getting lower and lower in their behaviour.

This is a very worrying time for democracy as they will do whatever they can to hold on.

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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A wonderfully curved 1860s blonde sandstone tenement on the corner of Wilton Street and Belmont Street in the West End of Glasgow.

For me, nice, sweeping curves are one of the major features missing from many modern buildings. I've often wondered if this is because straight-edged boxes are much easier to draw with the Computer-Aided Design software now used by many architects.

ScotInTraining,
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@thisismyglasgow as the chap from penguin books famously said "good design costs the same as bad design".

I suspect its more to do with the cost of building and materials. Square brick boxes will always be cheaper than beautiful curved stone buildings.

However one brings joy and is good for the soul, the other brings blandness and indifference.

therightarticle, to random
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“How much of your water bill is swallowed up by company debt?”

Debt is almost as much as dividend payouts. The public are being conned.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/dec/18/how-much-of-your-water-bill-is-swallowed-up-by-company-debt-interactive

ScotInTraining,
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@therightarticle personally I can answer this as 0%.

But I live in Scotland.

Having moved up from England I can give an opinion on both systems.

Public owned is far better. I have had better customer service and its included in my council tax (which is still cheaper than England's council tax alone). I had a leak, couldn't find the shut off inside or out. They were here in 20 mins. I live with fields all around and 10 miles to the nearest town. Always have been great on the phone.

ScotInTraining, to random
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2 significant stories today

Death of Ian Lavender

King has cancer

One of these I care about more than the other. The other is getting more coverage

ScotInTraining, to random
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Local Councillor (pro union) has posted "happy brexit day" making the argument for sovereign nations to be able to make their own decisions and how much better Scotland is out of the EU.

The cognitive dissonance is unbelievable!

At best he cannot analyse basic facts objectively. At worst he's a barefaced liar.

Either way he is unsuitable to be a politician.

alexlac51, to random
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I have a feeling the want to bring back...

...

ScotInTraining,
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@alexlac51 I live over 500 miles from Westminster.

I can hear the bottom of barrels being scraped from here.....

ScotInTraining,
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@simon_brooke @alexlac51 I see what I did there

StillIRise1963, to random
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The British royals have shown pedophilia is preferable to Blackness in their family.

ScotInTraining,
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@StillIRise1963 the royals really are doing alot for promoting a Republic.....

freescotlandnow, to random
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The Scotland is better off British fraud goes very deep indeed. From the name, the flag, the monarch, the anthem, the UN, the treatment of our fellow Celts in Wales and Cornwall only one country benefits from this unequal union and it's not us.

https://wp.me/p3zm3d-qX

ScotInTraining,
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@freescotlandnow I honestly believe that the corruption in English politics is so deep, so entrenched, that the only way Scotland will be free of it is by independence.

Or in other words England's political system is irredeemable.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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A small but significant global movement is seeking to make free to use as a central plank to urbanism.

as the Guardian point out:

'Flourishing & accessible public transport systems are an essential feature of sustainable 21st-century living. They are a means of social inclusion & wellbeing, helping to generate a sense of place and collective belonging'!

Being free from fares can be a big part of this... but in the UK we're wedded to an altogether different model!

ScotInTraining,
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@bluGill @ChrisMayLA6 you make a good point but to move people onto public transport, to really change behaviour long term, I think it being free would be a big motivator for the group that can afford cars.

Yes it will also need to be reliable, clean, relatively frequent.

We need to "sell" public transport to people, and making it free would be a huge psychological lever.

And it needs to be carbon neutral as well.

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