Nothing
if arranged and administered properly.

Edinburgh cannot manage this.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 13:58, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Just wait till England lets them have independence.
That'll be your free prescriptions, eye tests and social care out of the window.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 9 Jan 2012, 13:59, Reply)

Won't happen
Scotland mostly doesn't want independence.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:00, Reply)

That's why the SNp never actually have a referendum, and were throwing their toys out of the pram this morning
whne the real government tried to force their hand
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:01, Reply)

I have a slight worry
in that I can't decide whether I hate the cunt Salmond or the cunt Cameron more.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:03, Reply)

That is like being asked which testicle to have bitten off

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:03, Reply)

I think Nicola Sturgeon is worse.
Scotland - led by two fish. Straight down Shit Creek.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:04, Reply)

technically she's my wife's boss. Which is nice.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:05, Reply)

Lovely.
One of my friends lives in Airdrie, and was delighted when Nicola Sturgeon took John Smith's seat. In the strictly sarcastic sense, obviously.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:07, Reply)

She's come and talked shit at me
at the last couple of "science in the parliment" events. I tried not to belm or stab her.

Scotland's saving grace is that we had Ann Glover as the Science Adviser and she's fucking ace. But now the EU have nicked her so I might as well go back to my original plan and fuck off to Oz.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:14, Reply)

Cheers.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:15, Reply)

Oh, hang on, is he there?
Fuck, New Zealand it is then.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:16, Reply)

They are extremely self righteous as a party

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:09, Reply)

I was watching a bit about that on the local news when I was there in the summer.
And it was in the local paper. And I overheard two people in the hotel talking about it. And the woman who does the Camera Obscura show had a bitch about it.

I didn't really get what was going on mind, beyond 'colossal waste of tax payers money'.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:05, Reply)

colossal waste of taxpayers money
failing to actually provide the transport to Leith which was the whole point, so far behind schedule and overbudget it's actually going backwards and monumental disruption to all other transport in Edinburgh for 7 years. All in all, a stupendous public-sector result, really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:11, Reply)

Wasn't it going to be 3 lines and now it's like half of one of the originally proposed lines.
Fucking Alistair Darling approved this, the cunt.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:20, Reply)

pretty much, yeah.
but the really frustrating thing is that the only line they are going to build entirely duplicates the route of the Airbus, which is an extremely efficient way of getting to the airport already and the tram will not be any quicker. An excellent use of just shy of a billion quid. even london is going to manage most of an olympics for that and we're getting 8 miles of pointless track.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:23, Reply)

That will likely be the most expensive piece of track in the world.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:24, Reply)

That actually made me laugh.
I know it's not funny, really, especially if you live there I'm sure, but it's just so monumentally ridiculous that I laughed.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:28, Reply)