What really hacks me off in Scotland
is our beloved Holyrood has insisted on freezing council tax for years. As a result councils have slashed services to almost fuck all. Every school meeting I go to I hear the head teacher talking about budget cuts.

I'd gladly pay inflationary rises in council tax so that we had some decent local services.

Of course the SNP just blaims everything on Westminster, but this is entirely their own choice.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 8 May 2015, 11:10, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

Successive governments of all flavours
have consistently spent more than they get in tax. Then attempted to balance the books by selling stuff, gold, nationalised industries, etc to other countries. Meanwhile the pension bill grows ever higher as people live longer but the pension age has hardly gone up in 40 years. Question is, what will they do when there's nothing left to cut or sell?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 8 May 2015, 11:17, Reply)

We need a cull. It's the only way.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 8 May 2015, 11:22, Reply)

Soylent Green?

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 8 May 2015, 11:27, Reply)

Well, the usual way is to start by invading Poland

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 8 May 2015, 11:29, Reply)

It is noticable.
However I'm quite happy that Labour have got a shoeing as well because all of the Scottish Labour MP's have just kept their head down safe in the knowledge they've had a safe seat. They've all voted bullshit to things you'd think they'd oppose but instead just done as they've been told. Fuck 'em.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 8 May 2015, 11:26, Reply)