By Professor John Robertson
Again, alerted by Dottie’s Phone
You won’t be surprised to hear there’s not a word, from this Labour Party elder, of Scotland’s far lower child poverty nor of how the SNP’s child payment is leading to its disappearance in Scotland, nor of Labour’s refusal to end the cruel two-child benefit cap, if elected.
Maybe the Archbishop will mention poverty in Scotland and the Child Benefit? Not a word.
It turns out the Bishop of Leicester too had a piece in the Guardian yesterday. He doesn’t know about Scotland either, it seems, but does mention Labour, if only in the very last sentence:
This is a policy which, if the government, and indeed the Labour party which has avoided committing to reversing it [the cruel two-child cap], dared (or cared) to look, is as short-sighted as it is unfair. Ending it, and so immediately lifting half a million children above the breadline, should be a priority for any party wanting to be recognised for its reasonableness as well as its compassion in the upcoming election.
What about Torsten Bell, Chief Exec of the Resolution Foundation thinktank then? He’s a researcher. He must have had a look around. In his We can easily end child poverty in the UK. Here are five things to know you’d think he might have spotted the Child Payment.
Nope, not a word on Scotland and only romantic nostalgia about how the last Labour Government did.
The Observer view editorial? Not a word on Scotland. Just a bit of encouragement for Sir Keir.
For the facts on child poverty, see: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/01/26/protective-effect-of-devolved-policies-child-poverty-rates-in-scotland-24-remain-much-lower-than-those-in-england-31-and-wales-28the-protective-effect-of-devolv/
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/end-child-poverty-uk-five-things-to-know
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Bodger Broon, of course knows what the situation in Scotland is woth report to action on poverty, but being a British nationalist Labour tribalist, he wilfully refuses not to mention the actions of the Scottish government because a) his huge ego only allows for things that he initiated, b) it was not a Labour policy c) it is a Scottish policy.
As for the others, I suspect Scotland is only the place where they go on shooting holidays on private estates owned by friends from school.
Alasdair Macdonald.
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“As for the others, I suspect Scotland is only the place where they go on shooting holidays on private estates owned by friends from school” whilst perusing their investments….
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these people are conservatives they will join and support any political party to give themselves opportunity to influence and introduce their right wing choices.Notice increasingly the inference that charities can solve poverty , as if , rhrse numbskulls want to turn the clock back , conservative number one policy is ” no government ” privatise absolutely everything even the police that way they the wealthy people in your community become the charitable sources that decide who eats who works who is housed and ultimately who .ives and dies.This is how it used to be until the two world wars gave people the courage to demand better it was these two world wars that destroyed so much that only the masses of poor people could rebuild and they would only agree to do the rebuilding if they were allowed to vote and elect politicians which in turn gave them influence over common provisions such pensions healthcare housing and education , will we fight as hard now to stop them taking it all away ?
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The lack of any mention of SNP policies was striking if not surprising but the article about Gordon Brown was especially notable given it mentioned Scotland several times eg as a place where exchange banks started.
It has all become so normalised that it was the inclusion of Patrick Harvey on LBC with Sheila Fogerty talking about rent control policies that really stood out as how things could be. He followed a guy arguing against rent controls, and was able to set out his arguments without interruption or that under the surface condemnation of anything Scottish if connected to SNP/independence.
Wouldn’t it be great to have SNP/Green policies and ideas debated as of equal importance or relevance to those of labour or conservatives? Is it really too much to ask?
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With the demise of the SNP, Scotland is once again the INVISIBLE country.
The Beeb, English press and Brit Nat politicos all fail to see us, up here, north of the “North”.
This will only get worse with time, until Scots wake up.
In the interim, the mejah, Brit Nats to a man ( and woman), will misreport, misrepresent and ignore us Scots on every issue.
It’s already there, with every English issue reported as “British” and affecting all “right across the country”.
Anything “Scottish” is uniquely BAD and our own fault. For not raising enough in tax, or raising too much in tax and spending it on all the wrong things—-when it could go to the Bosses, Landlord class or just send it straight back to old Blighty—like Lord Joke McCoalbunker did.
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KICK ALL UNIONISTS LIARS OUT OF SCOTLAND
PUTTING THEM BACK IN THEIR TRUE COUNTRY THEY WANT TO SUPPORT
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Caption competition ? Gordon tests latest suffocation device to assist Labour’s latest pensions strategy…
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“This issue must be a priority for any government” says Brown.
Did he miss John Swinney saying it was his priority on the day he was sworn in?
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