Apologies to Robbo for above uncertainty in image selection
By Robbo
All sourced from TuS:
1) Best NHS by country mile with more GP’s, Dr’s, Nurses, Dentists (95% Scots registerd with NHS Dentist), Police officers per head than rUK.
2) Social housing 6 times higher than rUK and 50% higher than Labour.
3) Child Payments that are protecting 100k Scots kids from poverty not available in rUK.
4) On average lowest Council tax than rUK.
5) GDP 30% higher in Scot than rUKI
6) Deadly Measles infections seven times more likely in rUK thanks to higher immunisation in Scotland.
7) Best, most extensive, highest subsidised and cheapest Ferry service in the World operating consistantly at 98% efficiency.
8) Homeownership amongst the young far higher than rUK.
9) Fastest decarbonising than rUK.
10) Slabour PFI still costing councils £30bn.
11) Welsh Labour gov increasing student loans by £9250 whilst FREE for the vast majority of Scottish students.
12) Children <5 yo living near Nuclear plants (which Tories and Labour want) more likely to contract Leukemia.
13) Labour to spend less on NHS than the Tories with reduction in Consequentials for Scotland.
14) Road deaths in Scotland at lowest and continuing to fall.
15) Owner businesses three times higher in Scotland than rUK.
16) Child poverty far lower with child payment whilst it surges under both Tories and Labour.
17) Slabour failed to protect Scots from Blood contamination scandal.
18) More progressive taxation meaning higher investment in SNHS and cheapest for the vast maj of people.
19) Cancer and other health treatments much faster in Scotland.
20) Homelessness far lower in Scotland whilst it surges in rUK.
21) PLus one more Crime in Scotland 53% lower than the Thatcher years plus many many more …..
ALL ACHIEVED BY THE SNP DESPITE COVID, BREXIT ECONOMIC CONTRAINTS IMPOSED ON US WITH MORE TO COME FROM WESTMINSTER. YES YOU HAVE SIMPLY GOT TO VOTE SNP
Robbo
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Scotland,s GDP is£400 billion
Scotland,s goverment has colluded with the West Minster tories in setting up these Special Economic zones which will prove to be a disaster They didn’t have to do this as it isn’t a reserved matter We must fight against these money laundering entities with all our might and ensure when we get our independence they cannot sue Scotland like they have done to Honduras
Other than that I agree that the SNP has done a lot of good However all that will be undone with economic disaster zones
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Can someone please fact check this?
It is doing the rounds again.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?sca_esv=247d501d47960c95&q=snp+fail&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWtG_mNb-HwafvV8cKK_h1a5eSkyfXNgRC6a9SKsMT7FJcpNbhuyop7vethc16lXGV4zTT0mnynJVAGmTUgwJ0kYJ0iGtB6zG0yyDUclqkrLvvrworPq-3GK7leqzwpkWQP5XU1R2MLztHC8VTXTXe3eu2Kv1Yb3ksWrw5wzVuSulpI_89&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiit4G5_oqHAxVsYEEAHaIQChoQtKgLegQIERAB&biw=432&bih=810&dpr=2.5#vhid=KYALjEWdKjFMoM&vssid=mosaic
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Haven’t seen it before.
61? BH! That’ll need to wait
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missing from the tory meme, failure the call indy ref 2, failure the fit up salmond
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Scottish Water not privatised.
New Forth road bridge, crucial arterial coonection route, LabCons et al and the Scottish Greens voted against it being built. I wonder if any of them drive their huge SUV’s over it now, hmm…
Borders railway, major bonus to the Borders and so the many Tories there should be kneeling down thankful to the SNP!
Scotrail, renationalised by the SNP, prices kept down. Lots more besides, if folks want to reverse all that and more go vote LabCons.
Oh and free University tuition, so students not burdened with £50k+ of debt when they leave Uni as students are in England.Years ago the EngGov sold off some student (loans?) debt to er debt companies, they don’t play nice and you’d never get credit or a mortgage if you have bad debt record.
Vote SNP.
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Tomorrow will be tense waiting for the election results. However, there is more at stake that ‘just’ the number of pro-Independence MPs elected in Scotland, important as that is!
The IFS report referenced below also makes for depressing reading, not least because in brings home (yet again) just how dependent on England’s political choices we are. And in the immediate future, the outcome and impact of this dependency – including on devolved matters – will be little different no matter how well the SNP does in the upcoming general election. That is a seriously limiting, constraining democracy!
Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies (28 June, 2024) How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales?
(https://ifs.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/How-would-the-parties-tax-and-spending-plans-affect-Scotland-and-Wales.pdf )
‘For some of the issues at the heart of the election – such as defence spending and most taxes and benefits – the UK parliament and government make decisions for the UK as a whole. However, other issues – such as health and education – are devolved to the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Decisions in Westminster still matter though, because funding arrangements mean UK government tax and spending decisions affect how much the devolved governments can spend in their countries via the operation of the ‘Barnett formula’ (which bases changes in funding for the devolved governments on changes in spending in England).’ (With my emphasis) ‘Decisions in Westminster still matter though’ is seriously under-stating matters!
And on the Tory and Labour manifestos, ‘Working out exactly how the policy proposals contained in the parties’ manifestos will affect Scotland and Wales can still be difficult though – especially because the parties sometimes try to blur the boundaries between national and devolved responsibilities when describing their policies.’
The IFS expands: ‘At a high level, while Labour propose slightly higher taxes and spending than the Conservatives, both parties’ manifesto proposals imply cuts to investment spending and modest increases in overall day-to-day spending on public services. It would be up to the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales to determine how to allocate their funding across services, but facing the same pressures on healthcare as England, the devolved governments would likely need to make cuts to at least some ‘unprotected’ services, unless they were to increase their own taxes.’
The Unionists’ designed-in fiscal trap set to be sprung again in the lead up to the next Holyrood election! And with reference to the SNP and Plaid Cymru, the IFS acknowledges these two parties are ‘.. correctly highlighting the austerity implicit in the main UK parties’ spending plans’.
And to example of the spectator sport that is Scotland’s democracy: ‘Labour have pledged to review universal credit and incapacity benefits, which apply across the UK, but make no concrete pledges’ and the IFS adds: ‘‘The Labour party’s manifesto contains no concrete policies on working-age benefits. However, it does say that they would ‘review Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty’ and allude to a plan to reform or replace the assessment that determines eligibility for incapacity benefits. Both of these relate to benefits that apply UK-wide, but what changes Labour have in mind is unclear. Changes to universal credit that affect the numbers and characteristics of those eligible would also affect eligibility for and spending on several of Scotland’s devolved benefits (such as the Scottish Child Payment), where eligibility is linked to receipt of universal credit.’
No doubt Labour will share with us how it will ‘change’ the social security safety-net AFTER it wins power. Until then, we in Scotland should watch and wait patiently, it blissful ignorance.
On more on Labour: ‘.. while they claim there would be ‘no return to austerity’, their plans would only modestly reduce the pace of cuts implied to unprotected day- to-day spending if other pledges – for example, on meeting the English NHS’s long-term workforce plan – are taken seriously. In addition, Labour’s green investment boost would still see overall investment fall in real terms. Thus, for at least parts of the public sector, further spending cuts would appear to be coming unless Labour’s spending plans were further topped up via higher borrowing or taxation.’
The IFS concludes that: ‘The small tweaks to public service spending in the Conservative and Labour manifestos would still likely leave many unprotected areas of spending and investment facing cuts post-election’ and ‘The plans set by the Conservatives and Labour would, on current forecasts, be just about enough for government debt to fall as a share of national income by 2028–29. But the difficulty of forecasting means that in reality, even if the parties’ plans were stuck to in full, there is little more than a 50:50 chance of debt actually falling in that year.’
Adding: ‘Taken together, the Conservatives’ and Labour’s tax and spending proposals have little impact on the overall public finances – relatively small tax changes are largely offset by relatively small spending changes. In both cases, under existing forecasts, debt would continue to rise as a share of national income for the next few years, and fall very slightly in 2028–29. The margin for error is small and uncertainty high though.’
And what benefit to the majority of people in the UK will Labour’s actions aping the Tories to reduce the national debt bring – even if feasible and according to the IFS this is in doubt – if the cost is more Tory-style austerity?
(For perspective, on 29 August 2021, The London Economic had this headline: ‘Who owns our national debt?’ IThere are multiple sources giving a similar answer before and since:
‘According to OBR figures, of the >£2 trillion owed, £371 billion (or around a quarter) is owed to the Bank of England (BoE). This is about the same as the national deficit. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum describes the situation as the BoE “nearly financ[ing] the deficit.” In addition, £172 billion is owed to the UK’s state bank, National Savings and Investment. So, we owe around one-third the debt to ourselves. Much of the remaining two-thirds of the national debt is held by private gilt buyers.’)
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Will repost this tomorrow. Time today for the short and punchy?
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I’d let my btl post ‘languish’ here. Tomorrow is a time for a reset, a rethink – and a shift in focus. Best wishes!
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He is a Tory but DRoss has a lot to answer for.
Recent events have taken toll, says ex-MP barred from standing by Tories (msn.com)
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SARWAR AN HIS NEW MOB
WILL SOON SORT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look wat their great Big BROON did for Englands government
Left them brassic, AND SCOTS PENNILESS AND POOR
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He does not mention that United will win the Europeancup twice or maybe I am drunk or dreaming or just being totally realistic.
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Dear Prof
Needless to say I was delighted and indeed honoured that you should give my modest contribution special mention. As an aging and long time member of the SNP alas I am no longer able to spread the message door to door but I merely concocted the list from TUS over many years and IF the Party does survive the current loss of confidence from the voting public today without too much damage it is YOU and others in TUS that should be proud of your achievements.
I remember vividy and with some dismay that sometime ago you felt the need to suspend online activities but like so many of your followers I was glad you returned refreshed and ready for the fight.. My only frustration is that it seems some times that your hard work has not reached the ears of our politicians to combat the news distortions and barrage of media propaganda that we have to endure. It just however demonstrates that your efforts do not just end here but used widely by many on social media and I hope you continue to your hardwork.
Many many thanks and best wishes
Gerry Robertson (Robbo)
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