tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post6962099685055985906..comments2023-09-06T09:27:43.866-07:00Comments on fazzledown: The Scotland Institutepa_broon74http://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-8556379946878109582013-07-07T18:18:41.984-07:002013-07-07T18:18:41.984-07:00In the pictures I've seen, he looks a bit like...In the pictures I've seen, he looks a bit like a model for Hector Russell.<br /><br />His answers to the criticisms of his report - specifically the one I quoted - are the height of arrogance.pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-81574517192049798392013-07-07T08:14:33.914-07:002013-07-07T08:14:33.914-07:00That'll be me telt then, eh? How dare I sugges...That'll be me telt then, eh? How dare I suggest that he looks like an arrogant prick in every photo I've ever seen of him. You must be above such things!pictishbeastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732186968973388182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-68435587991006105632013-07-06T14:39:13.311-07:002013-07-06T14:39:13.311-07:00Hmmmmm..... that might be one of the reasons, yep....Hmmmmm..... that might be one of the reasons, yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-34902683697999170462013-07-06T14:29:41.015-07:002013-07-06T14:29:41.015-07:00I have no idea how he regards himself, the report ...I have no idea how he regards himself, the report his think tank shat out on the other hand was pish.<br /><br />I often wonder why I'm not invited on TV as a pundit, it couldn't have anything to do with my turn of phrase could it?<br /><br />;-)pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-8421131068341851842013-07-06T03:55:51.786-07:002013-07-06T03:55:51.786-07:00Aye well Pa, some folk may be "that good look...Aye well Pa, some folk may be "that good looking", but most of us don't fancy ourselves as much as he obviously does! pictishbeastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732186968973388182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-78635326220014548242013-07-05T05:42:08.120-07:002013-07-05T05:42:08.120-07:00Aye.
It just seems to be a common refrain and its...Aye.<br /><br />It just seems to be a common refrain and its so risible, that we'd be entitled to nothing.<br /><br />As you say, that lack entitlement mysteriously does not extend to liabilities.<br /><br />pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-89396338321695654792013-07-05T05:25:03.294-07:002013-07-05T05:25:03.294-07:00It seems inevitable to me that, if the assets of t...It seems inevitable to me that, if the assets of the UK remain assets of the UK, and Scotland is not entitled to any of them once it has withdrawn, then clearly the liabilities of the UK are in the same boat. <br /><br />These could be described as debts that the UK government has incurred, which might well not have been incurred, had Scotland had a proper say. They must then remain with the UK on Scotland's withdrawal.<br /><br />It surely follows that if one is true, the other must also be true.<br /><br />I understand that on the withdrawal of the Republic of Ireland from the Uk, an arrangement was reached whereby Dublin was paid no compensation for anything that was in London, but partly owned by the Irish people, whereas what was in Ireland was left in Ireland. It's hard to move buildings from one place to another.<br /><br />The UK debt remained with the UK.<br /><br />That is something I could live with. The notion, proposed by some of the Labour Party that we would fall heir to none of the benefits that our taxes have purchased, and at the same time be hit with a population based share of the debts that have been incurred whilst accumulating the assets, is too La La Land for serious consideration. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com