tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post7991751745524456408..comments2023-09-06T09:27:43.866-07:00Comments on fazzledown: Pandas, Yawn.pa_broon74http://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-63387642469127137702013-10-16T07:47:14.574-07:002013-10-16T07:47:14.574-07:00Aye.
I think I saw your comment on twitter, that ...Aye.<br /><br />I think I saw your comment on twitter, that twitter account (A_DarlingMP) is a spoof, loads of folk were taken in by it because who ever it is (I suspect someone from BBC Scotlandshire or National Collective) their satire is so good it seems real<br /><br />I had a good hunt around finding out who's paying for the Pandas on account of Kaye Adams sneekily conflating a comment about the costs of having the pandas with the Scottish Government.<br /><br />Apparently (from what I can gather) the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland owns Edinburgh Zoo and it is Edinburgh Zoo who's paying for them. the RZSS gets the odd grant from government but their main income seems to be from other activities, what ever they may be.<br /><br />Obviously its a money spinner, the conservation aspect is a happy coincidence.<br /><br />I also read about Clegg being involved, to be honest, I don't think he had much work to do, £600k per year for a couple of pandas (and apparently China have them in captivity coming out their ears) is a bit of a no brainer.<br /><br />The hand wringing going on is because there are hardly any wild ones left.<br /><br />I still think it was Mundell, if the birth took place he'd be even more out numbered, Tory HQ couldn't tolerate that at all...<br /><br />;-)pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488826927992195485.post-53662904818601661762013-10-16T07:30:23.928-07:002013-10-16T07:30:23.928-07:00LOL
The point is, was Philip involved in the pand...LOL<br /><br />The point is, was Philip involved in the panda thing as well as the Diana thing, and for that matter does he know anything about the McCanns?<br /><br />I saw a tweet from the idiot Alistair Tory Darling that the pandas were a waste of money, all spent by Alex Salmond, although I seem to remember his friend Nick Tory Clegg getting the credit for bringing the pandas to Edinburgh. They were, someone like Caron Lindsay reminded us, loaned to the UK, not Scotland (thanks to Mr Clegg having a jolly to China and buttering up the leadership, while telling them off for their human rights policies).<br /><br />I'm not sure how that fits in with the Zoological Society of SCOTLAND paying for their stay.<br /><br />Anyway, Darling seems incapable of seeing anything happen anywhere in the world without blaming it on Alex Salmond. If he were anything other than a grubby little spiv of a politician he'd probably be treated for paranoia.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com