Tom Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Has the Scottish Parliament been good for Shetland? There was lots of worry and doubt over it beforehand, but what now? Has it changed anything at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Maybe!. The air discount scheme, a Scotland wide bus pass for pensioners or the disabled and the 2 free ferry crossings a year to the mainland again for the pensioners and disabled are unlikely to have happened (or would not have happened so quickly) from a Westminster government. And an electoral system that gives some representation to smaller political groups such as the Greens or the Scottish Socialists is great. Maybe one day it will spread to Westminster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Well, comparing to the parliament building, some of the cock ups that the sic have made don't look too bad at all now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 The only good I've seen come out of the Scottish Parliament has either only made a significant difference to very small numbers of people, or has had an almost minimal benefit to the overall population. Considering the tax dollars expended to simply allow it to exist, against the value of it's overall productivity, I feel my worst fears pre-establisment that it would end up being a high maintenance toothless talking shop, have been fully realised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Like most right-minded people, my initial reaction is to say the Scottish Parliament has been a complete waste of money. Wee Jack comes across as a cringe inducing gnome, Cathy Jamieson looks uncomfortable out of her shell-suit, and Nicola Sturgeon is about as likeable as Jeremy Beadle. I think that it's only fair that since we had a vote to start the Parliament we should be allowed to have another vote to disband it. That would be real democracy in action! Then each citizen in Scotland could be given a share in the building and get a dividend as it's sold off as luxury flats! However when I take time to think about it I have to applaud the Scottish Parliament for the smoking ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Ever noticed how that one bit of it looks rather eerily like the Millenium Dome? (picture - the bit on the left) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Is that not a bit of Dynamic Earth? We could sell that off too. It could become Vladimir Romanov's not-so-secret lair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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