Wheelsup Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 No chief, wot I mean is that the French fish around here and they're brickin it they loss access to our territorial waters. Shetland is surrounded by French fishing boats. I have no French connection or even fopp.. Yes Police Scotland is possibly becoming too powerful. Are you a frog yourself as you seem to be au fait with them. And I am sure there is a right wing element in the current SNP, but that won't come out til they've finally screwed Labour and got their independence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbie99 Posted July 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 SNP MP say's independence would lead to 5 years of cuts . http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-independence-would-bring-five-years-of-cuts-says-snp-mp-1-4181483 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skerriesinthewilderness Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 GMO ban expands in Russia as Putin halts all production and imports What is the EU doing to look after its own people?Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/055009_GMO_ban_Putin_Russia.html#ixzz4HgGdAdEB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Lining us up to be "knocked off" by the global biotech industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabug Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 £50,000,000,000 divided by 66,181,585 (UK population according to a Google site) equates to £755.50 per every man ,woman and child in the country. To me this seems an awful lot of money,to pay Europe so we can go our "own" way (should this be the final sum) Is this a good deal or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Split it down over, say, 15 years and it becomes £50 pa. To put some perspective on it, we pay around £9000 per capita pa for the NHS. In answer to your question: Those who voted us out will say 'Yes', those who voted remain will say 'No'.... Edited November 30, 2017 by Scorrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrobbie Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 We had to pay £1.162 Trillion pounds to bail out the banks .https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/12/reality-check-banking-bailout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalsa Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 We had to pay £1.162 Trillion pounds to bail out the banks .https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/12/reality-check-banking-bailout We should have just jailed them like the Icelanders did. Scorrie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabug Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Well it was a good thing the government stepped in to save the banks and the savings of millions of customers but I do agree with whalsa that those responsible for the financial crisis should have been dealt with more severely but I'm not sure any off them were even verbally reprimanded far less imprisoned. Guess they got away with it,some even got rewarded with golden handshakes and large pensions. The BREXIT situation is different,here we are giving away £Billions of pounds at a time when we are supposed to be broke and implementing extreme austerity measures on our NHS and public services and their employees . It has always been said the government will find the money when they want,and that would certainly appear to apply here, but if it saves us money in the end then so be it . Time will tell. Edited November 30, 2017 by Urabug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrobbie Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Trident renewal will cost us £200 Billion . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/17/trident-renewal-205bn-arguments-for-against Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabug Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Trident renewal will cost us £200 Billion . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/17/trident-renewal-205bn-arguments-for-againstBut we have to defend and protect ourselves at all costs ,we cannot just leave it to fate and hope for the best ! Edited November 30, 2017 by Urabug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukibind Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Being in control of our own future will be worth every penny we have to pay. Its only fair we honour payments we committed to when members, did anyone really think we would default on those? I didnt, and I voted leave. whalsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr.Brown Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 ^ Hopefully "being in control of our own future" will start off & continue to be on equal footing with the rest of the UK & not treated as the "poor relation". Also I have no desire to be thought of or treated as the 51st state of the USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalsa Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 The obvious potential benefit for Shetland is the UK gaining control of it's fishing grounds and fisheries management. If this is handled properly the economic benefits could be huge.There are also disadvantages though, the main one being a loss of funding for sectors such as agriculture and even fisheries. Shetlands crofting subsidy has dwindled to a shadow of what it was (mainly due to Holyrood reclassifying our land) but it is still a vital source of income. The UK could in theory replace this with our own funding mechanism but it is far from clear if that will happen. Shetlands problem in many issues (fisheries management, crofting subsidy, delivery charges, transport costs, broadband provision etc etc) is that we are on the periphery and frequently ignored or overlooked by distant uncaring Governments in Brussels, Westminster and Holyrood. We often end up the victims of "one size fits all" policies which do not work in practice here. At least now one of those tiers of government will be gone. fionajohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrobbie Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Trident renewal will cost us £200 Billion . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/17/trident-renewal-205bn-arguments-for-againstBut we have to defend and protect ourselves at all costs ,we cannot just leave it to fate and hope for the best ! The UK is part of Nato an attack on one is an attack on all so being under the nuclear umbrella of the USA we do not need Trident . The £200 billion should be spent on conventional forces . Only last week they announced cutting 12,000 service personal due to lack of funds .http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5115743/Tobias-Ellwood-threatens-resign-cuts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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