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Never mind when we are all electric ,then another problem no noise so we will never know they are there, need eyes in the back of our heads ! I'm sure the law has the means to control noise pollution, no matter where it comes from. Guess not enough folk complaining.

I cannot be the only one who is being disturbed by, presumably young enthusiastic motorists, being restricted in what speed they can do, have now turned their attentions to see how much noise they can make. The rescue helicopter, landing /taking off , makes less noise than many of those modified cars. Some of the cars have the ignition advanced /retarded in such a way the vehicles back fire regularly. Modified exhaust systems It's illegal to modify the exhaust system to make a vehicle noisier after it has been 'type approved' (checked it meets environmental and safety standards). The police can also take action if your vehicle's silencer doesn't work in the way it was designed or if you're driving in a way that creates too much noise. So where is the police !!!

As long as countries like Russia and China and many others are a risk to our security it is prudent for us to stay well armed. Much of the aid sent to those in need is "confiscated" and used to the advantage of those causing the problems and never reaches those to whom it was intended. With a debt in the UK of over £2 trillion pounds are we really in a position to help many.

And of course the immigrants !!!

What ratio of votes will be required to secure a victory for independence, at the moment Scotland would appear to be 50/50 surely it would require something like 75% of Scotland to agree, or this will create on terrible division amongst us all .

Hospitality side seems to be very reasonable -: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bar_and_restaurant_tariffs_and_m

Cronyism is not unique to England it exists all over, even on our own shores and few can be happy with the health service just now due to the massive delays and turmoil caused mainly by this pandemic. Freedom to chose who we like and dislike surely is something we are proud of in the western world, not being forced to accept anything we do not agree with surely is a blessing. But that is changing IMHO of course. Plenty of folk who have also worked extremely hard, and at risk ,throughout all this and are getting "{'f' it was funny in Father Ted 'eck'}" all, not that I grudge the NHS a pay rise.

How many £millions does Holyrood cost us annually, and I often wonder if we really need them . I can think of very little I'm getting from Holyrood that I would not get from Westminster . Friends in England who appear to be quite happy. In fact I'm managing just fine and I do not for one minute give that credit to the SNP. Guess Holyrood is just a place to create a few well paid jobs at our ,the tax payers expense. A bit like £800 rolls of wall paper a bit OTT. But society seems to think we require it !!! If The English had a vote would the majority vote for Scotland to remain !

Now was that Scotland's fault or was it entirely England. I could tell a few tales of our own councils extravagance and the way they "threw away money" but certainly not on here.

Let us all remember that without the help of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and many other country's besides the North Sea oil would probably still be lying under the North Sea. If the expertise required to recover the oil had been left to Scotland I doubt if we would have succeeded so well, but thanks to the efforts and technical abilities of many countries Britain gained from the North Sea oil as did many others. This is just one example where it is better to work together as one. How many different nationalities were involved in building Sullom Voe. The way the financial gains from oil were squandered is another story and many of our own councillors of the time should surely hang their heads in shame. This is a time when sticking together as one nation and trying to be as "equal" as possible is so important to us all.

Do not believe anything that our prospective politicians are promising, let us remember that this country and the whole world has to recover from the terrible results financially that Covid19 has brought on us all. I will bet we will see more austerity throughout the country irrespective what party is in power,simply because we do not have the resources to fund it. I see big cuts in our "services" looming ahead because we will not be able to raise enough funds to support them. The government did well to support furlough,although it did not help everyone,but this money will no doubt have to be recouped and only You and I ,the taxpayers can do that. Good luck to anyone who in five years time can say they got what they voted for.

All sounds good until the living standards between all the different nations become disproportional,will we in Scotland put up with paying more tax, say than our neighbours,different levels of health service, or different standards of living. Pension rates could be very different for folk in England,Wales and Northern ireland to those in Scotland. We will not have a national health service because everything "National" will be no more, we will have a Scottish Health service and look at that track record so far. Education will be different ,will it be better . Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

And what about the funding required to keep our NHS, Education,Universities, Colledges Pensions, County Councils, and all the many other benifits and grants. Folks investments ,agriculture and all its complexities. At the moment many different companys communications, Health, Aviation, merchant Marine, etc etc share training facilities . If anyone thought brexit negotiations were complicated wait until the divorce between Scotland and England starts. The only folk who will really benifit from all this will be the legal profession. "Whar is aw da money coming fae"

The UK is over £2 Trillion pounds in debt,if Scotland were to go independent it would have to take with it a share of this debt . Where is our wealth ,the oil industry is gradually being phased out in favour of reducing our demands on fossil fuel and this was an industry that provided a livelyhood for thousands of people. Someone remarked that the "green" industry would support all those jobs but I cannot see that able to pay the wages that were available in the oil industry.,or anywhere near the number of jobs. Also every litre of fuel oil that is sold has a very high rate of tax ,as the sale of fuel deminishes so will the revenue from that tax. The SNP wants to kick Trident out,this will also be a kick in the teeth to many of those employed to maintain it, and how does the SNP intend to provide our military presence that is necessary to keep us all safe. Fishing will IMHO become even more important to us as the years go by,but if the SNP rejoin the EU then all our fishing rights will once again go .Now we are out of the EU as time passes we will hopefully gain our waters back to ourselves or at least have more control who can fish them. Scotland cannot survive on whisky and wind turbines,and the income from a few tourists, we need the support of our neighbours and they need us together it is best,who wants a border between us . And what about the Scottish Pound,will we all be losers as the pound changes to the Euro. Think the best we can do is bide together.

Many a good business deal has been done "you scratch my back and I scratch yours" Bet here in Shetland it's going on all arround us most of the time ,but if any politician is proved to gain personally from this type of behaviour then let the axe fall. When Boris has to move ,and that may be soon lets see what furniture he takes with him and let us see the receipts if necessary.