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isam said:

Wings over Scotland is the 'Weekly Wanker' in this blog...

http://athousandflowers.net/2013/09/01/weekly-wanker-017-wings-over-scotland/

Actually that's a couple of years old... I noticed it reading a piece 'in defence of Bashar Mustafa'

JosiasJessop said:

kle4 said:

Had a day off and so on a whim went to see The Martian, which I hadn't been planning to see but heard was good.

F---ing excellent movie, best I've seen in years. Tense but funny, beautiful, heartwarming and emotional as hell.

I thought it was brilliant, but our resident director felt it was one of Scott's three worst films.

Everyone's different.

I loved it.

Mr. Royale, the way to remember is Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul.

dugarbandier said:

watford30 said:

TGOHF said:

Scott_P said:

I guess these are the brillient headlines we will see in the Nat onal tomorrow after this amazing deal

FEARS were mounting last night that ministers were preparing to hand a £350 million contract to supply water to Scotland’s schools, hospitals, prisons and Government offices to an English private water company.

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/350m-scottish-water-deal-could-go-to-english-supplier-accused-of-tax-avoidance.584

Not just any private company - but ANGLIAN water - ENGLAND is derived from ANGLE - so it's the ENGLISH TOP HAT PINSTRIPE WESTMONSTER water company that will be stealing the profits, beating the workers etc.

I bet it's owned and run by TORIES too, ones who in the eyes of rabid Nats, filter the water through sheets and blankets stolen from poor old people and the cots of babies.

Anglo-saxons were basically German, were they not?

So we're all immigrants except the Celts, who are only immigrants if they live in East Anglia. Did I get that right?

MarkHopkins said:

We all know Yvette lost.

Not sure why she has to remind everyone with her own #notleadership tag though...

https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/651411910592700417

She's trying to exemplify why she lost

david_herdson said:

JEO said:

antifrank said:

JEO said:

Morris_Dancer said:

Good afternoon, everyone.

Bahar Mustafa is a tedious oaf of a person, and yet I'm not happy to see someone arrested over such a thing. Being axed from her job [because of its particular nature] would seem more fitting. It's important that freedom of speech is as broad as possible*, even when the messages sent are ones one personally dislikes.

*Freedom of speech but axed from her job might seem inconsistent, but a diversity officer tweeting about killing all white men is inappropriate.

I think it's reasonable to limit freedom of speech when it's a direct incitement to violent action. "White men are evil and deserve to die" should be legally acceptable. "Kill all white men" should not.

On that basis the Elizabethans would have locked up Shakespeare for having an actor say "let's kill all the lawyers".

I think Mr Dancer has got the appropriate course of action spot on.

Well, no, because in that situation the person would clearly be acting.

Do you think it should be lawful for a white student to tweet "kill all black people"? What about if that student was a member of the KKK? What about if he didn't tweet it but shouted in on a public street? To a crowd of angry racists?

Any sensible law - and indeed, any sensible jury - would take context into account.

define "sensible", define the applied bias in "context"

JosiasJessop said:

CarlottaVance said:

JosiasJessop said:

kle4 said:

Had a day off and so on a whim went to see The Martian, which I hadn't been planning to see but heard was good.

F---ing excellent movie, best I've seen in years. Tense but funny, beautiful, heartwarming and emotional as hell.

I thought it was brilliant, but our resident director felt it was one of Scott's three worst films.

Everyone's different.

I enjoyed it too - down to the final credits song joke.....

There were several song jokes in there - including the one where he fetches the thing to keep him warm.

It was part of the lightness of touch missing from the turgid mess that was Prometheus.....

Beverley_C said:

antifrank said:

I didn't think that either Interstellar or Inception were all that great. Fine, but not great.

What about Source Code? A sort of Inception meets Groundhog Day?

Source Code was brilliant. A simple premise superbly executed.

If you want a really obscure and wacky scifi film, then 'Primer' is just the job for me. If you liked Inception, you'd love it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/

And I'm not just saying that because it's a film about genuine techies.

The director's next film, 'Upstream Colour', is brilliant but as weird as anything you'll ever see:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084989/

CarlottaVance said:

JosiasJessop said:

CarlottaVance said:

JosiasJessop said:

kle4 said:

Had a day off and so on a whim went to see The Martian, which I hadn't been planning to see but heard was good.

F---ing excellent movie, best I've seen in years. Tense but funny, beautiful, heartwarming and emotional as hell.

I thought it was brilliant, but our resident director felt it was one of Scott's three worst films.

Everyone's different.

I enjoyed it too - down to the final credits song joke.....

There were several song jokes in there - including the one where he fetches the thing to keep him warm.

It was part of the lightness of touch missing from the turgid mess that was Prometheus.....

I feel like the problem with Prometheus was more script based - it was the only time watching a movie in the cinema I felt certain whole scenes of information were missing or had been cut down, things just didn't make sense.

The thing I loved most about The Martian was in addition to being surprisingly funny and uplifting, it still managed to escalate tension without becoming overblown - Gravity suffered for me because in addition to not really having a plot, the situation kept escalating to the point it seemed like only luck and script magic could save the day, so the stakes were raised but I lost emotional investment as it was too manufactured in its tension. The Martian raised stakes, or put blocks in the way, and they always felt to me like something natural, not some movie moment for manufactured drama.

Interesting. The Evening Standard editorial very supportive of Theresa May, over Boris, this evening.

watford30 said:

malcolmg said:

MarqueeMark said:

MonikerDiCanio said:

TGOHF said:

Scott_P said:

I guess these are the brillient headlines we will see in the Nat onal tomorrow after this amazing deal

FEARS were mounting last night that ministers were preparing to hand a £350 million contract to supply water to Scotland’s schools, hospitals, prisons and Government offices to an English private water company.

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/350m-scottish-water-deal-could-go-to-english-supplier-accused-of-tax-avoidance.584

Not just any private company - but ANGLIAN water - ENGLAND is derived from ANGLE - so it's the ENGLISH TOP HAT PINSTRIPE WESTMONSTER water company that will be stealing the profits, beating the workers etc.

It's come to a pretty pass when the SNP awards a massive utility contract to a privately-held English company at the expense of a Scottish public body.

So much for the great Scottish business revival that was going to be unleashed by an independent Scotland..... Of course, lost Scottish jobs and bankrupt Scottish businesses are all fair game so long as the Scottish Govt. is getting value for money".... says Dair.

LOL , worse than the other turkey , the public service continues as it did and the SNP save us £40M on top, win win yet again.

Every other day The Malcoholic whines about UK firms being sold to foreigners, and now he's celebrating the loss of business from Scotland to England.

Must be something in the water.

Scotch if he's feeling flush

Casino_Royale said:

Interesting. The Evening Standard editorial very supportive of Theresa May, over Boris, this evening.

Blimey.

Any other news organisation coming out in support of Theresa May ? Her whole speech as I understand it seems completely at odds with her actions/results as Home Sec for the past 5 years. It all seems very inconsistent.

Dair said:

rcs1000 said:

Casino_Royale said:

Plato_Says said:

Golly

Student diversity officer who tweeted 'kill all white men' is charged http://t.co/VLEgqM443j http://t.co/saniKdqCrh

Good.

"Ms Mustafa explained that she could not be guilty of sexism or racism against white men "because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender and therefore women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system."

And ain't that the truth?

You know, I kind of get that the "#killallwhitemen' hashtag is humour, and I wouldn't charge someone for using it.

But that paragraph about 'structures of privilege' is just appalling, scary drivel.

And factually untrue. Women are not and never have been a minority gender.

Depends on the country.

Beverley_C said:

Scott_P said:

Beverley_C said:

What about Source Code? A sort of Inception meets Groundhog Day?

That is superb

I want to see The Martian, despite being put off by Matt Damon in Interstellar

I have not seen Interstellar or The Martian, but I might pop out and see The Martian based on the comments people have made to me including some of the ones on here.

I doubt you'll regret it. At its core it's not really a sci-fi film - think Robinson Crusoe meets Gravity. It's also a very human film, with some great characterisation that comes straight from the book.

Basically, you want the guy to live. You care for him.

I've even advised an ex of mine who hates scifi to see it.

MarkHopkins said:

Immigration policy 'hasn't worked so far', says David Cameron

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34453674

"Mr Cameron also claimed the Conservatives now faced "a Labour Party that has said they should be no limit on immigration"."

Yesterday we had Osborne nicking a labour policy, now Labour are stealing the Conservatves one on immigration

FrankBooth said:

Dair said:

rcs1000 said:

Casino_Royale said:

Plato_Says said:

Golly

Student diversity officer who tweeted 'kill all white men' is charged http://t.co/VLEgqM443j http://t.co/saniKdqCrh

Good.

"Ms Mustafa explained that she could not be guilty of sexism or racism against white men "because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender and therefore women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system."

And ain't that the truth?

You know, I kind of get that the "#killallwhitemen' hashtag is humour, and I wouldn't charge someone for using it.

But that paragraph about 'structures of privilege' is just appalling, scary drivel.

And factually untrue. Women are not and never have been a minority gender.

Not perhaps minority but certainly treated as 2nd class citizens - as I'm sure all progressive scots nats would understand.

Most of our ancestors were treated as second class citizens (or worse) by modern standards.

@Antifrank
"Someone sending a tweet that reads "kill all white men" is inherently unlikely to be expecting to be taken literally"

Ok how about this tweet if it had been made

"Someone sending a tweet that reads "kill all black men" is inherently unlikely to be expecting to be taken literally

Really .....you think?


Both are equally appalling and should not be in the public domain or any domain for that matter.

Moses_ said:

@Antifrank
"Someone sending a tweet that reads "kill all white men" is inherently unlikely to be expecting to be taken literally"

Ok how about this tweet if it had been made

"Someone sending a tweet that reads "kill all black men" is inherently unlikely to be expecting to be taken literally

Really .....you think?

I think it wouldn't get taken literally...but the person writing it would be punished as if it was, on the basis of 'going too far'.

Completely OT. Why I loathe Theresa May

An Italian academic friend decided to buy a cafe bar and to this end gave up give up his job lecturing. He inherited a staff of eight or nine-the cafe's open seven days a week twelve hours a day-and off he went.

A very steep learning curve and very hard work but he really took to it. I asked him how he was getting on "I'm poor but happy!" he said. His newly aquired staff loved him.

After six weeks on a Friday night he was visited by eight immigration officers. All the staff were required to show their passports. All were fine except for a part time dishwasher who worked for four hours on Friday and Saturday nights. He was a French speaking Algerian and my Italian friend had no idea that he wasn't working legally

They instantly served him with a paper which said he'd employed someone whose work permit had run out and the Home Office would rule on his case and he'd have a result in four weeks.

The only thing that could alleviate the fine they would impose would be if he could direct them to anyone else working illegally at another establishment. Obviously he couldn't and wouldn't

He has just received his fine which is for £15,000! There is no appeal and he has four weeks to pay. He can't afford to pay so he and his excellent staff will now be out of a job. Can anyone think of anything more stupid?

Dair said:

malcolmg said:

MarqueeMark said:

MonikerDiCanio said:

TGOHF said:

Scott_P said:

I guess these are the brillient headlines we will see in the Nat onal tomorrow after this amazing deal

FEARS were mounting last night that ministers were preparing to hand a £350 million contract to supply water to Scotland’s schools, hospitals, prisons and Government offices to an English private water company.

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/350m-scottish-water-deal-could-go-to-english-supplier-accused-of-tax-avoidance.584

Not just any private company - but ANGLIAN water - ENGLAND is derived from ANGLE - so it's the ENGLISH TOP HAT PINSTRIPE WESTMONSTER water company that will be stealing the profits, beating the workers etc.

It's come to a pretty pass when the SNP awards a massive utility contract to a privately-held English company at the expense of a Scottish public body.

So much for the great Scottish business revival that was going to be unleashed by an independent Scotland..... Of course, lost Scottish jobs and bankrupt Scottish businesses are all fair game so long as the Scottish Govt. is getting value for money".... says Dair.

LOL , worse than the other turkey , the public service continues as it did and the SNP save us £40M on top, win win yet again.

those who spend the most money on political parties and who offer the cushiest non-executive roles for retired politicians.

For example?

By the way, who was recommending selling all Spanish shares about 10 days ago?

It's not been the greatest of recommendations, I'm afraid. The IBEX is up about 10%.

kle4 said:

JosiasJessop said:

Beverley_C said:

Scott_P said:

Beverley_C said:

What about Source Code? A sort of Inception meets Groundhog Day?

That is superb

I want to see The Martian, despite being put off by Matt Damon in Interstellar

I have not seen Interstellar or The Martian, but I might pop out and see The Martian based on the comments people have made to me including some of the ones on here.

At its core it's not really a sci-fi film.

That depends what you mean. The reason I like sci-fi and fantasy is that you can have everything other genres have - romance, humour, deep complexity, emotional and philosophical weight, etc - but you can also set it on Mars or include dragons, or whatever. So I'd say it just happens to be a very good sci-fi film, not concerned with some of the elements of some sci-fi stories which can be not very good.

But I've gushed enough about the movie, so I'll shut up now. It was really really good though.

George Martin writes very well about this, in one of his essays in Dreamsongs (a collection of his short stories). There's no reason why a writer shouldn't mix up genres. All that matters is whether the story is a good one or not.

Sean_F said:

FrankBooth said:

Dair said:

rcs1000 said:

Casino_Royale said:

Plato_Says said:

Golly

Student diversity officer who tweeted 'kill all white men' is charged http://t.co/VLEgqM443j http://t.co/saniKdqCrh

Good.

"Ms Mustafa explained that she could not be guilty of sexism or racism against white men "because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender and therefore women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system."

And ain't that the truth?

You know, I kind of get that the "#killallwhitemen' hashtag is humour, and I wouldn't charge someone for using it.

But that paragraph about 'structures of privilege' is just appalling, scary drivel.

And factually untrue. Women are not and never have been a minority gender.

Not perhaps minority but certainly treated as 2nd class citizens - as I'm sure all progressive scots nats would understand.

Most of our ancestors were treated as second class citizens (or worse) by modern standards.

Of course they were but it's also true that many of the rights that were initially extended to men were not extended to women - be it ownership, voting, the church.

Sean_F said:

FrankBooth said:

Dair said:

rcs1000 said:

Casino_Royale said:

Plato_Says said:

Golly

Student diversity officer who tweeted 'kill all white men' is charged http://t.co/VLEgqM443j http://t.co/saniKdqCrh

Good.

"Ms Mustafa explained that she could not be guilty of sexism or racism against white men "because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender and therefore women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system."

And ain't that the truth?

You know, I kind of get that the "#killallwhitemen' hashtag is humour, and I wouldn't charge someone for using it.

But that paragraph about 'structures of privilege' is just appalling, scary drivel.

And factually untrue. Women are not and never have been a minority gender.

Not perhaps minority but certainly treated as 2nd class citizens - as I'm sure all progressive scots nats would understand.

Most of our ancestors were treated as second class citizens (or worse) by modern standards.

There are a number of very obvious gags that I will restrain myself from making...

Richard_Tyndall said:

Sunil_Prasannan said:

kle4 said:

Had a day off and so on a whim went to see The Martian, which I hadn't been planning to see but heard was good.

F---ing excellent movie, best I've seen in years. Tense but funny, beautiful, heartwarming and emotional as hell.

Sequel to Interstellar - Matt Damon marooned by himself on a far-flung planet!

Someone the other day posted up an estimate of how much the US has had to spend rescuing Matt Damon - Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar and now The Martian. Is he really worth it ?

:-)

If you redefine it as "getting hold of Matt Damon" you can include the Bourne films too.

Scott_P said:

@GardhamHT: Fury at Scottish Government decision to hand £350m water contract to private firm based in England http://t.co/48QbZxGcqF

He must be mistaken. It's the best thing Nicola has ever done...

Conscious of potential sensitivities around the decision, the SNP government - which has consistently criticised the privatisation of public services - delayed it until after the General Election. The new contract was due to have started in April but the competition was extended "to consider initial feedback" from companies.

What? You mean the SNP do the sort of thing they denounce Westminster for doing?

Pulpstar said:

Plato_Says said:

Cameron has backed her saying he saw her speech and comfy with it...

Pulpstar said:

Casino_Royale said:

Interesting. The Evening Standard editorial very supportive of Theresa May, over Boris, this evening.

Blimey.

Any other news organisation coming out in support of Theresa May ? Her whole speech as I understand it seems completely at odds with her actions/results as Home Sec for the past 5 years. It all seems very inconsistent.

I'll judge the speech by the next couple of year's immigration numbers. 300,000+ when the goal was "tens of thousands" was frankly embarrasing.

Yet touted as future leader due to her competence! Imagine what they'd think of her if she had actually done well

EU ref job? Unless someone is leaving...

TheWhiteRabbit said:

Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak

8m

Cameron also told me Boris will get a cabinet job when he finishes up as Mayor of London

TheWhiteRabbit said:

Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak

8m

Cameron also told me Boris will get a cabinet job when he finishes up as Mayor of London

Someone else getting sacked or 'retired' to allow it or a special 'Cabinet Minister for Managing Boris Johnson' post?

kle4 said:

TheWhiteRabbit said:

Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak

8m

Cameron also told me Boris will get a cabinet job when he finishes up as Mayor of London

Someone else getting sacked or 'retired' to allow it or a special 'Cabinet Minister for Managing Boris Johnson' post?

Minister for Heathrow Expansion?

Roger said:

He has just received his fine which is for £15,000!

The maximum is £20,000

https://www.gov.uk/penalties-for-employing-illegal-workers

CarlottaVance said:

Non-story (cont)

Scotland’s senior law officer has signalled that Michelle Thomson, the former SNP MP, could face prosecution if police investigating alleged irregularities relating to property deals find evidence of criminal misconduct.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/06/michelle-thomson-snp-mp-property-deals-investigated-police

If police find evidence of a crime.
Prosecution may follow.

I am genuinely SHOCKED. Shocked I tell you. Who could know that this was possible.

That is, indeed, a non story.

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. 2013, NAMBLA?

North American Man Boy Love Association. Their equivalent of the PIE. A legal association yank-side. Price you pay for free speech.

TheWhiteRabbit said:

kle4 said:

TheWhiteRabbit said:

Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak

8m

Cameron also told me Boris will get a cabinet job when he finishes up as Mayor of London

Someone else getting sacked or 'retired' to allow it or a special 'Cabinet Minister for Managing Boris Johnson' post?

Minister for Heathrow Expansion?

I watched the speech on youtube and the bit about Heathrow got the biggest cheer from the audience I think.

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. Royale, the way to remember is Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul.

Cameron and Osborne are cisTories
John Major might be a transTory (don't know enough WCTs to know others).

Mr. Dair, WCTs?

pbr2013 said:

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. 2013, NAMBLA?

North American Man Boy Love Association. Their equivalent of the PIE. A legal association yank-side. Price you pay for free speech.

There's no need to ban it. I imagine one pays a very heavy social and economic price for being a member of NAMBLA.

chestnut said:

MarkHopkins said:

We all know Yvette lost.

Not sure why she has to remind everyone with her own #notleadership tag though...

https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/651411910592700417

I felt that Theresa May was hinting at something that the government seem to have stumbled upon, quite fortuitously, during the Syrian refugee crisis.

The public seem reasonably open to genuine refugees being helped in camps based abroad, and also to limited, most deserving and likely to integrate cases being given settled and planned residence over here when taken from these camps.

However, anyone who gets here by any other means is more likely to be seen to be playing the system, and effectively be considered an economic migrant.

The outline strategy seems bound to work on those assumptions.

You mean the general public might basically have some common sense, unlike the commentariat and of our leading political figures?

Surely not.

Dair said:

Sunil_Prasannan said:

kle4 said:

Sunil_Prasannan said:

kle4 said:

Had a day off and so on a whim went to see The Martian, which I hadn't been planning to see but heard was good.

F---ing excellent movie, best I've seen in years. Tense but funny, beautiful, heartwarming and emotional as hell.

Sequel to Interstellar - Matt Damon marooned by himself on a far-flung planet!

Haven't gotten around to see Interstellar yet - I was rather put out by the pompous crowd of 'you just don't get it' defenders to some of its critics. Wouldn't be a problem for The Martian, I assure you - the sort of simple tale done perfectly, and hitting home emotionally very well as a result.

I liked Interstellar, but much preferred Nolan's Inception.

EDIT - yet to see Martian!

Both good Nolan films (as was his Batman effort).

But he will never make a film as good or as masterful as Memento.

Something we can agree on! Remarkable story-telling....

Moses_ said:

malcolmg said:

MarqueeMark said:

MonikerDiCanio said:

TGOHF said:

Scott_P said:

I guess these are the brillient headlines we will see in the Nat onal tomorrow after this amazing deal

FEARS were mounting last night that ministers were preparing to hand a £350 million contract to supply water to Scotland’s schools, hospitals, prisons and Government offices to an English private water company.

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/350m-scottish-water-deal-could-go-to-english-supplier-accused-of-tax-avoidance.584

Not just any private company - but ANGLIAN water - ENGLAND is derived from ANGLE - so it's the ENGLISH TOP HAT PINSTRIPE WESTMONSTER water company that will be stealing the profits, beating the workers etc.

It's come to a pretty pass when the SNP awards a massive utility contract to a privately-held English company at the expense of a Scottish public body.

So much for the great Scottish business revival that was going to be unleashed by an independent Scotland..... Of course, lost Scottish jobs and bankrupt Scottish businesses are all fair game so long as the Scottish Govt. is getting value for money".... says Dair.

LOL , worse than the other turkey , the public service continues as it did and the SNP save us £40M on top, win win yet again.

If that's correct and I have no reason to doubt it whatsoever then it's good decision and 40 million has been saved for equally the same service. I think I would be inclined to ask the nationalised service of Scottish Water why Anglian can do it 40 million cheaper for said same service?

*pulls pin from Hand grenade*


If that is the case why not look for other private sector savings in other industries and services ....?........ Like say the NHS for example.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"

Takes cover.....

Hard to be sure but they were given every opportunity.

One of the more likely possibilities is that the Labour Party intervened - a lot of Scotland's public bodies are still run by the Labour Party Placepeople given cushy roles under the Labour government at Holyrood and long term Labour rule in local authorities. It can be hard to get rid of this bias and they will often act deliberately against a non-Labour government.

Beverley_C said:

isam said:

Wings over Scotland is the 'Weekly Wanker' in this blog...

http://athousandflowers.net/2013/09/01/weekly-wanker-017-wings-over-scotland/

Religious folk often seem to have it in for trans people, and yet...

- God made Eve from Adam's rib
- Eve must therefore have XY chromosomes although she was a woman
- God blessed them, the first gay marriage (based on chromosomes)
- Their blessed but incestuous union produced children
- All this is available in the Bible for reading to all ages of the family

LOL............. religious, you are as on the ball as Isam Bev.

Sean_F said:

pbr2013 said:

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. 2013, NAMBLA?

North American Man Boy Love Association. Their equivalent of the PIE. A legal association yank-side. Price you pay for free speech.

There's no need to ban it. I imagine one pays a very heavy social and economic price for being a member of NAMBLA.

I agree, but that's my point about free speech absolutism. PIE was banned here. Quite rightly, and they had no recourse to any 1st Amendment nonsense. Plainly NAMBLA is a criminal conspiracy to abuse children but they skirt the 1st Amendment boundries to stay legal in a way that couldn't happen on this side of the pond. Otoh we can jay-walk and disobey a policeman.

are there people on this website seriously questioning that women suffer discrimination?

Moses_ said:

malcolmg said:

MarqueeMark said:

MonikerDiCanio said:

TGOHF said:

Scott_P said:

I guess these are the brillient headlines we will see in the Nat onal tomorrow after this amazing deal

FEARS were mounting last night that ministers were preparing to hand a £350 million contract to supply water to Scotland’s schools, hospitals, prisons and Government offices to an English private water company.

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/350m-scottish-water-deal-could-go-to-english-supplier-accused-of-tax-avoidance.584

Not just any private company - but ANGLIAN water - ENGLAND is derived from ANGLE - so it's the ENGLISH TOP HAT PINSTRIPE WESTMONSTER water company that will be stealing the profits, beating the workers etc.

It's come to a pretty pass when the SNP awards a massive utility contract to a privately-held English company at the expense of a Scottish public body.

So much for the great Scottish business revival that was going to be unleashed by an independent Scotland..... Of course, lost Scottish jobs and bankrupt Scottish businesses are all fair game so long as the Scottish Govt. is getting value for money".... says Dair.

LOL , worse than the other turkey , the public service continues as it did and the SNP save us £40M on top, win win yet again.

If that's correct and I have no reason to doubt it whatsoever then it's good decision and 40 million has been saved for equally the same service. I think I would be inclined to ask the nationalised service of Scottish Water why Anglian can do it 40 million cheaper for said same service?

*pulls pin from Hand grenade*


If that is the case why not look for other private sector savings in other industries and services ....?........ Like say the NHS for example.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"

Takes cover.....

Should certainly be some pertinent questions being asked of Scottish Water. SNP policy is NEVER to nationalise the NHS, so silly rhetorical juvenile stuff is no big deal, privatisation of NHS is safely left to Tories and Labour.