I sit in public buildings and gawp at some of the decrepit crap they are using. In hospital in both Banff and Aberdeen with mum this week. Ceiling lights are ancient, running florescent tube bulbs. Y… (View Post)

I'm the same on deficit *spending*. Borrowing to pay the bills is stupid when you are a government. The strategic political mistake we have made as a nation is also to assume that deficit *inves… (View Post)

Swinney was given a gift by the Record. Promote yourself on the front page! Give it your best shot! It failed. He failed. The SNP failed. Again. (View Post)

Off-topic, I see that @CorrectHorseBattery has made a fast start at Threedafone. I have received a letter! Phone contracts ended, you are out of contract. Please choose: 1) Maintain the existing deal… (View Post)

One interesting piece of compare & contrast in this byelection. Purportedly Labour had no chance because their candidate was not campaigning. Now we find out that the candidate was part of a prec… (View Post)