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    #11
    It's even got it own Tescos now, should improve matters no end. The roads were done 5+ years ago, after the bridge was put in. All HA money IIRC. The EU roads are the single track with passing places that the locals use to avoid the main roads.

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      #12
      Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
      It's even got it own Tescos now, should improve matters no end. The roads were done 5+ years ago, after the bridge was put in. All HA money IIRC. The EU roads are the single track with passing places that the locals use to avoid the main roads.
      Apparently not.

      Scenic Isle of Skye road upgrade completed - BBC News
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #13
        Right, so one (crofters) road at the cost of £2.5M vs the rest of the island which was finished years ahead and without the 'financial problems'. Oddly they didn't report that?

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          #14
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          We drove through Skye last year ourselves (in German plates no less - Servus! Said the other German at the petrol station - not German!) - single track roads were indeed overcrowded, but mostly from abroad, not other Brits.

          A number of roads were developed in places. 'EU initiative award something or other' for this new section of nice wide A class road. A little later the B&B hosts we stayed at were Brexit voters, fishing rights were what pushed them to leavers. But they acknowledged the only development of the roads locally were funded from the EU. There was no fish on the menu. It really did enforce how ill informed people were leading up to the referendum.
          So by using 1 small business as anecdotal evidence (even though many fishing people have genuine concerns), you extrapolated your subjective judgement (that they were ill-informed) to an entire ~52% of people that voted leave?


          genius
          Originally posted by Old Greg
          I admit I'm just a lazy, lying cretinous hypocrite and must be going deaf
          ♕Keep calm & carry on♕

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            #15
            Originally posted by Bean View Post
            So by using 1 small business as anecdotal evidence (even though many fishing people have genuine concerns), you extrapolated your subjective judgement (that they were ill-informed) to an entire ~52% of people that voted leave?


            genius
            Assguru you're such a twerp.

            It is one example not a definitive explanation of reasoning behind the result.
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #16
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              Assguru you're such a twerp.

              It is one example not a definitive explanation of reasoning behind the result.
              Firstly, no i'm not a sock-puppet.

              Secondly, fishermen/women have genuine concerns - you appear to have swept them under the rug. It does also appear from your post, that you're labelling your B&B hosts as ill-informed purely due to fishing rights. A tad assumptive/arrogant/uncaring.

              Finally, there are no nationwide surveys that have interviewed more than ~2k-50k people (AFAIK, please link me otherwise) - so there is no truly credible explanation possible for anyone to make, other than an extrapolation, based upon a small selection survey - in which, the questions asked can also be biased.
              Originally posted by Old Greg
              I admit I'm just a lazy, lying cretinous hypocrite and must be going deaf
              ♕Keep calm & carry on♕

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                #17
                Originally posted by Bean View Post
                Firstly, no i'm not a sock-puppet.
                Yes you are.

                Originally posted by Bean View Post
                Secondly, fishermen/women have genuine concerns - you appear to have swept them under the rug. It does also appear from your post, that you're labelling your B&B hosts as ill-informed purely due to fishing rights. A tad assumptive/arrogant/uncaring..
                I'm a messenger nothing more.
                "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                  Yes you are.
                  You are wrong



                  Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                  I'm a messenger nothing more.
                  Oh?

                  To whom did the subjective opinion of the B&B hosts belong?

                  To whom belongs the 'definitive explanation of reasoning behind the result' ?

                  To whom was this true of - "It really did enforce..." ?

                  Go on....this should be fun.
                  Originally posted by Old Greg
                  I admit I'm just a lazy, lying cretinous hypocrite and must be going deaf
                  ♕Keep calm & carry on♕

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