Blueprint for Scotland

[Mich the Tester]

Whether the Scots would be eligible for part of the "Good Causes" spending would be a different matter.

If they're depending on Alex Salmond's economic ideas they'll be the chief recipients of the good causes spending.

[scooterscot]

This is the start mate, the next 12 months will be one big debate on here.

Thinking I should start a constractorscotland.com forum just incase.

Contractorscotland.sco

Good point though, will contractoruk now change to contractorruk ?

[scooterscot]

The real fun is going to be when they start to try and unpick the dependancies on systems and services hosted in England. Welfare and Benefits information will have to be extracted from the DWP and the services replicated for a start, Revenue and Customs will be the same and it's all going to need hooking together with a new national network, and thats just the obvious stuff. The governance and assurance processes alone are going to take years to iron out.

Still, where there's muck, there's brass

Why would Scotland wish to copy a failed system? I'm guess after it's cut down to size and made much more simple progress will result.

[original PM]

It is pretty clear that there is not much chance of finding any significant quantity of new cheap oil. Any new or unconventional oil is going to be expensive. ”

— Lord Ron Oxburgh, chairman of Shell, October 2008

Says a man with a vested interest in the above being true so he can keep the price of his oil high....

Serioulsy you cannot even consider this as being an accurate statement.

[Mich the Tester]

Why would Scotland wish to copy a failed system? I'm guess after it's cut down to size and made much more simple progress will result.

Failed? Sure, the benefits system has its problems, but if it had really failed there'd be people starving all over the place.

Anyway, if Scottish MPs had any inclination to simplify and reform welfare and benefits for the benefit of their own constituents they'd start by phoning a chap called David Cameron who would like to do precisely that.

[original PM]

Failed? Sure, the benefits system has its problems, but if it had really failed there'd be people starving all over the place.

Anyway, if Scottish MPs had any inclination to simplify and reform welfare and benefits for the benefit of their own constituents they'd start by phoning a chap called David Cameron who would like to do precisely that.

well said that man...

[scooterscot]

Failed? Sure, the benefits system has its problems, but if it had really failed there'd be people starving all over the place..

Food banks have sprung up all over the place because the system has failed.

Anyway, if Scottish MPs had any inclination to simplify and reform welfare and benefits for the benefit of their own constituents they'd start by phoning a chap called David Cameron who would like to do precisely that.

He's doing a stand up job thus far.

[GB9]

As an Englishman seeking independence, would the Scots please do the right think and vote 'Yes'.

[Mich the Tester]

He's doing a stand up job thus far.

He needs the support of other parties to reform welfare. An excellent opportunity for Scottish nationalist or labour MPs to give him a ring and have a chat about how to do that. I don't believe they've called him.

[eek]

Why would Scotland wish to copy a failed system? I'm guess after it's cut down to size and made much more simple progress will result.

So they are going to replace all government IT systems in 18months including user training.

Good luck with that one.