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Originally posted by expat View PostWell, FYI the Daily Jockograph, the Glasgow Herald, is a notorious Tory Unionist rag. The authors of the special report were roundly condemned in the readers' comments for managing to put a unionist slant on even this feature.
What is sad is that this will not appear in the English press, just as the most vitriolic anti-Scottish rants do not appear in Scotland (Kelvin MacKenzie's column, for example, is not carried in the Scottish edition of the Sun). The press is having a high old time stirring it up, without facing up to those who might disagree.
Tory??? - are you having a Rip Van Winkle moment?
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostThank you. I will.
What is sad is that this will not appear in the English press, just as the most vitriolic anti-Scottish rants do not appear in Scotland (Kelvin MacKenzie's column, for example, is not carried in the Scottish edition of the Sun). The press is having a high old time stirring it up, without facing up to those who might disagree.
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Originally posted by expat View PostI did Google it. I found this:
Scotching the myth
I am ready for my freedom. Are you? If you live in London you shouldn't be: you will be worse off with your snouts in a smaller trough.
Oh Quelle Surprise
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Originally posted by Bob Dalek View PostI beg to differ. Scotland would, it has been calculated (Google it) be at least £10 billion in the red. And then the gas and oil will run out. Oh, 11.5% of those of working age are benefits tapeworms, too. It's all yours, Jock, enjoy your freedom!
Scotching the myth
A series of myths about Scotland's financial position in the United Kingdom are exploded today in a special investigation by The Herald.
The research represents a vital contribution to a debate over whether Scotland should take on more tax-raising powers or become independent. Our findings come amid a growing clamour from English politicians and the London-based media to curb Scotland's £26bn spending grant from the Treasury.
But, as The Herald shows, much of this mischief is based not on facts but a series of myths, mistakes and misconceptions.
Our research scotches five key myths, concluding that Scotland does well in some ways, but does not get special treatment within the UK. Scotland, with pockets of deprivation, one-third of the UK's land-mass and far-flung communities, does indeed receive substantial state spending, but its average of £9631 public money per head is still less than London's at £9748 or Northern Ireland's £10,271.
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Originally posted by expat View PostDon't know about the others, but Scotland funds ALL of its different policies from its own dosh: they use some of their own dosh for that, and still send most of their dosh to England.
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Originally posted by cailin maith View PostI get two inhalers on each prescription and Boots charge me for each one
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostI have complained about this for some time with my GP.
I am asthmatic, it is not going away but he wont write scripts to cover me from one check up to the next.
Hopefully I will benefit from Golden Clowns latest gift.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostI know. Some GPs are ever-mindful that your prescription charges go to fund their cosy lifestyles.
My daughter needs a steroid inhaler for a mild asthma condition. She is assessed every 3 months. In that time she goes through 2 inhalers.
Can I persuade the GP to write a script for 2 inhalers and pay one lot of prescription charges? Oh no! Certainly not!
Socialist bastards
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostI know. Some GPs are ever-mindful that your prescription charges go to fund their cosy lifestyles.
My daughter needs a steroid inhaler for a mild asthma condition. She is assessed every 3 months. In that time she goes through 2 inhalers.
Can I persuade the GP to write a script for 2 inhalers and pay one lot of prescription charges? Oh no! Certainly not!
Socialist bastards
I am asthmatic, it is not going away but he wont write scripts to cover me from one check up to the next.
Hopefully I will benefit from Golden Clowns latest gift.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostThey actually make money on some prescriptions, a few years ago I was prescribed some iron tablets but when I handed over the prescription at boots the nice man said I could buy the same thing for £1.50! The doctor obviously thought I looked ‘well to do’ so it was only fair for me to give a little extra funding to the NHS.
Shirley it’s only a matter of time before England catches up with the rest of the UK?
My daughter needs a steroid inhaler for a mild asthma condition. She is assessed every 3 months. In that time she goes through 2 inhalers.
Can I persuade the GP to write a script for 2 inhalers and pay one lot of prescription charges? Oh no! Certainly not!
Socialist bastards
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