tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post4059279773293726966..comments2024-02-17T18:51:24.318+00:00Comments on Havering On: Scotland The PracticalRichard Havershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-8849638077201751342007-04-10T22:55:00.000+01:002007-04-10T22:55:00.000+01:00The SNP remind me of an intriguing social phenomen...The SNP remind me of an intriguing social phenomenon I’ve observed over a number of years. Go to any supermarket, do some shopping, then go and stand in a long checkout queue. You’ll see many women (there’s no nice way to say it, it’s always women) who have picked loads of stuff off the shelves; they watch it all being scanned then the total flashes up in their faces. They scramble around looking for their purses and cobble together some cash, some credit, and a few old buttons they found at the bottom of their handbag; shocked that it really did cost that much and someone actually has the audacity to expect them to pay for it! The SNP is no different; they have a huge shopping list, but not much of an idea how they’re going to pay for it, and they don’t intend to worry about it until the bill arrives; at which point they’ll throw up their hands in horror and find their trousers are ‘round their ankles. Sounds like a bit of a farce to me. Where’s Brian Rix when you need him?Ewen Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13782356743070061619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-51678048096298760832007-04-10T22:35:00.000+01:002007-04-10T22:35:00.000+01:00The points you raise are excellent, Richard. At a...The points you raise are excellent, Richard. At a time in Europe when nations are realizing the importance of their combined economic clout through the EC and the Euro, it seems to go against the grain to be pushing for independence. Even stranger to people outside the UK, who see Scotland and England as being basically the same country already in many ways (rightly or wrongly).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-79787509313969171912007-04-10T22:18:00.000+01:002007-04-10T22:18:00.000+01:00Damn, so that's the plot. What will happen is that...Damn, so that's the plot. What will happen is that each week there will be a whip round amongst all the civil servants and what's collected will be shared out amongst all of them. Can't say fairer than that.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-1979734995507592532007-04-10T17:28:00.000+01:002007-04-10T17:28:00.000+01:00You seem to be missing a very important point - wi...You seem to be missing a very important point - with independence there will be zero unemployment. OK, it may create a nation of civil servants (we are half way there already), but everyone will be employed and happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com