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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:22 am 
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"Westminster has presided over a systematic failure to regulate the press, just as it totally failed to provide proper regulation of the financial sector. The question has to be asked if Westminster can regulate anything properly."

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:47 am 
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Dusty Bin wrote:
"Westminster has presided over a systematic failure to regulate the press, just as it totally failed to provide proper regulation of the financial sector. The question has to be asked if Westminster can regulate anything properly."

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Sad thing is he actually believes that, and no-doubt a few of his sycophants will concur.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:03 am 
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And the Taxi trade :shock:


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:14 pm 
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"Westminster has presided over a systematic failure to regulate the press, just as it totally failed to provide proper regulation of the financial sector."


And the Taxi trade :shock:


Do you mean Holyrood or Westminster?

But that was the purpose of the original quote, since we all seem to agree - albeit for different reasons - that taxi regulation is a bit of a shambles, both north and south of the border.

I don't necessarily disagree with what Alex Salmond said about Westminster, but those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:28 pm 
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"We are pledging a light-touch regulation suitable to a Scottish financial sector with its outstanding reputation for probity, as opposed to one like that in the UK, which absorbs huge amounts of management time in ‘gold-plated’ regulation."

Alex Salmond, 2007

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:05 pm 
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Dusty Bin wrote:
"We are pledging a light-touch regulation suitable to a Scottish financial sector with its outstanding reputation for probity, as opposed to one like that in the UK, which absorbs huge amounts of management time in ‘gold-plated’ regulation."

Alex Salmond, 2007

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Didn't he mention, at some time, Iceland and Ireland's financial clout as being what the Scots should be aiming for? Image

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:17 am 
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Sussex wrote:
Dusty Bin wrote:
"We are pledging a light-touch regulation suitable to a Scottish financial sector with its outstanding reputation for probity, as opposed to one like that in the UK, which absorbs huge amounts of management time in ‘gold-plated’ regulation."

Alex Salmond, 2007

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Didn't he mention, at some time, Iceland and Ireland's financial clout as being what the Scots should be aiming for? Image


Aye, that was what he called the 'arc of prosperity'.

But he's been a bit quieter since it turned into the 'arc of insolvency'.

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Bloodnock clearly the Scottish people disagree with your veiw or SNP would not have won 69 seats, roll on referendum when real Scots will vote for independence and Scotland will flourish :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTaibLv ... re=related


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Bloodnock clearly the Scottish people disagree with your veiw or SNP would not have won 69 seats, roll on referendum when real Scots will vote for independence and Scotland will flourish :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTaibLv ... re=related


Its never going to happen...the SNP only got those extra votes for several reasons...People were heart sick of labour, they were sick of Labours sleaze and There was no Credible alternative party to Vote for.

When it comes to a referendum poor old Alex wont know what hit him...the mans about as deluded as you can get when he thinks that every Jock wants to live in his fairy tale world of brigadoon, living in the dark with no leccy for lights or heating, living on borrowed money we cant pay back, joining a eurozone that wont have as us because we'll be skint.
Sorry..but the guys a menace.

Nahhh.......if that ever happens (though it never will)..I'll be heading a Mile over the border to reach the sanity that england offers..


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Sorry to hear that :sad:

Two questions people should ask is would be any worse of than we already are :?: also would it not be better to hold Holyrood accountable if things where not right rather than Westminster which we have no say in :?:

For all members who think i am anti English i am not just pro Scottish :D


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would it not be better to hold Holyrood accountable if things where not right rather than Westminster which we have no say in :?:



Do they not have MPs from Scotlandshire in Westminster?

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would it not be better to hold Holyrood accountable if things where not right rather than Westminster which we have no say in :?:



Do they not have MPs from Scotlandshire in Westminster?


Not all that many.

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bloodnock wrote:

..the mans about as deluded as you can get when he thinks that every Jock wants to live in his fairy tale world of brigadoon, living in the dark with no leccy for lights or heating, living on borrowed money we cant pay back, joining a eurozone that wont have as us because we'll be skint.

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Nahhh.......if that ever happens (though it never will)..I'll be heading a Mile over the border to reach the sanity that england offers..


Bye bye then \:D/ \:D/ \:D/

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grandad wrote:
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would it not be better to hold Holyrood accountable if things where not right rather than Westminster which we have no say in :?:



Do they not have MPs from Scotlandshire in Westminster?


Only six SNP, the rest of the Scottish MPs are only there to prop up the London based party,s


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