tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post7474816933080379044..comments2023-10-09T15:36:41.421+01:00Comments on Citizen Smart: The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related mattersAlan Smarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-16144766150802659802009-03-15T11:54:00.000+00:002009-03-15T11:54:00.000+00:00I wonder why Monty, do tell...Apologies for mentio...I wonder why Monty, do tell...<BR/><BR/>Apologies for mentioning VS but I have to deal with these people on a regular basis and it's their attitude and incompetence which narks me.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-27332824641614317762009-03-15T09:30:00.000+00:002009-03-15T09:30:00.000+00:00I wouldn't play poker with Swinney.I wouldn't play poker with Swinney.Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028259430483576141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-84036257733405100722009-03-15T04:52:00.000+00:002009-03-15T04:52:00.000+00:00Subrosa- dont start me on visitsctlandthey are use...Subrosa- dont start me on visitsctland<BR/><BR/>they are uselesss too, worse than useless in many instances<BR/><BR/>but difficult though it may be to belive - and ive woked with them both - if i had to chosee, id chose visitscotland over the mainline scottisg civil service. Proveial Richard Branson compared with teh real mandarins - and only £300m to wated not £33b and risingAlan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-4615817513745835012009-03-15T04:41:00.000+00:002009-03-15T04:41:00.000+00:00Aye agree this is starting the greeting before the...Aye agree this is starting the greeting before the cards been delt. Allthough it could be just prudent housekeeping ahead of the expected cuts and the hootsmon is spinning it as a "rammy with westminster" article, we all know Westminster are going to be scrooge and cant afford it after Browns disaster.<BR/><BR/>Remember , given past escapades, labour are going tospin this as a "bwoken promith" , perhaps swinney is just reminding everybody before the inevitable two faced tirade. And getting in their first.JuanKerr.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707338279715447683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-26525883072824144172009-03-15T04:24:00.000+00:002009-03-15T04:24:00.000+00:00I like John too and as I said I trust him - that's...I like John too and as I said I trust him - that's not a blind comment it's from knowing how he works. Aye I agree with you about the Civil Service these days. It seems there are no qualifications required for some civil service jobs these days but I remember when a teenager many in school around the ages of 16-17 sat civil service exams which took days.<BR/><BR/>It's not only the Civil Service which needs a clear out, quangos like VisitScotland needs cleared from top to bottom but it's a bit late for that now because so many are voting with their feet and setting up independent businesses of their own to promote tourism in Scotland. Best thing because then that awful quango won't have the money to pay for these unqualified posers.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-42964801199735590912009-03-15T03:28:00.000+00:002009-03-15T03:28:00.000+00:00I like John Swinney - one of the best of them. And...I like John Swinney - one of the best of them. And I am sure he would make an excllenet Chancellor of an Indpendent Scotland<BR/><BR/>But we aint there yet, and until we are I think he has an obligation - especilly in the face of such a slump - to make the best of a bad set up<BR/><BR/>I supect he woudl agree with much of what i say if not my conclusions. But I think the all party failure of 10 years of devolution has been the inabilty of anyone to take on the Scittish Civil service - a shower so institutionally useless they have to be experienced to be fully beliwved. <BR/><BR/>Think of the worst council in scotland, and then think five times worse and you kinda got it. With a snobby, know it all attitude thrown in<BR/><BR/>But the unionists can kind of adfford to tolerate this - they are so unambitious. And the inefficiency of the scottish civil service almost uniquely expains these figures which indicate health spending, education spending etc in Scotland up to 20% higher than england. You can argue with the detail , but essentially true. But 20% better? No way. 20% more inefficiently ran and you kind of got my point<BR/><BR/>Not only is the dead hand of these mandarins holding us all back now, but it is the ulimate obstacle to scottish independence. Independent, we could not afford to carry this baggage. dead weight, dead hand. So sort it John - difficult i know due to vested interest, (labour controlled) trade union crocodile tears etc. But essential if we are to liberate our people, our land, ourselvesAlan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-13663425865637998412009-03-15T02:49:00.000+00:002009-03-15T02:49:00.000+00:00That's a nice photo of John Swinney you've got the...That's a nice photo of John Swinney you've got there. Possibly taken after one of his sponsored cycle runs.<BR/><BR/>As a Nat blogger I don't consider myself gullible but I do know I'd rather have the finances of Scotland in John Swinney's hands than Gordon Brown's or Alistair Darling's. Something called trust I think it's called.<BR/><BR/>As I leave the financial intricacies of government funding to people like yourself who understand it far more than I desire to, may I say you've done a good job stating your case.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com