Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36132076)

Indeed it covers multiple governments of varying colours. Economic boom doesn't exempt those periods from being part of a failure too if it's not matched by rising wages and living standards across the board. If economic success looks like our decimated town centres of bookies, pound shops, charity shops and rough sleepers I'd hate to see what failure looks like.

I'm not making a party political point despite what Mick believes, I don't view politics the same way I support a football team.

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Dear Snp, if you read cable forum can you get the Labour minority run Edinburgh council (propped up by the Tories and Lib Dems) to sort out the bins. Thanks. Jfman

Done. And it didn't solve the energy crisis.

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36132079)

Don’t get flippant with me. The Herald ran a story urging SNP to step in to solve the crisis to prevent it becoming a national embarrassment, so it is still their (SNP’s) problem. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36132080)

Are the Tories stepping into local government disputes England? Or are things simply that bad down there it wouldn't class as a national embarrassment?

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36132081)

Are there local government disputes to the same magnitude of overflowing bins in Edinburgh, caused by Strikes?

Overflowing bins full of rotting food is a health hazard, not to mention a frigging eye sore.

Still a SNP problem, but you can’t bring yourself to trash your pathetic party, can you? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36132083)

I'm not in the SNP so I don't really associate myself with the compelling urge to defend and deflect from their inadequacies in the way you do with the Tories.

In an independent Scotland with the macroeconomic levers to intervene in the energy market, on inflation, and with borrowing powers I probably wouldn't vote for the SNP.

I welcome overflowing bins though. Nothing puts the great in Great Britain more than poor public services, half the country in fuel poverty and shit flowing in the seas.

Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 36132055)

So because it might not have gone well in some industries in the past it can't work now in any sector?

Its working great for other countries and they are subsidising it by making profit abroad.

When so much profit is being made it could easily be run the same without profit and decrease our costs.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36132116)

Where would the investment come from if industries re re-nationalised. It didn’t work before, so what’s changed?

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36132112)

During the boom times we should have been investing and saving but we just spent and spent not always wisely. We raised our lifestyles too far, nothing wrong with a bit of increase with wage rises but we had far too much excess.

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36132140)

From Santander:

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36132088)

I’m eagerly awaiting the autumn TV schedules. Perhaps now’s the time to bring back It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and Til Death Us Do Part.

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36132140)

From Santander:

Originally Posted by Inactive Digital (Post 36132160)

Doesn't Santander cap each cashback category at £5 per month anyway though? I can't imagine it will help too many people given current prices.