Will Scotland Leave the UK?

Could have been worse - O2 can charge £7 per megabyte there.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

More SNP mess. Shuld not have denied it.

https://www.ft.com/content/ee282626-...0-735bd7b69742

The strangest thing is that with all that’s gone on since his holiday - resignations, leadership race and campervans nobody thought 11 grand was a price worth paying to avoid the story until after it came out.

As always, it’s the cover up the gets you. That they still don’t get that is a concerning glimpse into what an amateurish operation the SNP currently is.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Could have been worse - O2 can charge £7 per megabyte there.

When the details were emerging at first I was slightly sympathetic - nobody knew the rates being charged but a search indicates that EE on some tariffs can go as far as that.

At approx 1.5GB bad timing of some app updates or an iOS update would easily take you into that ballpark.

However the breakdown by day was pretty damning.

As Chris alludes to in the post above - someone somewhere should have thought 11 grand would stand out. Approximately doubling the whole bill for Parliament in a year, it doesn't take too many FOI requests to get to who and when. A free dice roll for some journalists or opposition researchers.

If my organisation claimed I'd used up hundreds of pounds of mobile use - never mind thousands - my first instinct would be to find out where and when. So the idea it took until last Thursday for his 'family to own up' stretches credibility. Would he not raise the figure with his family and whether he should pay it when first approached?

[Hom3r]

I personally think the bigger problem is that a provider should be allowed to run up an £11,000 data bill, that is the crime here not allowing his kids on his iPad

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I personally think the bigger problem is that a provider should be allowed to run up an £11,000 data bill, that is the crime here not allowing his kids on his iPad

On a business account it's not unreasonable. I've run up some hefty bills while working overseas.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

On a business account it's not unreasonable. I've run up some hefty bills while working overseas.

For 7 (seven) gigabytes of data?

[jfman]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...wn-affair.html

SNP rocked by discovery of intimate texts revealing two politicians' torrid lockdown affair - at the same time the party insisted Scots stayed home

This party has denied this saying the allegations have been around for months.

Seems an odd one, has the sense of one of those stories keeping the names under wraps is untenable in the social media age (there’s already as much speculation as you’d imagine on Twatter).

The hashtag #HumzaBinShaggin Is trending on the Xitter this morning. Can’t imagine why.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I personally think the bigger problem is that a provider should be allowed to run up an £11,000 data bill, that is the crime here not allowing his kids on his iPad

Should had a payg tariff. Where being overcharged and surprising bills are impossible. #takebackcontrol

[jfman]

Maybe not?

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by jfman

Maybe not?

I think that question is over now, for some time.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I think that question is over now, for some time.

Certainly, I look forward to Chris and his thoughts on the Scottish result.

A collapse in SNP votes - part turnout, part Labour up, Tories down and LDs narrowly down.

The proportional system* would save the SNP to some extent in Scottish elections but if they aren’t the largest party (and out of Government) it’d be unreasonable to expect a pro-independence argument to prevail on a single election victory at a later date.

It pushes the idea of a referendum into the mid-2030s and application of it a couple of years after that.

*There’s a potential for infighting over positions at the top of the regional lists too as ex-MPs and constituency MSPs on the brink seek refuge there.

It was over in 2014. It’s just taken the SNP 10 years to realise it. Sadly they still have power over a substantial range of devolved issues and their clown car will splutter on for a while yet.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I personally think the bigger problem is that a provider should be allowed to run up an £11,000 data bill, that is the crime here not allowing his kids on his iPad

Thing is though. Knowing what I know from my years working with mobile operators is that you will usually need to turn off a price cap limiter. Vodafone had a, I think it was £150 roaming charge limit. You would get a notification via text that you reached it, you can then turn that off if you agree that you be be charged further and usually the sms has cost breakdown etc.

I presume most other networks would have similar. I had many conversations with customers about roaming charges and large bills in my time in CEO and high level complaints and customer relations. Having to listen to their story and then trawl through the account trying to pinpoint when their charges started and if they received the networks sms and if they responded.

Many wouldn't bother fully reading the details and just wanted to use their phone. £2,300 data charges when a guy was on research vessel near Russia. Everything verified and he was liable to pay. Happened to folk on cruises as no network coverage but they had their own systems to enable mobile usage.