Tag: #theSNP

Fool Fiscal Autonomy

I understand some senior Tory MPs have been lobbying Cameron to ‘settle’ the Scottish question giving us Full Fiscal Autonomy FFA and ‘hell mend the consequences’ about the £7.5 Billion black hole or deficit. Fighting talk indeed, were it not for the fact that any politician making reference to this ‘hole’ in the FFA clearly does not have a grasp…

Out with the New!

Sunday morning can start pretty slow – unless you find Peter Mandelson thrust in your face as we did this morning of 10 May on Andrew Marr.  I’m not sure whether this is the BBC being provocative or failing in their attempts to stoke up Labour sympathy. Either way, they ticked both boxes for me.   Could someone please remind…

It’s the Mansion Tax stupid – Labour’s GE15 Vow

Let’s see if I’ve got this right?  The Westminster Labour Party has asked their Scottish Social Group, often referred to as the Scottish Labour Party, to set up a Working Group to determine the party’s 10 point General Election Manifesto ‘Vow’. This Group of Labour Illuminati may have included James Murphy, Margaret Curran, Jackie Baillie, Kezia Dugdale with special input…