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Burning Issue: Has Scotland really never had it so good?



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Published Date: 01 July 2008
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DES BROWNE, Secretary of State for Scotland
AS THE SNP systematically break their election promises, the hollowest of all their excuses is that they don't have enough. The reality is that, today, Scotland has higher public spending than at any time in its history. The £30 billion a year contro...



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ThomasP,

01/07/2008 00:48:23
"The £30 billion a year controADVERTISEMENTlled by the Scottish Executive is double the amount Donald Dewar oversaw when he became First Minister."

Yet, Scotland generates well over 100 billion annually and our grant is less then one third of that...


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M.Corleone,

2nd Vatican State.....Coatbridge 02/07/2008 10:45:13
Hmmm ....Des Browne or Angus Robertson, who should I believe ? Decisions, decisions...Guess I'll stick with someone who talks more sense and can be trusted to a greater degree so that rules out our Dessie boy then !
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Iainbroch,

Moray 11/07/2008 01:13:39
re 2

What does your sense tell you? Liebaah would never mislead or lie to you? Would they?

I have never had it better - the medication is kicking in - good things those anti depressants? No side effects either?

 

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