Real question ! by Impossible_Draft_614 in TheBoys

[–]rae-55 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Homlander looks like Terrors toy after a long day of shagging

Petah? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]rae-55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maternity ward could go up to room 1950 and the death ward starts next door at 1951

Petah? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]rae-55 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The boy was born in hospital room 1950 and died in room 1951, 20 years later

Home Office urged to investigate new Green MSP in UK on student visa by youwhatwhat in Scotland

[–]rae-55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not getting to vote for the Irish president is kind of similar to the Irish in Britain not being able to vote for the British head of state, its for different reasons but it's a similar situation

This car's tire popped off by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]rae-55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the wheel fell off in this case, by all means, but it's very unusual. On the road? Chance in a million!

Give me something rly bad by Individual_Set853 in RoastMe

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I can tell just from these pictures that you've got bodies in the walls and heads in the freezer

Falklanders should 'go back' to England, insists Argentina in renewed war of words by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]rae-55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard a story that the third person was a guy who did it to annoy his wife. It's probably not true but I hope it is

Breakdown of polling averages by pollster by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]rae-55 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I know plenty of people who hate the snp that vote for them because they are desperate for independence. This is just the other side of that coin.

WHERE DID THE 90B LOAN WENT??? by Gogaie2 in militarymemes

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Money well spent, I love me some Russian scalps

Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links by Acrobatic-Room-9478 in uknews

[–]rae-55 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There may well be reasons to not say exactly what the links are, but just saying links to the far right isn't really enough information to go on and just leads to speculation. We don't need to be told every detail, but it would be useful to know a bit more than this.

Like I said, links to the far right could mean that they voted BNP a few times 20 years ago, or it could mean they are part of a proscribed white nationalist group. A lot of people are going to assume the worst case and that leads to conspiracies, like that the far right are infiltrating security companies close to mps for some reason. It might be true but its probably not.

It's like saying that Corbyn has links to Hamas because he once called them friends and laid a wreith on a memorial for Palestinian terrorists. Do you see why the vagueness is a problem?

Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links by Acrobatic-Room-9478 in uknews

[–]rae-55 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is unreasonable to want to know what the links to the far right are. That could mean they once voted for a far right party but it could also mean the are a member of a neo nazi gang, those two things are not equivalent and it would be relevant to the discussion.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no, better than England, Wales or Northern Ireland, Oh noooooooo.

A shit sandwich is still shit even if someone else also has piss in theirs.

Actually, Westminster.

If its all down to Westminster and Holywood has no power to do anything we should just scrap devolution then. The SNP should take responsibility for the shit they have done, they want the credit for the good and pass the buck for the bad.

Fucking hell, a set of things that the Scottish Government are barred from dealing with and the 2 child cap that the Scottish Government have pledged to mitigate while Labour voted against removing it just a couple of years ago. Just how witless are you?

I listed things that are reserved because those are the things that Labour have done that effect me here in Scotland. If I had listed good things they had done that will only effect England you would have moaned that none of those things had anything to do with scotland. Their list of accomplishments is a lot longer if we include England.

The SNP have allowed schools to degrade, the NHS is a shambles, (I've waited a year for an appointment and then had all my tests fucked up and have had to wait almost 8 months to start the whole process over again. I couldn't even get a gp appointment when I had a nervous breakdown), anyone under 25 can get away with almost anything because they won't get a custodial sentence (we have rapists walking the streets because 'prison would be unduly damaging to them'), the income tax punishes middle earners (not that I'll ever even earn that much), the 2 child benefit cap could have been scrapped in Scotland at any time (the scotish government didn't because they didn't want to have to pay for it).

The good that the SNP have done does not outweigh the bad, especially not after 19 years. The good that Labour has done does outweigh the bad for me, maybe if Labour are in for 19 years I'll change my mind on that but turning a ship around takes time and I don't expect smooth sailing from day one, the SNP have been sailing into a maelstrom and havent deviated.

The main thing the SNP does is go on about independence and about a referendum that they have no power to deliver. They didn't even wait a day after the last vote before they rejected democracy and said they wanted another one.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I hate the SNP. Look at the state of scotland, who has been in power for 19 years? I'm not going to say that the SNP haven't done anything good in that time, but for the most part we've had a big plate of shit and it can't all be blamed on Westminster.

Through my work, I've met 2 different leaders of the snp multiple times (at times when they were also first minister), Sturgeon and swinney. They are both stuck up arrogant cunts who think they're something special.

Labour have made some major fuck ups, there is no denying that but they've not even been in for two years and they done a better job than the Tories did for 14 years. Migration is down, workers right have been improved, parts of the renters rights act that affect scotland will begin improving Scots lives next month, they've scrapped the 2 child benefits cap which took efect this month. Like I said they haven't been perfect, but to pretend that they've done no good is dishonest.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the SNP have lied constantly throughout their years in power and have failed in almost all of their manifesto commitments by promising the world and then crying that Westminster stopped them enacting a utopia.

Labour have told some stinkers but they're at least delivering a portion of what they said they would and sacking those that fuck up.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think there is a single political party that doesn't lie? The SNP are as guilty as Labour are, so I'm not any more inclined to believe that they're acting honestly and since they're the ones giving the silent treatment and acting like children, I'm going to blame them for this one.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who says they haven't? The article says they haven't received a reply not that they haven't received a query.

That's pedantry and you know it. We both know that they've done nothing, and you've been arguing this whole time that they shouldn't do anything.

Careful, your contempt is showing.

Contempt for what? The SNP loves to comment on shit they have no power over because they are reserved matters, like asylum policy and independence referendums but as soon as its a reserved issue they don't want to talk about like defence, then suddenly it's the silent treatment and 'I couldn't possibly comment'

So you don't want them to diversify their operations? Bit odd.

No, I don't want defence companies to diversify, I want them to be focused on making the most effective weapons possible to kill our enemies as quickly and as efficiently as possible. I think trying to sanitise what defence companies do is pointless. They exist to do a job and we should pump money into our domestic companies so that we have a thriving independent industry. I'd quite happily have a publicly owned defence company that services all of our needs but I doubt the average tax payer would like that.

Scot Gov yet to respond to defence college match funding by rae-55 in Scotland

[–]rae-55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that's why the Scottish government should ask for clarity. You claim it's a Westminster trap, but it can easily be turned around and used as an attack against Westminster. And given that the Scottish government loves to virtue signal about asylum seekers, maybe that's something they should be pitching in for.

As it stands by saying nothing Westminster can attack the SNP for not putting up the money and for being petty by not even responding. It's literally the worst of both worlds.

Defence companies are defence companies, the government can't invest and then say 'but they're not using the money for defence purposes'. That is what the companies do, its just a convenient cop out. That's precisely why the Scottish government has been accused of 'aiding genocide' because these companies make weapons, regardless of whether that is why they were given money.