Nicola Sturgeon

[Mickeydredd]

Scotland has a high proportion of work-shy folk,

really?

 

[arcobob]

really?

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Just an observation but not all unemployed are workshy and benefit scroungers.. It would appear that unemployment is highest where the population density is highest ie. urban areas.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Just an observation but not all unemployed are workshy and benefit scroungers.. It would appear that unemployment is highest wher the population density is highest ie. urban areas.

It was merely a non-judgemental querying of the generalist statement by the previous poster, which did not appear to bear up to general scrutiny. There are no statistics that I'm aware of that identify the level of workshy folk by region

 

[Agrivator]

really?

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Unemployment figures might show Scotland in a good light, but it's worth pointing out that:

1. Scotland has a very high Public sector, whose jobs are extremely secure.

2. For a Government, in this case the SNP in Holyrood, the easiest way to create employment is to increase the numbers working in the Public Sector.

 

[gone]

Unemployment figures might show Scotland in a good light, but it's worth pointing out that:

1. Scotland has a very high Public sector, whose jobs are extremely secure.

2. For a Government, in this case the SNP in Holyrood, the easiest way to create employment is to increase the numbers working in the Public Sector.

As of December 2008 the public sector in Northern Ireland accounted for 30.8% of the total workforce. This is significantly higher than the overall UK figure of 19.5%, and also higher than Scotland, the next nearest region at 24%.

 

[Northernlights]

Being unable to share in the massive prosperity which London brings to the whole of the UK, an Independent Scotland would be financially bankrupt.

Scotland has a inordinate public sector (who don't actually make income tax or Nat Ins contributions), a high proportion of work-shy folk, and vast sparsely-populated areas and numerous Islands which are very expensive to service.

The relatively small private sector just cannot be expected to carry the rest of the country. And the irony is that the vast public sector try to make life for the private sector as difficult as possible.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1228106514726105088

 

[JeepJeep]

As a Welsman under the Drakeford Rule with Property and a 2nd home in Englandshire...

She conducts herself well

She makes sense if in doubt she explains it...

She doesn't beat around the bush,

She Errs and Ahhs less than that scruffy pansy in Westminster and his Rimmers

Her spelling & grammar is probably her own rather than her sidekicks afterwards...

That is all.

 

[M-J-G]

Unemployment figures might show Scotland in a good light, but it's worth pointing out that:

1. Scotland has a very high Public sector, whose jobs are extremely secure.

2. For a Government, in this case the SNP in Holyrood, the easiest way to create employment is to increase the numbers working in the Public Sector.

It's generally the case that the smaller the population the more top heavy it becomes.
Look at NI

That's why it is claimed that a United Ireland would cause a large increase unemployment in Ulster.

 

[manhill]

Think about it, of the four people sitting having coffee, one is supported by the earnings of the other three and will retire on a nice pension that the others may not have.

 

[quattro]

I thought her speech was good when the the first lockdown ended
and said every one else can get back work now,
and she mentioned farmers along with the other industry’s

 

[it's not over]

It's generally the case that the smaller the population the more top heavy it becomes.
Look at NI

That's why it is claimed that a United Ireland would cause a large increase unemployment in Ulster.

Ni gets 10 billion per year in the block grant and the net contribution to the EU was 11 billion in 2018

 

[Northernlights]

As a Welsman under the Drakeford Rule with Property and a 2nd home in Englandshire...

She conducts herself well

She makes sense if in doubt she explains it...

She doesn't beat around the bush,

She Errs and Ahhs less than that scruffy pansy in Westminster and his Rimmers

Her spelling & grammar is probably her own rather than her sidekicks afterwards...

That is all.

Have to agree with this .She also has some very able advisors from the various Scottish universitys who don"t always agree with the politicians. The one in my opinion who speaks the most sense is this professor from Edinburgh University. https://twitter.com/devisridhar. At least Nicola is prepared to say what we don"t want to hear compared to wack a mole Johnson.

 

[Agrivator]

The other anomaly is that that while the people living in Scotland voted strongly to remain in the UK, the Holyrood administration (SNP + unelected Greens) are trying to act as if Scotland is an independent country. They are determined to rubbish Westminster at every opportunity and spend far too much time, travel and money on trying to act on the World stage.

All this is a further drain on a struggling economy and detracts from the real issues facing the country - mainly Health and Education.

 

[405mi16]

I suppose in the context of 52/48 for brexit 55/45 is strongly, but polling shows public attitude changing. I don't get the impression anybody is pretending Scotland is independent, they are working within the framework of devolution to do their job and, in theory, act in Scotlands best interests (or at least what they believe to be in Scotlands best interests.). In fact it appears to be more that Westminster is pretending devolution doesn't exist with the way the "Internal Market Bill" is designed to operate.

Also, the Green MSPs are definitely elected, that's how they got seats in Holyrood. If however you believe regional list MSPs to be "unelected" then that would include 4 SNP, 24 Conservatives, 21 Labour, and 1 Lib Dem in addition to the 6 Greens...

 

[Northernlights]

The other anomaly is that that while the people living in Scotland voted strongly to remain in the UK, the Holyrood administration (SNP + unelected Greens) are trying to act as if Scotland is an independent country. They are determined to rubbish Westminster at every opportunity and spend far too much time, travel and money on trying to act on the World stage.

All this is a further drain on a struggling economy and detracts from the real issues facing the country - mainly Health and Education.

Was not much wrong with the Health Service in 2008 when my son had a kidney transplant in Glasgow and Nicola was Health Secretary. He had exemplary care ( Inverness) from the age of two till his transplant at the age of seventeen. And Education seemed to be OK with my daughter achieving her Astrophysics Phd at Edinburgh University in 2010

 

[Nithsdale]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1228106514726105088

This is the more important bit, and why Westminster can't afford to lose Scotland

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1228427363601584128

 

[Exfarmer]

Having just watched the latest season of The Crown, I cannot for the life of me comprehend why Sturgeon, doesn’t slam a stake in the ground, by seizing Balmoral Estate for the Scottish people. Strike a blow for Scotland and simultaneously evict that collection of “cases”, forever from the great Scottish nation!
Edinburgh is the natural home and rightful seat power for Scotland.

Ashtree, The Crown is a drama it is not a documentary and in large chunks has little if no connection to the facts.

 

[Henarar]

Ashtree, The Crown is a drama it is not a documentary and in large chunks has little if no connection to the facts.

That has not stopped him before

 

[Muck Spreader]

Funny how scared the English on this thread seem to be of a 4 foot, ginger, nippy sweetie. Maybe she should be PM.

 

[Agrivator]

I suppose in the context of 52/48 for brexit 55/45 is strongly, but polling shows public attitude changing. I don't get the impression anybody is pretending Scotland is independent, they are working within the framework of devolution to do their job and, in theory, act in Scotlands best interests (or at least what they believe to be in Scotlands best interests.). In fact it appears to be more that Westminster is pretending devolution doesn't exist with the way the "Internal Market Bill" is designed to operate.

Also, the Green MSPs are definitely elected, that's how they got seats in Holyrood. If however you believe regional list MSPs to be "unelected" then that would include 4 SNP, 24 Conservatives, 21 Labour, and 1 Lib Dem in addition to the 6 Greens...

It's still a fact that ''unelected'' Green MSPs, who haven't a cat-in-hells chance of being ''elected'', hold the balance of power at Holyrood.

And it is worrying that the SNP created a single police force (the first requirement of a dictatorship) , and that the Justice Minister is a complete control freak - even to the extent that guests at a dinner party can report each other simply for expressing an opinion which is regarded as a ''hate crime''. And then there's the ''named guardian'' and ''baby-box scheme.