Bring it on I say. Maybe then the electorate in Scotland will waken up to that shit show south of the borderOh you are a awful
It'll end up like the EU wi' MPs and their numerous aides and hingers on wasting millions and claiming hooses and expenses travelling back and forward
State pension is taxed already as more and more pensioners are finding out with the personal allowance not being increased.
Hold on. The state pension is taxable income. Devolution is at least a reasonable discusdion and have you seen how recent conflicts have played out?
Recent conflicts?
Have you noticed the wars in the Ukraine and middle East? I take it you support an increase in defence spending to address your concerns?Recent conflicts?
It's unlikely the UK armed forces could be deployed to any great extent in a conflict. And indeed they weren't to any great extent.
The RNs nuclear attack submarines are all tied up needing fixed. A bit like our aircraft carriers one of which is normally broken down - they take turns each!
The RAF only has half it's attack aircraft air worthy at any one time.
The Army are still waiting on their ajax armoured vehicles among other weaponry.
Do you the Scotland is due a rebate on it's GERS contribution?
Do you think Scotland should get a rebate from GERS?
Sorry Jack - that doesn't make any sense. GERS is a document produced by the Scottish Government. So how would a rebate come into it?
Is the state pension a benefit?
The contribution for defence is decided by the government in Westminster, in among all the other allocated figures.
It's been defined as a benefit since the National Insurance Act of 1946, so pretty much, yeah, it's a benefit.
Yes. So what rebate?
Well the armed forces are not functioning as they should. Below par would be generous.
It doesn't work that way (which you know). Scotland isn't billed for anything. It's apportioned a share of UK spending. There is no cash transaction.
We both know that but is it right?
But you will next year if it goes over 12500.
Won't happen to me as the bastard British government have frozen my pension for the crime of living in the wrong country.
Should Scottish taxpaywrs get refunds for all the delayed infrastructure projects? Or ill judged court cases? It might concentrate minds.
Depends on allowances.
Pension is £12547.00 currently. Personal allowance is £12570.00. If the pension went up by, e.g., 5% it would be £13174, meaning you would pay about a tenner a month in tax. assuming the threshhold remained the same.
Why is it not the same? It directly impacts on the people of Scotland.
It was a hypothetical question for which you seem unable to answer despite giving hypothetical answers to many other questions.
It's an absurd comparison. GERS is an estimate of revenue and expenditure carried out by Scottish Government statisticians. It sets out revenues and expenditures in Scotland. Some of this will be by the UK Government and some by the Scottish Government . That's it.
There's a per capita allocation of spending for defence in gers and last year it was £5.1b.
And it's Scottish expenditure which you said there wasn't.
It was a hypocritical question.
No squirming whatsoever. But in the spirit of asking for views, should the islands get a rebate from the Scottish Government because of failures in the ferry provision? If not why not.
Well you could keep on deflecting, asking different questions instead of you answering them ad infinitum.
What's an English person taking the UK goverment got to do with the Scottish Government and ferries?
The Darlington case was based on the same UK guidance which Labour only recently updated.
But not the law. The guidance was updated after the S ottish Government lost in the Supreme Court. I note you've shifted from the law to guidance. As you know it's the law that's paramount.
