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By roddy, 2019-07-23

"Brilliant reply to a troll who said that the Devolved government in Scotland achieved nothing...
By Bruce Roberts

Scotland and England have been in the Union for 310 years, Westminster has had full control of Scotland's economy for 290 of those years. When Scotland was given her own parliament 20 years ago it was given 6% devolved power, numerous years later this increased to 15% by the end of April last year 2017 we will have approx 25% if Scotland is in a mess that blame lies squarely at Westminster's door...


Here is just a few achievements which is not bad when they have so little control....

Provided free university tuition since 2007.

Refurbished/re-built over 600 schools.

Built over 30,000 affordable/social houses.

Crime at a 42 year low.

Free Prescriptions.

Toll-free bridges.

Frozen Council Tax for 9 years, now capped at 3% rise.

Free bus travel for over 60s.

Free care for the elderly.

Financed and delivered Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

50/50 gender split cabinet.

Protecting the Gaelic language and contributing to BBC Alba.

Highest employment rates in the UK.

Police numbers up 1000 plus.

Nurse and Midwives numbers up 5%.

NHS Scotland outperforming every other NHS in the UK.

Baby Box initiative.

Mitigating the Bedroom Tax.

Carbon Emissions down 40%, ahead of 2020 target.

50% of electricity generated by renewables, ahead of target.

A9 Perth-Inverness being dualled

Major up grades on M74 & M73

Aberdeen bypass

New Forth Crossing.

Borders Rail Link.

Highest level of inward investment outside of London.

Onshore GDP growth every year.

Unemployment now at pre-2008 levels, lowest in UK.

Highest female and employment rates in the EU.

Highest youth employment rates in the UK.

Equal marriage passed into law.

World's first Tidal Energy Scheme."

 

Gold in the Scottish Highlands


By roddy, 2015-05-22
Gold in the Scottish Highlands

I have just added two videos about gold deposits in Northern Ireland. The point is that the same geological formation as the one in Northern Ireland, where the indications are that there are billions of pounds of gold, runs right across the highlands of Scotland and they are now finding significant amounts of gold in Aberdeenshire in the same rock strata. The potential is even bigger than the current finds in Scotland, which are estimated to equal those of Northern Ireland. This could just be the tip of the iceberg. I have already uploaded some newspaper articles on the same subject.

YouGov Scottish seat predictions


By roddy, 2015-04-13
YouGov Scottish seat predictions

This is the most incredible turn of events and the lead is getting larger.

Lee Kuan Yew is dead


By roddy, 2015-03-27
Lee Kuan Yew is dead

One of the world's greatest men has died. Not only did he lead Singapore to independence he also created one of the world's best economies with very few resources other than people, an incredibly high intellect personally, and geographical location.

For those who espouse the ideal of independence in Scotland, he is also significant. Alex Salmond, prior to the Recession, used to hold up the Republic of Ireland as the model to follow. In many ways they still are - inspite of their woes. What is less well known, is that the "Celtic Tiger" is reputed to have spent considerable resources studying the Singaporean model and then applying it in Ireland.


The idea of low Corporation Tax, to attract in businesses (which transformed Ireland), reputedly came from Singapore. It is a policy which has been in the SNP manifesto for many years now. If Scotland was free to implement this and other policies which Lee Kuan Yew's government introduced, then, in conjunction with our other assets and resources, Scotland would become one of the richest countries in the world per capita.

Lee Kuan Yew was also my ex-wife's uncle.

Crude Oil update


By roddy, 2015-02-07
Crude Oil update

I said in a blog on the 18th January, that the word from people in the North Sea was that they were upbeat about the oil situation. Perhaps they were right - it is too early to tell. The low oil prices brought Russia and Iran to their knees (and out-priced the fracking oil).  The flip side of the coin for Saudi Arabia is that Venezuela and other OPEC countries would suffer. For Saudi Arabia this must be a delicate ballancing act. The fracking industry is not (yet) extinguished but Saudi's market share should have been restored in part atleast. They have also shown the world that they are capable of shutting down such industries as fracking (in America and the rest of the world) if they want to.

There are actually so many factors going on here that it is hard to predict where the price will go. Saudi may not want to return oil prices to their previous highs for a while but, will need to ease the problems which the low prices are causing the other OPEC countries.

Welcome


By roddy, 2015-01-22
Welcome

Hi everyone, it is great to see so many people on the website right now. Just a small point, I would welcome articles if you have any. Sign up - it is free to do so and commits you to nothing! The more information there is here and the more that people know about the site, the more it will help to defeat lies.

On a different note, if anyone wants me to come and speak at any time, just let me know. I am here to serve the cause.

Kind regards,

Roddy.

Crude Oil Prices


By roddy, 2015-01-18
Crude Oil Prices

As you know, the price of crude oil has been dropping over the last few months and a week ago the price of Brent crude fell below $50 per barrel. The word is that OPEC deliberately flooded the market (no pun intended), to damage the Russian economy, which reputedly needs a price in excess of $100 per barrel to function. In other words, the present price level is as much a product of the control of output of oil production as the normal much higher price is.

The point is this, oil producing nations would obviously far prefer to sell oil at over $100 per barrel than at $50 per barrel, therefore, it is only a matter of time before the output gets throttled back, so that the price of crude oil rises significantly again.

Clearly, if the current price continues, then there will be many job losses in the Scottish oil industry and exploration will also be affected. This is not a problem which would just affect Scotland (or Russia), the impact of low oil prices would be felt globally.

The word is that people working in the Scottish oil industry are upbeat about the fact that the price of crude oil is going to change - and change soon. So much so, that they are telling friends to buy shares in oil companies at the moment, because they are confident that there will be an upturn in the price of oil soon.

Please note, for legal purposes, I am not "qualified" to give advice on investments, so do not take this blog as a recommendation to invest. I am simply reporting what the mood is in the Scottish oil industry.

If the price of oil came down to show Russia that the world had the capability to damage Russia if it continues with it's policy of aquisition of territory beyond it's borders, then the message has been sent, loud and clear. In other words, we are now at a point where the term "job well done" applies.

In my opinion, the likelihood therefore, is that OPEC will slow production again in the not too distant future, so that prices will rise again.

 

 

 

 

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