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Thoughts on a good Government


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.

Contributors and Commentators


By roddy, 2014-12-15
Contributors and Commentators

If you want to contribute articles to this website, then please register as a "contributor quota". If you would like to comment on any of the articles, then please register as a "commentator". We are looking for both since this website is aimed at being a facility which everyone can draw from. A place where people can find the facts about every facet of Scotland's wealth.

The name It's Scotland's Oil may only represent one aspect of our nation's wealth but, it is a memorable name and the site will become known for the specific area which it focusses on.

We are looking for specialists and activists in every field of our nation's wealth: oil and gas; renewables; energy (in general); whisky; agriculture; exports; Government statistics etc.

If you want to be a key member of this exciting new website, then please come onboard.

Additional Downloads, Images and Youtube videos

A lot of additional information, videos and images have been added recently. In addition, I have articles waiting to be fine-tuned before posting. Many of the new downloads have radical information about where we will be as a nation by 2020 and 2030. The case for independence is compelling. The likelihood is that an independent Scotland would be in surplus by 2020, which is just incredible.

The website itself has enjoyed success as a result of it's content, with nearly 30,000 hits and over 1,000 unique (different) visitors since launching (over 1,500 visitors in total), just over twelve days ago, with pages being read a total of nearly 14,000 times.

Regards,

Roddy.

Visitors to this website


By roddy, 2014-12-04

Since launching at 00.00 on the 1st December, we have had an incredible response to the website. So far, we have had close on 700 visitors. and it is set to continue, as the data, videos, images etc. continue to be built up on the website. We want to build the information on the site and we welcome any additional (relevant) contributions in all the sections.

If you know specialists in any of the areas of Scotland's wealth or, have information which you can share with our readers, then please feel free to add the articles/downloads/images/videos - we really want you to become involved.

Thank you.

Regards,

Roddy.

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