Wasn't GERS designed to STOP independence ever being seen as a viable, preferrable option for Scotland. Scotland's streets could be paved with gold, but GERS would still show Scotland as the 'poor man of Europe'. I suppose there is such a thing as black gold...GERS, same result, and all that high quality gold being taken out of the ground at Tyndrum by an Aussie company, called, 'ScotGold'. Sigh.
They are prospecting for more minerals north of Tyndrum, Scotland is so being robbed by the country next door, it's tragic.
Well done, Leah & Ken ! As a fellow CA, I cringe whenever I look at GERS - it’s even published on ScotGov letterhead ! I seem to remember that Kate Forbes, when she was Finance Minister, had committed to prepare « real » GERS but that must have been hot air. BTW, according to Wikipedia, Kate Forbes is a CA as well - I wonder how that all stacks up with CA professional ethics ?
AFAIK both Alex Salmond and the betrayer Sturgeon both PROMISED to produce a Scottish GERS report, obviously somewhat constrained with unobtainable correct figures from WM BUT they could have used the same system but different guesstimates , unfortunately as usual the promises never materialised
It is inconceivable that the FM of a country CANNOT produce similar figures by the same methodology that would EXPOSE the corruption and OUTRIGHT LIES and DECEIT that this yearly INSULT was designed for , it is further unbelievably compounded by the fact that WE are having to pay for our own INSULT and these FM are signing these LIES as correct and true
Salmond and sturgeon have stood by and been harried ,derided and insulted by broadcasters and the wider media on a yearly basis without challenge instead of openly and vehemently EXPOSING the corruption and duplicity that these figures represent
I have posted interminably on different blogs about the complete and utter FAILURE of snp FM Salmond and sturgeon to EDUCATE , INFORM and POST information relating to the benefits of independence, with comparable figures of pre and post independence , this ideally should have been done pre 2014 but instead Scots were overwhelmed by LIES , OBFUSCATION , and SCAREMONGERING , YET still SCOTS voted for independence but were defeated by misplaced generosity and selfish demanding exceptionalism
It has been left to ordinary independence supporters with meagre resources to attempt to collect, collate and produce information to educate ordinary Scots of the resource rich country they inhabit , Leah , SALVO ,SSRG and Liberation.Scot have done more in the past 2 years to educate Scots of their birthright than politicians have done since 1707
Wasn't GERS designed to STOP independence ever being seen as a viable, preferrable option for Scotland. Scotland's streets could be paved with gold, but GERS would still show Scotland as the 'poor man of Europe'. I suppose there is such a thing as black gold...GERS, same result, and all that high quality gold being taken out of the ground at Tyndrum by an Aussie company, called, 'ScotGold'. Sigh.
They are prospecting for more minerals north of Tyndrum, Scotland is so being robbed by the country next door, it's tragic.
That's right, Hetty. And our politicians have utterly failed us in not exposing the lies and obfuscation in GERS.
Well done, Leah & Ken ! As a fellow CA, I cringe whenever I look at GERS - it’s even published on ScotGov letterhead ! I seem to remember that Kate Forbes, when she was Finance Minister, had committed to prepare « real » GERS but that must have been hot air. BTW, according to Wikipedia, Kate Forbes is a CA as well - I wonder how that all stacks up with CA professional ethics ?
AFAIK both Alex Salmond and the betrayer Sturgeon both PROMISED to produce a Scottish GERS report, obviously somewhat constrained with unobtainable correct figures from WM BUT they could have used the same system but different guesstimates , unfortunately as usual the promises never materialised
It is inconceivable that the FM of a country CANNOT produce similar figures by the same methodology that would EXPOSE the corruption and OUTRIGHT LIES and DECEIT that this yearly INSULT was designed for , it is further unbelievably compounded by the fact that WE are having to pay for our own INSULT and these FM are signing these LIES as correct and true
Salmond and sturgeon have stood by and been harried ,derided and insulted by broadcasters and the wider media on a yearly basis without challenge instead of openly and vehemently EXPOSING the corruption and duplicity that these figures represent
I have posted interminably on different blogs about the complete and utter FAILURE of snp FM Salmond and sturgeon to EDUCATE , INFORM and POST information relating to the benefits of independence, with comparable figures of pre and post independence , this ideally should have been done pre 2014 but instead Scots were overwhelmed by LIES , OBFUSCATION , and SCAREMONGERING , YET still SCOTS voted for independence but were defeated by misplaced generosity and selfish demanding exceptionalism
It has been left to ordinary independence supporters with meagre resources to attempt to collect, collate and produce information to educate ordinary Scots of the resource rich country they inhabit , Leah , SALVO ,SSRG and Liberation.Scot have done more in the past 2 years to educate Scots of their birthright than politicians have done since 1707
What's a CA?
Chartered Accountant.