It's crucial to inform people that the PFI scheme (scam) in Scotland, was a UKLabour policy imposed onto Scotland when English HQ'd Labcons were in power at Holyrood for TEN years. they plunged Scotland into £billions of debt being paid to this day, and far as I know, buildings like the Edinburgh royal infirmary hospital in Edinburgh, will still not be owned by the people of Scotland! Unless that has changed which I doubt. Some of Labcons' PFI buildings were not fit for purpose, the ERI had a faulty heating system, some schools had walls falling down on kids, the scheme was a total scam on Scotland by the party called Labour HQ'd in London. Councils are still paying fot it, and let's not forget these PFI hospitals charged staff to park during work hours! The SNPN scrapped PFI, scrapped parking charges and Labcons bridge tolls to the Islands, which were a disgrace to say the least.
The SNP MUST inform the people of Scotland about Labcons' atrocious legacy in Scotland, and it WILL be much much 'worse' if EngLabcons ever get near power at Holyrood in Scotland's parliament again.
The thought of that is quite frankly terrifying in fact.
Share everything everywhere about Labcons' disgusting PFI in Scotland, and how they also sent £billions BACK to LondonEng treasury saying 'NOTHING to spend it on in Scotland'! Not health, education, not infrastucture that needed to be fit for purpose, not jobs for the young, not drugs addiction reduction programmes, not housing, not social care, not renewables energy, not reducing child poverty or any poverty, etc. 'NOTHING'. People need reminding they have very short memories! Also many new to Scotland have no clue so the message about Labcons' disgraceful destructive self serving legacy at Holyrood and indeed also while under English rule for centiries, has to be distributed somehow.
In 1995 Scotland, and the UK got its first experience of a PFI in the form of the Skye Bridge and its high tolls.
The people in Skye exposed this financial fraud for what it was within a few weeks. We were able to show that the Skye Bridge Scheme was going to cost 10 times what it should have done and this huge burdon was going to be placed on the Islanders, and those to visited the Island for many years, if not for ever.
I'm proud to say that the people on Skye did not accept this imposition without a bitter fight. The fight was costly for the people 10% of the islanders were charged with at least one criminal carge, some got over a 100 such charges, and the fight went on for more than 9 years, but the people won this fight
they stopped this PFI fraud.
So if English Labour want to reopen the fight against the Scottish people I'm sure they will find that Scottish people are just as strong as the people in Skye proved to be.
You could cross the Erskine bridge for a £1. In comparisons with other bridge tolls we were expecting the Skye toll to be around 40p, instead it was £5.70 just one way and £4.70 to cross back.
If I was in power, to improve the lives of the poor I would:
- reduce fuel costs. This costs the govmt nothing, it just reduces companies' massive profits.
- build lots of houses, all of which would be insulated to the passive house standard. This would reduce housing costs (more supply) and heating costs.
Yes, there is much that could and should be done to improve people's lives. But the UK government is owned by the corporate oligarchs and answers to them alone. The whole system needs to be tossed out and replaced with one that is not beholden to special interests but only to the people. And the people need the tools only direct democracy can provide - the power to launch referendums, initiatives - so they can hold the government to account should it forget why it's there in the first place - to serve the people.
It's crucial to inform people that the PFI scheme (scam) in Scotland, was a UKLabour policy imposed onto Scotland when English HQ'd Labcons were in power at Holyrood for TEN years. they plunged Scotland into £billions of debt being paid to this day, and far as I know, buildings like the Edinburgh royal infirmary hospital in Edinburgh, will still not be owned by the people of Scotland! Unless that has changed which I doubt. Some of Labcons' PFI buildings were not fit for purpose, the ERI had a faulty heating system, some schools had walls falling down on kids, the scheme was a total scam on Scotland by the party called Labour HQ'd in London. Councils are still paying fot it, and let's not forget these PFI hospitals charged staff to park during work hours! The SNPN scrapped PFI, scrapped parking charges and Labcons bridge tolls to the Islands, which were a disgrace to say the least.
The SNP MUST inform the people of Scotland about Labcons' atrocious legacy in Scotland, and it WILL be much much 'worse' if EngLabcons ever get near power at Holyrood in Scotland's parliament again.
The thought of that is quite frankly terrifying in fact.
Share everything everywhere about Labcons' disgusting PFI in Scotland, and how they also sent £billions BACK to LondonEng treasury saying 'NOTHING to spend it on in Scotland'! Not health, education, not infrastucture that needed to be fit for purpose, not jobs for the young, not drugs addiction reduction programmes, not housing, not social care, not renewables energy, not reducing child poverty or any poverty, etc. 'NOTHING'. People need reminding they have very short memories! Also many new to Scotland have no clue so the message about Labcons' disgraceful destructive self serving legacy at Holyrood and indeed also while under English rule for centiries, has to be distributed somehow.
Excuse typos I had a cat meeowing loudly in my ear while typing. They know don't they, :-)
In 1995 Scotland, and the UK got its first experience of a PFI in the form of the Skye Bridge and its high tolls.
The people in Skye exposed this financial fraud for what it was within a few weeks. We were able to show that the Skye Bridge Scheme was going to cost 10 times what it should have done and this huge burdon was going to be placed on the Islanders, and those to visited the Island for many years, if not for ever.
I'm proud to say that the people on Skye did not accept this imposition without a bitter fight. The fight was costly for the people 10% of the islanders were charged with at least one criminal carge, some got over a 100 such charges, and the fight went on for more than 9 years, but the people won this fight
they stopped this PFI fraud.
So if English Labour want to reopen the fight against the Scottish people I'm sure they will find that Scottish people are just as strong as the people in Skye proved to be.
Andy Anderson
I hope you're right, Andy.
You could cross the Erskine bridge for a £1. In comparisons with other bridge tolls we were expecting the Skye toll to be around 40p, instead it was £5.70 just one way and £4.70 to cross back.
If I was in power, to improve the lives of the poor I would:
- reduce fuel costs. This costs the govmt nothing, it just reduces companies' massive profits.
- build lots of houses, all of which would be insulated to the passive house standard. This would reduce housing costs (more supply) and heating costs.
- end the 2 child cap.
As for NHS spending, I will note that all 5 of the countries on your chart that spend less than UK all live longer lives than in Britain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy). I'd investigate why and what we can do to copy them.
Yes, there is much that could and should be done to improve people's lives. But the UK government is owned by the corporate oligarchs and answers to them alone. The whole system needs to be tossed out and replaced with one that is not beholden to special interests but only to the people. And the people need the tools only direct democracy can provide - the power to launch referendums, initiatives - so they can hold the government to account should it forget why it's there in the first place - to serve the people.
Yes. And we also need to be rid of international treaties that work in the interests of corporations, and provide an end run around democracy.