I wrote this in response to unionist letter writer Martin O’Gorman in the January 16th edition of The Scotsman where he wrote, “thank God for the Barnett formula.” It was published in The Scotsman on January 18th.
This travesty will continue, and indeed become worse, Westminster intends to make the Scots as poor as possible, just as they have since 1707. Until our SNP government get up off their knees, and acknowledge that power is never given, it must be taken, we are going nowhere. It really is time for the people to get angry, and make our politicians lives uncomfortable.
Yes, the Barnett formula is most certainly not a subsidy to Scotland from the UK, but the very opposite.
On the Question of NHS funding Scotland at one time was the world leader in training doctors and so has a long tradition of training doctors and nurses and other NHS specialist staff. this has meant that because Scotland trains more NHS staff, than they retain many of such staff work elsewhere in the UK but Scotland carries the training cost on our NHS budgets.
I agree, but the Scottish Government and SNP in particular should be informing the Scottish People of the fiscal realities they are facing and why. Many Scots probably also believe that the Barnett formula is a subsidy when it's clearly not.
This travesty will continue, and indeed become worse, Westminster intends to make the Scots as poor as possible, just as they have since 1707. Until our SNP government get up off their knees, and acknowledge that power is never given, it must be taken, we are going nowhere. It really is time for the people to get angry, and make our politicians lives uncomfortable.
Yes, the Barnett formula is most certainly not a subsidy to Scotland from the UK, but the very opposite.
On the Question of NHS funding Scotland at one time was the world leader in training doctors and so has a long tradition of training doctors and nurses and other NHS specialist staff. this has meant that because Scotland trains more NHS staff, than they retain many of such staff work elsewhere in the UK but Scotland carries the training cost on our NHS budgets.
'What will it take for the Scottish Government to wake up to this giant con and finally end it by leaving the failing UK?'
It's not the SG that need to wake, I'm sure they're well aware, If's the Scottish people that need a good shake.
I agree, but the Scottish Government and SNP in particular should be informing the Scottish People of the fiscal realities they are facing and why. Many Scots probably also believe that the Barnett formula is a subsidy when it's clearly not.