Will you vote for independence?

[geminisnake]

http://player.stv.tv/live/

May check for post code.

? You need to type in a postcode? DD11 1RA, it's a real address. If it goes by your ISP code I'd be faffed coz it's in Yorkshire

 

[74drew]

This is working again should all else fail

http://zattoo.com/watch/stv

 

[JTG]

Why do you think that? What reforms?

All I can see is a load of non-tory seats fucking off, which only serves to make the tory majority more secure.

What Tory majority?

 

[74drew]

Ruth Davidson just told us that if we give up the nukes we'll end up like Ukraine

 

[tommers]

What Tory majority?

Good point.

 

[DexterTCN]

This little hippy is doing very well.

To be fair he's only up against a tory though.

 

[DexterTCN]

"Patrick, I want to stay in you...er.. the EU'

 

[JTG]

Good point.

Seriously though, the numbers have been done to death, Scotland barely makes any difference to the govt we end up with. And it's kind of up to the English to effect change in England

 

[DotCommunist]

strong anti war stuff from the baldy there

 

[DotCommunist]

scottish adverts. This is novelty to me.

 

[DotCommunist]

oh look its big dogie, definitely not a home flipper but certainly spent thirty grand of ours tarting up one of his gaffs. Fuck off douglas.

spent more than £30,000 doing up his constituency home – which then suffered damage in a house fire. Claimed the cost of hiring a “media trainer” on his office expenses. Spent taxpayers’ money on advertising at football and rugby league matches.

 

[DexterTCN]

Tory "We want devolution to develop."

 

[74drew]

Devolution of the Work Programme ffs

 

[DotCommunist]

oh god more currency chat

 

[DotCommunist]

yeah theres never been a border between scotland and england.

 

[DotCommunist]

this debate seems a deal more restrained than the previous two. Darling and Salmond were hammer and tongs. At it like knives.

 

[weltweit]

this debate seems a deal more restrained than the previous two. Darling and Salmond were hammer and tongs. At it like knives.

Probably because this lot are in comfortable armchairs!!

 

[74drew]

Not heard an awful lot from Elaine yet though.

 

[DairyQueen]

Why do you think that? What reforms?

All I can see is a load of non-tory seats fucking off, which only serves to make the tory majority more secure.

Nah, New Labour are the same as the Tories these days. So, it is not really all that different if the Tories or Labour get in. Something would have to change down south, it would be such a massive vote of no confidence, I would be surprised if Westminster did nothing.

 

[74drew]

Do we get a snap poll tonight to decide for us who won? or is that just reserved for 'leaders'?

 

[weltweit]

Do we get a snap poll tonight to decide for us who won? or is that just reserved for 'leaders'?

They did say there was going to be a debate after the debate after the news.

 

[74drew]

They did say there was going to be a debate after the debate after the news.

a debate after the debate? why not, it is a Tuesday night.

 

[74drew]

I thought there was something up about a few of the audience questions tonight. A lot of them were very confident on camera.

 

[tommers]

Nah, New Labour are the same as the Tories these days. So, it is not really all that different if the Tories or Labour get in. Something would have to change down south, it would be such a massive vote of no confidence, I would be surprised if Westminster did nothing.

Yeah, fair point. I don't think they're quite the tories but they're not far off. I just can't see what would happen to make a change.

 

[weltweit]

Don't really want to hear what the moderator thinks, fuck that..

 

[DairyQueen]

Do we get a snap poll tonight to decide for us who won? or is that just reserved for 'leaders'?

These debates are not really publicised.

 

[8ball]

Didn't know about the proposed cut in corporation tax...

 

[DairyQueen]

Aye, SNP like the idea of following the Irish model (encouraging economic growth, particularly in Glasgow and the west by reducing corporation tax). All this huffing and puffing... Very large companies might be said to get paid to set up branches and the like in the UK these days.

Would like to have seen what Harvie's take on it was. What I hope to see is some nationalisations of key industries, particularly Royal Mail and woould love to see nationalisation of energy and railways on the horizon.

 

[8ball]

Aye, SNP like the idea of following the Irish model (encouraging economic growth, particularly in Glasgow and the west by reducing corporation tax). All this huffing and puffing... Very large companies might be said to get paid to set up branches and the like in the UK these days.
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Not sure what you mean -are you saying it's not an issue since the big boys dodge it anyway?

 

[DairyQueen]

Not sure what you mean -are you saying it's not an issue since the big boys dodge it anyway?

No, I am not even talking about that. Say Google wanted to build a massive research complex just south of Glasgow. The Scottish Government (and/or UK government in England) would/might pay for their building, and maybe even build roads to their complex. That sort of stuff has been happening since the 1980s. The whole Silicon Valley operated on that basis in its early years. A lot of companies would (and still do) get paid a small fortune to set up big operations in places like Scotland (and anywhere else outside of London). Labour basically bailed out car manufacturers in the Midlands ahead of the 2010 General Election. For Douglas Alexander or whichever other Labour MP to bang on about corporation tax is a bit silly when this is going on.