Will you vote for independence?

[danny la rouge]

Robert Gordon Uni has now resigned from the CBI.

 

[danny la rouge]

It's just coming to light that the BBC is a member of the CBI and hasn't resigned! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27143426

 

[gosub]

Robert Gordon Uni has now resigned from the CBI.

so there is outside pressure then.

 

[danny la rouge]

so there is outside pressure then.

Or internal pressure. The bulletin didn't say.

 

[gosub]

Well they already put out a statement saying as much as they disagreed, they weren't leaving as had little to do with their reasons for being in CBI

 

[danny la rouge]

We've got Chomsky, Tariq Ali and me. Who have they got? Simon Cowell and the BBC. Are you fucking kidding me? We can take them any time.

 

[butchersapron]

Well they already put out a statement saying as much as they disagreed, they weren't leaving as had little to do with their reasons for being in CBI

So why did they leave then?

 

[equationgirl]

A large number of universities have now left the CBI:

• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• Highlands and Islands University
• Dundee University
• Aberdeen University
• Strathclyde University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Glasgow University
• Edinburgh University
• Robert Gordon University

There are currently 15 universities in Scotland, so this is 60% of the Universities in Scotland pulling out of the CBI.

With the BBC now suspending it's membership until after the referendum, this is quite a few of the large employers in Scotland.

 

[danny la rouge]

A large number of universities have now left the CBI:

• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• Highlands and Islands University
• Dundee University
• Aberdeen University
• Strathclyde University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Glasgow University
• Edinburgh University
• Robert Gordon University

There are currently 15 universities in Scotland, so this is 60% of the Universities in Scotland pulling out of the CBI.

With the BBC now suspending it's membership until after the referendum, this is quite a few of the large employers in Scotland.

I would like to know more about this "suspension". Does it include suspending payments? Does it include funds already paid being used by CBI to campaign for Better Together?

And will the BBC suspend membership next time it reports on a strike & gets the CBI to comment? And so on.

 

[DexterTCN]

The BBC statement starts...

In order to protect the BBC's neutrality...

 

[geminisnake]

The BBC statement starts...

Aye, right

 

[danny la rouge]

On WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 1998, CBI was claiming 1,800 members in Scotland.

 

[danny la rouge]

CBI have decided they don't want to be an official No campaign any more.

 

[Frankie Jack]

 

[Frankie Jack]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27159618

Scottish independence: CBI reverses referendum stance

 

[DotCommunist]

the shambles continue lol

 

[danny la rouge]

the shambles continue lol

It's beyond parody, isn't it?

 

[danny la rouge]

The BBC still needs to explain why it is a CBI member, and many other questions.

 

[DotCommunist]

a slow motion car crash ennit

beeb could get away with CBI membership on the grounds of its production arms though I'd have thought. The question over how that membership affects its supposedly nuetral stance on news and current affairs tho...

 

[equationgirl]

The BBC is not an impartial body whatever it tries to make out. It is the state broadcaster after all.

 

[DairyQueen]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... not a big issue Quartz - well, the CBI disagrees with you. We made a mistake, we meant to say "we don't have a stance on the independence referendum"....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27159618

Fantastic... keep it in the news for as long as possible.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Oops.

 

[Quartz]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... not a big issue Quartz - well, the CBI disagrees with you. We made a mistake, we meant to say "we don't have a stance on the independence referendum".

Ahem! I made no comment on the CBI's decision to take a stance. I commented on the import of those leaving because the CBI had taken a stance. There's a difference.

 

[butchersapron]

Ahem! I made no comment on the CBI's decision to take a stance. I commented on the import of those leaving because the CBI had taken a stance. There's a difference.

And the importance - or one part of it - is that they have forced the CBI into a credibility shredding backtrack by their actions. You read it wrong like you seem to read anything political wrong.

 

[DairyQueen]

What a bunch of total amateurs. Why even bother deregistering from the electoral commission? what good will that do?

 

[weepiper]

What a bunch of total amateurs. Why even bother deregistering from the electoral commission? what good will that do?

I don't really get this. It's not like their position hasn't been made totally clear already. What now for the BBC? Will they rejoin and pretend that they are neutral? The whole thing's a joke.

 

[equationgirl]

I don't really get this. It's not like their position hasn't been made totally clear already. What now for the BBC? Will they rejoin and pretend that they are neutral? The whole thing's a joke.

Yes, I expect they will.

 

[DairyQueen]

I doubt that. Why bother? CBI will be toxic for at least another year, another scandal like this soon will finish them.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Just spotted a pic on FB...



that caused me to google for this.

http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/briefings/water.html

A briefing paper prepared by UNISONScotland - Scotland's water industry union (see press release 12 Jan)

We believe Scotland's publicly owned water and sewerage services are at risk. The threats include:

• Opening up of the industry to competition
• Adoption of a weak regulatory regime
• Imposition of dangerous efficiency cuts
• Creeping privatisation of the industry through PFI

The Scottish Executive says it wants to safeguard the benefits of Scotland's public water and sewerage systems. Benefits like lower charges and accessibility help promote social inclusion, maintain public health, protect the environment and underpin economic development. Despite this the Scottish Executives support for competition will open up Scotland's water and sewerage system to private interests. This means English privatised water companies and their multinational backers.

Haud oan..

 

[Quartz]

Just spotted a pic on FB...

Just... no.