Re: Benefit sanctions yellow card scheme.
Originally Posted by
Moscow
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I think there is some change in the Scottish mindset as time distances us from the Thatcher years and the SNP's 10 year stint in office hasn't materially changed life for the better for most Scots.
Giving away a few freebies, such as prescriptions and tuition fees, which disproportionately help the middle classes is hardly revolutionary.
The Scottish political elite are very controlling and paternalistic and to an non conformist such as I, that is suffocating.
My message to the SNP is fix the potholes, train more nurses and stop trying to micro manage my life or claiming to speak for 'Scotland'!
The impression I get is that the SNP are interested only in Scotland rather than the whole of the UK. Perhaps that's natural, but I'm sure they'd much rather that Scotland was an independent country.
Yet in the last independence referendum, the majority of Scots voted to remain in the Union.
Presumably, these are the same people.
It would be nice if we could all regard ourselves as one single country: the UK, and all pulled together for the common good.
Yes, I admit that I joke about Southerners and Lankies, but my real feelings are that all British people should be treated equally and, ideally, get along with each other.