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BLEAK FUTURES
Labour has attacked plans by the SNP to set up a new Scottish Futures Trust to help build schools and hospitals. The Trust is being proposed by the Nationalists as an alternative to Public-Private Partnerships. The SNP claim it would ensure no public
cash ends up as private profit.

But universities, local authority chiefs and finance experts have said that questions remain over whether the Trust can work and have warned it could end up costing the public purse more.

Labour finance spokesman Andy Kerr said: "It's a case of dumb and dumber – first we had the Local Income Tax, now we have the Scottish Futures Trust. It seems the SNP's plans for an alternative to PPP are officially dead in the water."

Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "The Scottish Futures Trust will deliver a better deal for taxpayers and everyone in Scotland than costly PFI."

SWINNEY ON ATTACK

SNP ministers yesterday attacked Gordon Brown's plans to scrap the 10p income tax rate, claiming it would leave more than half a million households in Scotland worse off.

Finance Secretary John Swinney wrote to Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper calling on her to explain how the change could be reconciled with cutting poverty. At the SNP conference, delegates passed a resolution calling for abolition of the 10p tax rate to be scrapped. The party's MPs said they would join with Labour rebels and the Tories to vote for such a reversal.

HOME FRONT

SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon laid out plans yesterday to build 35,000 new council homes by the middle of the next decade. Ministers will offer £25m to councils in a bid to encourage them to build a new generation of homes.





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  • Last Updated: 19 April 2008 6:54 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Scottish National Party
 
1

MtnKat,

20/04/2008 00:48:05
Conference news??????????
2

,

20/04/2008 00:48:13
Comment Removed By Administrator
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3

Jackie Priest,

20/04/2008 00:50:14
SNP Conference News

Bleak Futures

"Labour has attacked plans by the SNP...."


Conference news?
4

subrosa,

20/04/2008 00:56:35
What's Andy Kerr doing at the SNP conference? Testing the water? Don't bother Andy - you don't have the necessary ability to be part of the government these days.
5

Senga Jean,

Scotland 20/04/2008 00:59:02
#2 Your disgusting comment diminishes you but also enhances those you insult. Why? Because if that is the sum of your insult they must be doing a damn fine job for Scotland.
6

Stepford Nat,

Hamish McSporran's tartant bothy, Aviemore 20/04/2008 01:14:37
Just back from the hotel bar (v. expensive)
Bacardi breezers 4(vg)
Cigs 14 (not so good, especially the hand rolled ones)

Good news is that I don't need to go to the tanning salon, as I got a great colour from when Alex mooned us. What a source of renewable energy! We're so lucky he's immortal.

www.snp.org - there can be only one!
7

Hen Mc Stoorie,

Port William 20/04/2008 01:24:34
2 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU HAVE USED MY NAME
NOW F*CKIN STOP IT!!!
8

Senga Jean,

Scotland 20/04/2008 01:27:09
5 Me

Bum, I said damn!
9

Hen Mc Stoorie,

Port William 20/04/2008 01:29:20
5 SENGA JEAN I Have just reported this to SOS
The person at 2 is not the real Hen
Sorry, but I hate it when people do that.
10

Senga Jean,

Scotland 20/04/2008 01:31:16
9 Hen

Thank you. I hate it too
11

A Better Way,

Edinburgh 20/04/2008 01:33:30
Firstly where is the poll that SOS promised last week. We have to assume that the Editor has done a Mugabe. Doesnt like the result, so they refuse to release them.

Secondly Hen Mcstoorie, I certainly hope you are not a spokesman for your hometown. Your knuckles are bleeding from dragging them along the ground. For Christs sake get a grip ya halfwit.

Thirdly I take it the Hootsman is making a statement on their extreme hatred of the Scottish Democratic System with their non coverage of the SNP. Or are they combining that hatred with an attempt to get more rants and hits on their Website. Might be time to shun certain articles in this poor excuse for fair balanced journalism. Guess this type of action by a right wing rag, is not much different to Pravda. The voice of London may be a more appropriate title.

Keep up the good work. Everytime you take this biased direction, the more Scots want Independance.
12

,

20/04/2008 01:33:31
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13

Hen Mc.Stoorie,

Port William 20/04/2008 01:49:45
11 A Better way

Sorry - it was someone else. I don't care whether she does.

14

Matt there,

somewhere 20/04/2008 01:56:40
Why did you start SNP conference news with a partly intelligent statement from the Labour Party?

By design or by a stupid mistake?

Look, your not doing yourself any favours.
15

Jackie Priest,

20/04/2008 02:06:01
Nothing about bottoms, then?
16

Hen Mc Stoorie,

Port William 20/04/2008 02:13:37
11 BETTER WAY

IM SORRY ABOUT THIS BUT THE 'HALFWIT' IS SOMEBODY USING MY NAME. AS I SAID TO JEAN, I HAVE REPORTED COMMENTS 2-12-13 TO SOS BUT THEY SEEMED TO HAVE IGNORED ME.
AGAIN....SORRY


SNP.ORG.....YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE
17

Hen Mc.Stoorie,

Port William 20/04/2008 02:23:04
11 BETTER WAY

IM SORRY ABOUT THIS BUT MY KEYBORED IS BROKE 2. SOS MUST HATE ME, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT

SNP.ORG.....YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE
18

Senga Jean,

20/04/2008 02:27:36
11 A Better Way

I don't know who to believe
19

Jackie Priest,

20/04/2008 02:47:40
#15 isn't me.
20

Bob10,

20/04/2008 04:39:22
2. 12. 13. Hen McStoorie.

What a sad life you must lead.
21

Scotindy,

Los Angeles 20/04/2008 05:36:52
SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE.
22

donald,

glasgow 20/04/2008 07:29:21
Some "news" report!
23

Auld Twa,

Edinburgh 20/04/2008 08:23:47
Hear that the poll has not been published this week either.
This will be our first Sunday without the SoS and we will not be buying it again until the full results of the poll are published.
If more people feel strongly enough about this maybe we can influence the editor.
24

Tynietiger,

20/04/2008 08:32:51
Auld Twa

They are sending results to Mr Mugabe to verify before publishing.
25

karinxxx,

20/04/2008 08:34:57
auld twa the results are not being published because too many people supported independence. In fact the editor sent an email to some people confirming this was the reason.

The sos had tried to set up the poll so that only labour supporters replied but the snp supporters heard about the poll and also took part. So the SOS refused to publish for that reason.
26

brownlie,

20/04/2008 08:40:41
25 Karin

You must realise that us unionists thrive on negativity, aided and abetted by the S on S. Why else would they quote the high priest of negativity in Andy Kerr. Although I feel that he should not have referred to himself and Wendy as "dumb and dumber" the negativity still shone through.
27

Suomi,

Salo;Finland 20/04/2008 08:47:53
A regular problem with articles in the Scotsman,is that the heading does not match the content.This article is yet another example.Where is the SNP conference news that we are promised and when will thejournalism get more professional?
28

Anne, Glasgow,

20/04/2008 08:48:39
An extremely biased piece of writing on behalf of a Unionist writer. First of all, he should have explained the SNP's policy, then did an analysis and then add counterarguements. The Labour party or a three year old could have written this.
29

Bob Christie,

20/04/2008 09:16:04
By what stretch of the imagination is the drivel in the article above Conference News ?

By not being attributed, the article has NO credibility whatsover.
30

puskas,

East kilbride 20/04/2008 09:22:49
BBC .. Show the the Conference on their website along with a Q/A session with First Minister Alex Salmond.. First class and very professional debate. Sturgeon's speach is well worth a listen. Infact the whole of it is good and very interesting...

As for Kerr ... walking about EK talking to himself nowadays ... True/fact.
31

Queen D,

Glasgow 20/04/2008 10:06:01
SCOTSMAN YOU WON'T PUBLISH THE POLL BECAUSE IT PUTS INDEPENDENCE AT A HIGH PERCENTAGE NO?
THEN PUBLISH TH SO CALLED E-MAIL THAT EXHORTS SNP ACTIVISTS TO HIT THE POLL AND SKEW THE RESULTS>
OTHERWISE YOUR CREDIBILITY IS SHOT>
BAD REPORTING BY THE WAY . AGAIN!
32

McX,

20/04/2008 10:08:15
'SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon laid out plans yesterday to build 35,000 new council homes by the middle of the next decade. Ministers will offer £25m to councils in a bid to encourage them to build a new generation of homes.'

Err doesn't this deserve a bit more attention?

Appalling to sub head an article 'SNP Conference news' and start it with a Labour attack. Can we expect similar attacks, with the Lib Dems attacking the Tories at their next conference.
33

Queen D,

Glasgow 20/04/2008 10:08:43
I see Jackie Baillie is at it in Atticus of the Times, not to mention the Hyul woman , wife of well known SNP supporter Allan Cochrane.
Sadly it is impossible to respond to Ms Hyul.
34

sheena,

Menstrie 20/04/2008 11:45:59
Is this it? Is this all they have to say about the conference of the party of government?

I was there yesterday and believe me the 'joint was jumping'. Announcements of promises fulfilled and initiatives launched fell thick and fast. Nicola was brilliant, absolutly sparkling.

Highlight of the day for me was the 20 minute 'stand-up' routine from Alec Salmond at the donors reception, which had people ROFL! Did no one from SOS mange to sneak in?
35

Hadrian,

Tillicoultry 20/04/2008 13:40:07
http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/04/17/news/doc4806a143ed749720892427.txt

If this link works, it shows that in the States, even a county can get home rule.!!

Why can't we..??
36

Vivas,

Edinburgh 20/04/2008 16:11:40
It's exactly the kind of pesh-poor coverage of the SNP conference that I would expect from a pesh-poor paper with pesh-poor journalists.
37

bully wee alba,

Edinburgh 20/04/2008 19:22:06
From the Timesonline 20/04/08

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES, the master of the Queen's music, has called for the break-up of the United Kingdom, claiming that Scotland would flourish as an independent state.

Maxwell Davies, who was appointed the Queen's official composer in 2004 and lives in Orkney, said an independent Scotland would prosper in the same way as Norway because it would receive its “fair share” of North Sea oil revenue.

The 73-year-old said he also trusted Alex Salmond, the first minister, not to drag an independent Scotland into military conflicts such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, which he described as “the worst foreign policy moves since the crusades”.

Politicians have criticised Maxwell Davies's intervention in the debate, claiming that he has abused his position as a member of the royal household and should have remained politically neutral.

While the SNP has said the Queen would remain monarch of an independent Scotland, Maxwell Davies's comments are likely to embarrass the sovereign. His post is the musical equivalent of the poet laureate.

The musician, who is widely regarded as Britain's greatest living composer, said that proposals by unionist parties to devolve further powers to Scotland did not go far enough.

His remarks were made in response to the launch by The Sunday Times of a debate on Scotland's political future.

“It [independence] would help enormously - and let's face it: the oil industry has not benefited Scotland as much as it might have done,” he said.

“When you look at Norway, which has done very well for itself as an independent country, and you look at Scotland you see there is quite a contrast.

“Scotland has had a very similar experience with oil, but not much of the benefit that Norway has had. A great deal more of the money would have come to Scotland if it were independent.”

Oil is the basis of Norway's economy and each year the country sets aside a portion of revenue for future years
38

bully wee alba,

Edinburgh 20/04/2008 19:24:12
This appears to be a complete volte face by an individual who publicly backed the Union at the May 2007 election.

Curiously, his previous stance did not appear to attract any criticism from those who now display their outrage at him not seeming to be politically neutral.

Perhaps in their minds political neutrality is synonymous with support for the status quo?

Nonetheless, every convert to the cause of Scottish autonomy gained from past supporters of the dead hand of cringing unionist dependence is to be welcomed.

Sir Peter may now feel disposed towards composing an orchestral “Scottish Jig”, to which Westminster will be required to dance to.

39

Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves ,

20/04/2008 19:27:47
#36 "pesh-poor"?

Speak English you idiot.
40

Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves ,

20/04/2008 19:31:48
#37 and your point is?

Who gives a monkeys what some musician from the Orkneys thinks?
41

Senga Jean,

20/04/2008 21:19:32
C'mon, someone must know whether Nicola takes it up the ***, and how well she walks in those lovely shoes despite it
42

Stepford Nat,

Perth 20/04/2008 21:43:12
So it was in Edinburgh! Who were those men I met in Aviemore?
43

Jackie Priest,

20/04/2008 22:12:24
It appears that the Scotsman has really outdone itself this time, and I hope they pay heed to responses on this thread.

To imply that this is meant to be an article about the SNP conference and then go off on whatever tanget you're going off on is about the worst piece of propaganda I've seen yet from scotmand.com.

This is really terrible. So terrible that it cannot be put into words.

What the hell are you playing at? What the hell do you think we are? Who the hell do you thnk you are?

If you say you're giving us SNP Conference News, then give us SNP Conference News. This is a pathetic piece of self-serving claptrap that, as news, is perfectly meaningless.

The Scotsman is almost like some kind of unionist fanzine these days, like some kind of pamphlet you'd get handed out to you from some fringe element at some greater gathering of political entities.

It's embarrassing. Just embarrassing. No more or less than that.
44

Jackie Priest,

20/04/2008 23:04:40
And another thing - I have an itchy rash in my underpant region
45

Andrew BOD,

Aberdeen/shire 20/04/2008 23:51:26
Crap journalism again. There's nothing more to say. I'm off to the Herald.

 

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