QED - you never read anything that doesn't suit you do you? As documented above, that is not true.

There was also never any question of that not being adopted across the whole UK - as indeed it was. Therefore the implication that Scotland was used as a guinea pig to test it out is just wrong.

Of course you knew all that, but it suits your cause to try & paint a conservative government as "Evil baby eating tories".

Pathetic.

...and the Scottish government gets its money from ??

Perhaps you do lose out somewhere else. Damned if anyone else can see where though.

What part is not true? It was most certainly applied to Scotland a year early!! Why, oh omniscient one, did this happen? You'll argue blue in the face that the Tories past and present are all sunshine and light. I'm afaid, whether you like it or not, few in Scotland will ever buy that...

As already explained above its a myth that Scotland was used as some kind of "test bed" for that.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/david_torrance_modern...

Other than this myth - what else have the Tories (or indeed any other UK gov't) ever specifically done to Scotland that has treated it any any way differently or detrimentally to the rest of the UK.

I have never seen anyone come up with anything specific on this.

You are not "hard done by" in comparison to the rest of the UK in any way shape or form (and never have been).

You have been treated exactly the same as the rest of the UK (some might argue better) - THAT is the point.

As to what the Tories have ever done - in case you hadn't noticed, they are currently clearing up yet another Labour Government's mess

Well i ain't a tory fanboy, far from it.

I find them a bit too nice and soft

That asides

Poll tax = So what a different tax system came into scotland a year early i though it was a better system anyway and it was how long ago? So lets ignore it.

Coal mining = Thanks the unions and cheaper coal abroad from shutting that down and that was how long ago? So lets ignore it.


More recently the labour party with winky at the cash register brought in the North sea windfall tax which stopped the north sea exploration for almost 3 years. i remember this as i almost lost my job because of it.

The labour party absolutely covered the highlands in fking windmills, ignored farming and banned fox hunting as they hate the countryside

The labour party banned the use of red diesel in pleasure boats and where is the best are in the whole of the UK for pleasure boats. Oh yeah the west coast of scotland


This week the EVIL tory party dropped the duty by 5 pence a litre for the western and northern isles of scotland

Why would they do this if they hate Scotland?

You won't answer this as it doesn't fit in with your twisted world view.

You sound like some tin foil hat wearing labour loving idiot

I certainly don't love labour!!

Hmmm, I wonder if the fuel duty issue was slightly 'political' rather than good natured?

Your attempts at winning an 'argument' with rhetoric like that are quite laughable.

The point is, justified or not, people up here remember the Poll Tax. People up hear still speak about The Clearances like it was last year so things the Tories are perceived to have done will not be forgotten in a hurry!

And, I ask again, were we retreated EXACTLY the same as the rest of the UK?

OK, you are so crass & petty that I need to reword that - just for you.

"You have been treated exactly the same as the rest of the UK in every substantive way (some might argue better) - THAT is the point."

You can not put a cigarette paper between the way the Scots have been treated in relation to anyone else in the UK. You pay the same taxes as the rest of us etc etc etc,

Anyone would think you all got sent to bed early on the weekends FFS !

Clearances? Really? That's relevant today?

The poll tax is relevant today?

What planet are you on?

And who are you spitting bile at about that? Ah yes, "the Auld enemy"

Again more selective thinking! I am not speaking about my views necessarily but how many people up here think. Whether you like to believe that or not, it is a factor! The legacy of the Tories in the perception of many Scots is not very positive.

But still, are you saying, that Scotland was treated EXACTLY the same as the rest of the UK in terms of the poll tax? Simple yes or no will suffice...