Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 7

[technodup]

Edinburger said:

technodup said:

Edinburger said:

I sometimes see MPs and MSPs in the BA lounge and that's absolutely right. The costs published there seem good value to me. Total non-story.

bks. Give her an annual pass for the overnight Megabus.

Then you'd complain she's unproductive.

Not at all. As someone who definitely needs her beauty sleep it's far more productive that she travels whilst getting it.

Plus it will be dark, so nobody else has to suffer looking at (or listening to) her. Win win.

Edited by technodup on Tuesday 27th September 08:41

[Edinburger]

technodup said:

Edinburger said:

technodup said:

Edinburger said:

I sometimes see MPs and MSPs in the BA lounge and that's absolutely right. The costs published there seem good value to me. Total non-story.

bks. Give her an annual pass for the overnight Megabus.

Then you'd complain she's unproductive.

Not at all. As someone who definitely needs her beauty sleep it's far more productive that she travels whilst getting it.

Plus it will be dark, so nobody else has to suffer looking at (or listening to) her. Win win.

Edited by technodup on Tuesday 27th September 08:41

Can you sleep on the MegaBus?!

I assumed it was a tightly packed unpleasant experience. Designed for students and vagrants.

[Cobnapint]

Edinburger said:

Cobnapint said:

So after declaring they're against Trident and Faslane, yet still want to be members of a nuclear equipped NATO, and constantly craving separation from Westminster but still being happy to be ruled from Brussels, the latest news from the land of the Scottish Hypocrisy Party is the first delivery of US shale gas to a country which has banned fracking.


First US shale gas arrives at Ineos plant in Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37474396

What's your point, caller?

It's a bit like the World Wildlife Fund allowing ivory trinkets to be sold in it's gift shops.

I know you don't see it.

[Edinburger]

Cobnapint said:

Edinburger said:

Cobnapint said:

So after declaring they're against Trident and Faslane, yet still want to be members of a nuclear equipped NATO, and constantly craving separation from Westminster but still being happy to be ruled from Brussels, the latest news from the land of the Scottish Hypocrisy Party is the first delivery of US shale gas to a country which has banned fracking.


First US shale gas arrives at Ineos plant in Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37474396

What's your point, caller?

It's a bit like the World Wildlife Fund allowing ivory trinkets to be sold in it's gift shops.

I know you don't see it.

Hardly!

[Edinburger]

Did I miss an email from PistonHeads suggesting people start partially quoting posts to get one over the original poster?! Jeez!

[malks222]

Edinburger said:

What's your point, caller?

Let's not forget the Grangemouth plant supplies power to England too. It's US shale gas.

also the shale gas (ethane) is actually being used by the manufacturing side of the business to make plastics not to generate electricity to supply the grid

[Welshbeef]

Edinburger said:

Did I miss an email from PistonHeads suggesting people start partially quoting posts to get one over the original poster?! Jeez!

I think you got it a few years ago - or at least choosing which part to answer.

[A.J.M]

Our beloved first minister cares so much for the people of Scotland, she has fled her rat infested office and left no forwarding address so they can contact her.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/714615/Nicola-Stu...


Wonder if she used her austerity copter to fly away from it all...

I like the line, "If she can't sort out this one square mile area, what chance has she got with the whole of Scotland?"

Sums up her and her shambolic party.

[Cobnapint]

Edinburger said:

Did I miss an email from PistonHeads suggesting people start partially quoting posts to get one over the original poster?! Jeez!

What has the fact that Grangemouth supplies power to the grid which extends into England (who haven't banned fracking) have anything to do with the SNPs stance on allowing another country's shale gas into Scotland when it is so opposed to it's extraction, for various reasons, on it's own soil?

[Edinburger]

Welshbeef said:

Edinburger said:

Did I miss an email from PistonHeads suggesting people start partially quoting posts to get one over the original poster?! Jeez!

I think you got it a few years ago - or at least choosing which part to answer.

Good effort

If I ever have selectively answered, that's better than making stuff or lying or taking everything read as gospel.

[FN2TypeR]

Edinburger said:

technodup said:

Edinburger said:

I sometimes see MPs and MSPs in the BA lounge and that's absolutely right. The costs published there seem good value to me. Total non-story.

bks. Give her an annual pass for the overnight Megabus.

Then you'd complain she's unproductive.

We're doing that anyway.

[technodup]

Edinburger said:

Can you sleep on the MegaBus?!

I assumed it was a tightly packed unpleasant experience. Designed for students and vagrants.

Should suit her down to the ground then.

Jakey wee boot.

[AstonZagato]

For once, I agree with 'burger. I don't see how one can fly "business" from Scotland. BA doesn't offer business fares to Edinburgh to my knowledge.

This looks like a categorisation issue - the total fare amount (business and economy) stays roughly the same (economy down, business up).

[FN2TypeR]

Enjoy!

[Nick Grant]

Edinburger said:

Good effort

If I ever have selectively answered, that's better than making stuff or lying or taking everything read as gospel.

Edinburger said:

I have selectively answered, making stuff up, lying, taking everything read as gospel.

[swisstoni]

"Full Refund If You Cancel"

Hmmmm.

[FN2TypeR]

It's cheaper to not take it

The lounges at Edinburgh and London City must be pretty bloody swanky, alas, I have never been in either.

[tvrolet]

Edinburger said:

Another non-story. There is no business class option on domestic flights (as tvrolet said).

I fly to London City most weeks to and MPs fly into Heathrow or occasionally City.

BA offer domestic class with/without baggage and flexible tickets. That's your lot and she'd find it more economical in the long run to get a flexible ticket. FlyBe offer a similar proposition, but I avoid them like the plague.

I sometimes see MPs and MSPs in the BA lounge and that's absolutely right. The costs published there seem good value to me. Total non-story.

No, that's not what I said. I said there was no difference in the service on board or seating between business class and economy on a domestic flight, but there most certainly is a business class FARE and an economy fare. It buys you lounge access, pre-boarding and more Avios and tier points. And if you had achieved a Silver level in the exec club then you get the lounge access and pre boarding on an economy ticket. So the cynic in me says it's basically buying you more Avois (freebies)...so the opportunity for free fares for private travel comes quicker with someone else paying.

My return flight next Monday to Heathrow on BA was only booked yesterday, and cost £214. And it would have been cheaper if I booked earlier, or flew on Sunday night. So an AVERAGE of £342 per flight isn't a good deal at all. Someone somewhere isn't booking and choosing the 'Lowest price (earning reduced Tier points)' option like everyone else who pays their own fares does.

[Gecko1978]

So the SNP "Hag Troll" is using the ba lounge and getting a flexible ticket...hmmm I wonder if others who make the journey often at theit firms expense have the same choice or do they fly economy. In grand scheme of things it's not much but seems a bit of a waste when it's a 50 min flight and frankly one seat is much like amother. More telling is the fact miss black basically does f all for her constituanets but hey it takes a moron to elect one

[GreigM]

Gecko1978 said:

So the SNP "Hag Troll" is using the ba lounge and getting a flexible ticket...hmmm I wonder if others who make the journey often at theit firms expense have the same choice or do they fly economy. In grand scheme of things it's not much but seems a bit of a waste when it's a 50 min flight and frankly one seat is much like amother. More telling is the fact miss black basically does f all for her constituanets but hey it takes a moron to elect one

I think this is being massively overblown - the "business" ticket is fully flexible and cancellable. I travel a lot on business and always buy a flexible/cancellable ticket as we frequently change flights and works out more cost effective this way. I would imagine the life of an MP demands changing plans on a frequent basis, hence the necessity for flexible tickets. There is plenty that the SNP do wrong, we don't need to focus on trivia like this.

In general, the SNP landslide on the back of a single issue has been extremely damaging to the political landscape in Scotland. There were a lot of seasoned, experienced politicians who were cast aside by their constituencies to be replaced by SNP newbies with a single aim and no real interest in the communities they are supposed to serve. While I disagreed with a lot of their party politics, a lot of these MPs did extensive work in their communities, and this work will be sorely missed.