Scottish Politics / Independence - Vol 12
Discussion
EC2 said:
I guess they must have been told that the camper van is due back.
They want the camper van back so they can sell it. The offices were vacated because they could no longer afford the rent.The SNP are skint. No major benefactors to the party, and the typical extremist chippy Nationalist voters are not the giving type. Quite the opposite.
Also, the party has a lingering whiff of financial impropriety about it that the dragging out of Branchform is not helping.
Edited by Evercross on Wednesday 27th March 10:08
BBC News - Michael Matheson says he will not resign as MSP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
sherman said:
BBC News - Michael Matheson says he will not resign as MSP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
Another turd that Humza refuses to flush.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
Evercross said:
sherman said:
BBC News - Michael Matheson says he will not resign as MSP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
Another turd that Humza refuses to flush.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...
Choochoo here comes the gravy train.
Interesting article in the telegraph on Scotland's deficit.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/scotland-faces-f...
"Uncertainty surrounding oil and gas revenues means Scotland’s underlying public finances are far more volatile than those in the rest of the UK, the IFS said.
While Holyrood’s borrowing and revenues are managed through Westminster, this would pose a challenge should it become fiscally autonomous or independent.
David Phillips from the IFS said: “What this really means is that it would be very important to see substantial growth in the onshore economy if the Scottish government did not want to have to make quite substantial increases in tax rates or cuts in public spending.”
The analysis found that Scotland’s deficit will be £23bn in 2023-2024, equivalent to around £4,100 per person. In the rest of the UK, the shortfall between revenues and expenditure is around £1,650 per person.
The IFS highlighted that official forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility for North Sea income have been downgraded three times since November 2022, amid falling gas prices.
It comes after oil and gas brought in revenues of £10bn in 2022-23 and are projected to yield a further £5bn in 2023-24, far lower than initial forecasts of £15bn and £20bn respectively.
A combination of higher taxation and more stringent public spending will push down the deficit per person in the rest of the UK throughout the decade, while in Scotland it is barely expected to move, the IFS said.
The shortfall per Scot will have only marginally shrunk to £3,640 by 2028-29, while in the wider UK it is predicted to fall to £560 per person.
It means that the deficit will be £3,100 higher per head in Scotland, equivalent to an £18bn gap.
The IFS said: “Oil and gas revenues would need to amount to around £20bn per year in 2028–29 for Scotland’s net fiscal balance per person to match the UK’s.
“That would be more than four times more than what they are forecast to raise in the financial year that is about to end.”
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/scotland-faces-f...
"Uncertainty surrounding oil and gas revenues means Scotland’s underlying public finances are far more volatile than those in the rest of the UK, the IFS said.
While Holyrood’s borrowing and revenues are managed through Westminster, this would pose a challenge should it become fiscally autonomous or independent.
David Phillips from the IFS said: “What this really means is that it would be very important to see substantial growth in the onshore economy if the Scottish government did not want to have to make quite substantial increases in tax rates or cuts in public spending.”
The analysis found that Scotland’s deficit will be £23bn in 2023-2024, equivalent to around £4,100 per person. In the rest of the UK, the shortfall between revenues and expenditure is around £1,650 per person.
The IFS highlighted that official forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility for North Sea income have been downgraded three times since November 2022, amid falling gas prices.
It comes after oil and gas brought in revenues of £10bn in 2022-23 and are projected to yield a further £5bn in 2023-24, far lower than initial forecasts of £15bn and £20bn respectively.
A combination of higher taxation and more stringent public spending will push down the deficit per person in the rest of the UK throughout the decade, while in Scotland it is barely expected to move, the IFS said.
The shortfall per Scot will have only marginally shrunk to £3,640 by 2028-29, while in the wider UK it is predicted to fall to £560 per person.
It means that the deficit will be £3,100 higher per head in Scotland, equivalent to an £18bn gap.
The IFS said: “Oil and gas revenues would need to amount to around £20bn per year in 2028–29 for Scotland’s net fiscal balance per person to match the UK’s.
“That would be more than four times more than what they are forecast to raise in the financial year that is about to end.”
Composer62 said:
Because the present controls have worked so well. Selling up won't help many people. Students for example usually want to rent not buy. Even if they are lucky enough to have parents that could afford to buy there is the punitive second home tax.irc said:
Because the present controls have worked so well. Selling up won't help many people. Students for example usually want to rent not buy. Even if they are lucky enough to have parents that could afford to buy there is the punitive second home tax.
The Landlord legal angle just puts reasonable Landlords off. The crap ones continue to flout all previous legislation with little chance of prosecution.A little O/T perhaps but anyone reading the Herald's series on the Art School? Learnt a few new things, none of which change what I thought in 2014 and in 2018, that the building should be taken away from the art school as the board are bad custodians incapable of looking after the building while running what is a successful and world famous art school. A separate trust should be established to manage the reconstruction, operation and maintenance of the building with no common personnel with the art school board. It should be place of learning again but the school can be tenants, not the task they were found wanting at, being tenant and landlord.
Big Rod said:
cuprabob said:
jshell said:
Police Scotland on Twitter/X boasting about their new sniffer dogs trained to find hidden electronic devices.
They're taking this hate speech stuff really very seriously, but are becoming parodies of themselves!
https://x.com/PoliceScotland/status/17722723402958...
It makes Scot Squad look like a documentaryThey're taking this hate speech stuff really very seriously, but are becoming parodies of themselves!
https://x.com/PoliceScotland/status/17722723402958...
Nice to see Scotland catching up.
Janluke said:
I'm in the middle of bailing out, I've had 4 houses since 2004, all bought and paid for, always occupied, always had decent tenants and always been a good landlord, never skimped on repairs, kept the rent reasonable etc etc.
Over the last couple of years 2 tenants have moved on and I now holiday let those properties.
Come 1st of April I'm giving notice on the last two, selling one and passing the other onto my niece(no kids myself)
Checking out the landlords forums/FB groups etc I'm not alone
I've a few - NEVER raised a rent during the tenancy, only on change of tenant (which has been infrequent). Always done all repairs asked/reported. But one tenant gave notice (couple splitting-up) in November to leave in December. Then asked for an extension to January...but didn't pay the rent. Then just wouldn't get the hell out until 2 weeks ago...with no rent paid since December; and there's sod-all I could have done to get them out or pay the rent.. And left the place in a hell of a state; much more than the deposit would cover that I won't get back And all this new legislation isn't helping - things are so anti-landlord now that place will be up for sale as soon as I can get it cleaned (hopefully tomorrow). So that's one less rental property in Fife. And I've now decided as each tenant moves out, that property will be sold too. Might take years (or could just be months), but it's getting too much hassle and recent events have made it very clear to me how much the law is stacked against landlords.Over the last couple of years 2 tenants have moved on and I now holiday let those properties.
Come 1st of April I'm giving notice on the last two, selling one and passing the other onto my niece(no kids myself)
Checking out the landlords forums/FB groups etc I'm not alone
Olivera said:
Janluke said:
I'm in the middle of bailing out
Result!Or 'Result', another rental property on the open market for someone to buy? If the latter, all it means is fewer rental properties, and most areas already have a shortage. And while the rent caps apply within a rental term, all that will happen is between renters landlords put the rent up to what is now the new market rate based on diminishing supply. So the same number of people with fewer properties available to rent and at increasingly higher rents. So availability goes down and rents go up - Result.
tvrolet said:
Olivera said:
Janluke said:
I'm in the middle of bailing out
Result!Or 'Result', another rental property on the open market for someone to buy? If the latter, all it means is fewer rental properties, and most areas already have a shortage. And while the rent caps apply within a rental term, all that will happen is between renters landlords put the rent up to what is now the new market rate based on diminishing supply. So the same number of people with fewer properties available to rent and at increasingly higher rents. So availability goes down and rents go up - Result.
I'm about to become a landlord in the next couple of months. Looks like I'll be pricing it higher to factor this bs in and it's already well above average.
What's wrong with the pricks they can't see that sticking their noses in and putting their hands out means fewer rentals and higher rents? Precisely the opposite of what they want?
Reading one of those Telegraph articles and they want to stop evictions if there's a child taking exams, or if it might cause stress? Who dreams this s
t up?
What's wrong with the pricks they can't see that sticking their noses in and putting their hands out means fewer rentals and higher rents? Precisely the opposite of what they want?
Reading one of those Telegraph articles and they want to stop evictions if there's a child taking exams, or if it might cause stress? Who dreams this s
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