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Pass Budget to thwart Musk, Swinney urges MSPs
« on: January 07, 2025, 07:02:35 AM »
While the concentration on the Musk effect in the UK overall has been the 'grooming gangs',  in Scotland it is apparently an argument to pass the budget.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydn12e0ddo

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Re: Pass Budget to thwart Musk, Swinney urges MSPs
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2025, 09:51:11 AM »
Yes, I have to say that threatening people with a bogeyman so they do what you want is an excellent way to ru a democracy.

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Re: Pass Budget to thwart Musk, Swinney urges MSPs
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2025, 09:58:38 PM »
Yes, I have to say that threatening people with a bogeyman so they do what you want is an excellent way to ru a democracy.

/sarcasm.
Looks like it will pass because Labour in Scotland will abstain because it looks like it will pass anyway but they would vote for it if the SNP included a policy that Labour in the UK opposes in Westminster. Not so much policy as a a bunch of wankery.