Waste? £692 million

[Sparx]

You lot moaning about congestion, you dont know anything till you spend a week in London

 

[old.user4556]

Blah blah, London.

BBC News Online | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | M8 named as worst commuter route

 

[Sparx]

M8 is terrible, Edinburgh is horrible too

I find Edinburgh is really badly signposted when you drive its basically "Glasgow that way ->" and you go for miles then start to worry as there hasnt been any sign, all of a sudden theres a go right
Glasgow isnt as bad as its all a grid so its far easier

 

[Sparx]

Blah blah, London.

BBC News Online | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | M8 named as worst commuter route

Thats also '07 there isnt a road in London anymore that doesnt have road works it feels

 

[old.user4556]

May be 2007, but its still relevant regarding the M74 extension which was to remedy this woeful gridlock.

 

[DaGaffer]

Scottish roads and motorways are my gig, I've read up on them a lot over the years.

Wow, the winter nights must fly by in your house.

 

[old.user4556]

It was because I wanted to do civil engineering, but made the massive mistake of following a career in IT instead.

 

[cHodAX]

M8 is terrible, Edinburgh is horrible too

I find Edinburgh is really badly signposted when you drive its basically "Glasgow that way ->" and you go for miles then start to worry as there hasnt been any sign, all of a sudden theres a go right
Glasgow isnt as bad as its all a grid so its far easier

Yep Edinburgh is an utter ballache and the new tram system they are building has made it 50 times worse.

 

[old.user4556]

The tram fiasco makes grown men weep.

Edinburgh had a proposed ring road but again the shortbread tin tartan lovers won over common sense.

Paulzies Photo Gallery - Road Plans/Edinburgh Inner Ring Road

 

[Tom]

And you lot want self-rule. lol.

 

[Deebs]

And you lot want self-rule. lol.

If it reduces my tax or improves country of England then let them self rule.

 

[old.user4556]

And you lot want self-rule. lol.

Nope.

If it reduces my tax or improves country of England then let them self rule.

I genuinely laughed out loud at this, it's gonna take a lot more than that to sort 'England' out. You need to look much closer to home instead of a small fraction of the population north of the border.

 

[Deebs]

Nope.



I genuinely laughed out loud at this, it's gonna take a lot more than that to sort 'England' out. You need to look much closer to home instead of a small fraction of the population north of the border.

Just to be clear, how much does the government give to Scotland each year??

 

[MYstIC G]

Too fucking much
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[old.user4556]

Just to be clear, how much does the government give to Scotland each year??

I don't know; so many economical, financial and tax experts on these forums I'm sure someone can oblige with a breakdown of figures.

Too fucking much
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Dry your eyes.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Nuke London and the Scottish and the rest of the UK will die, starving and confused.

You need us buddy.

 

[old.user4556]

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from it.

Edit: still waiting on the figures.

 

[Wij]

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from it.

Edit: still waiting on the figures.

Well look up the Barnett Formula but as a quickie:

http://blog.wonkosworld.co.uk/2005/12/english-subsidy-to-scotland-hits.html

...and that was before England bailed out two large Scottish banks that you may have heard of

 

[MYstIC G]

That'd make a more convincing read if they'd not misspelt "insolvent" at the end.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

This thread awesome for proving why internet users should not be allowed to govern anything other than their own bowel movements

 

[old.user4556]

Well look up the Barnett Formula but as a quickie:

http://blog.wonkosworld.co.uk/2005/12/english-subsidy-to-scotland-hits.html

...and that was before England bailed out two large Scottish banks that you may have heard of

RBS I can understand, but HBOS? Are you having a LAWL Wij? The irresponsible mortgage lending came from the Halifax and Hornby, not BoS! This is why old school BoS colleagues are absolutely seething with rage at the merger in back in 2001.