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until it lowers its corporation tax and sees a flood of corporate hqs relocate there (ala ireland)
Scotland take control of own taxes?
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until it lowers its corporation tax and sees a flood of corporate hqs relocate there (ala ireland)
Soldato
So the buisness parks at Dyce which was paid for by Shell/BP, the airport expansion (heliport) which was paid for by the oil companies.
Also the expansion of the road network in Aberdeen (which the council didn't take them up on the offer) and those are just the ones I know about, I am sure that they are many more situations where oil companies have paid for public services for their own gain which was then wasted by Aberdeen City Council.
KaHn
Soldato
Wikipedia isn't always accurate, but in this case I think you can pretty much trust what it says, given that there isn't any dispute about which country the islands belong to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_Islands#Scottish_rule
Ireland is in a right state now. Little countries, with real populations to look after, can never truly run with the big dogs on the international financial markets.
Don
Of course these were paid for by the various oil companies as they're the ones using it all, it's all privately owned.
That was merely speculation and rumour spread by the P&J and the like. The oil companies have been damning of the council and government as a whole in their lack of support for infrastructure.
The fact is Aberdeen Council has not recieved billions of pounds to spend on the things local councils spend their money on - building and maintaining roads, collecting bins, schools etc.
Soldato
Yes, but they are Unionists not Nationalists. It's the Unionists who have a lot to answer for.
Soldato
The road structure around dyce was also paid for by the oil companies there, which is public use.
And what proof do you have to dispute the P&J?
KaHn
Don
Yeah, because the roads in the industrial estates would be really useful without the oil industy. It's not any different to any large housing or commercial development where part of the plans the developer is expected to provide roads and other amenities. It certainly doesn't equate to giving the councils billions in cash.
Well the fact nothing actually happened? Even now the funding for the bypass doesn't include money from any oil company.
Hell NESTRANS can't can't even get funds out of them for subsidised busses from Dyce to Aberdeen for workers.
Soldato
Whats with all the small minded people. Why isnt everyone happy to be the UK, we are all better off together. Im so shocked people voted in that small minded bigot Salmond.
Caporegime
"Scottish people in democratic leadership election shocker!"
Why don't the snp get as bad name as the bnp, they both have similiar agrenda. Just against different people?
Caporegime
Can you give examples? Why don't you think they're amply represented?
Caporegime
No they don't.
Don
SNP have no racist agenda, their key agenda is to gain independence for Scotland, not the removal of people they don't like the look of. Indeed their immigration policy is based on letting people with the right skills in, even the English.
So, being bunch of imature idiot's who wont face facts, and treat people form a certain cast (english) means their not like the bnp??
Thats odd as when i saw one of their rallys "kick english out" was one of their chants?
Maybe it was a grp of muppets or a underlying apathy for rasism against others
Don
I think you should read into SNP policy, it's clear you don't have a clue what you are speaking about.
Don
If that's true, then yes it would have been a group of muppets and certainly has nothing to do with the SNP.