Toepoke Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 According to the Sunday Express anyway... http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/654010/Scotland-survey-voters-remain-UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Aye saw that today, had to laugh, All polling has an error of + /- 3% so no move at all then.... Exactly the same as 18th Sept. and the only one to show a small drop... Hey ho, it keeps the Yoons Happy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 16 minutes ago, stocky said: Hey ho, it keeps the Yoons Happy... Yoons is the word reading the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm still waiting to see the results of the alzheimers cure they headlined about 5 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) Didn't the Express once claim that Diana Windsor's ghost haunts a church in Govan ? Edited March 20, 2016 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 11 hours ago, antidote said: I'm still waiting to see the results of the alzheimers cure they headlined about 5 years ago. Mibbie they've forgot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 http://scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/bungling-sunday-express-left-red-faced.html Didn't take long for the lies of the Sunday Express to be skewered. There headline should read "Support for independence soars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 As usual the Sunday express embarrassed themselves. http://scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/bungling-sunday-express-left-red-faced.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Just shows how little attention to detail is paid by the likes of the Express and the Mail in rushing to publish anti-SNP / independence front page headlines. Like this one from last week, what looks like an attack on the middle classes from the SNP actually amounts to 2% of Scots paying an extra £8 a week... http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-new-middle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Toepoke said: Just shows how little attention to detail is paid by the likes of the Express and the Mail in rushing to publish anti-SNP / independence front page headlines. Like this one from last week, what looks like an attack on the middle classes from the SNP actually amounts to 2% of Scots paying an extra £8 a week... http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-new-middle/ Speaking as one of the 2% it's balls and will result in the SNP losing both my votes. No idea who'll be the benefactor from this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 hour ago, deecie said: Speaking as one of the 2% it's balls and will result in the SNP losing both my votes. No idea who'll be the benefactor from this though. The Tories I would imagine. Actually that Wings article is twisting the facts too. Although only 2% of taxpayers actually move tax bracket, 15% would be paying the higher rate on their earnings between £42k & £45k... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Actually that Wings article is twisting the facts too. Although only 2% of taxpayers actually move tax bracket, 15% would be paying the higher rate on their earnings between £42k & £45k... I don't think he is. The article that he's critiquing is the Daily Mail saying that not implementing the threshold change will hit middle earners which is clearly bollocks. What you are saying is correct that people earning over £42k will be paying more tax but I don't think he's suggesting anything otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 2 hours ago, deecie said: Speaking as one of the 2% it's balls and will result in the SNP losing both my votes. No idea who'll be the benefactor from this though. Also speaking as one of the 2% I will be voting SNP x 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 55 minutes ago, aaid said: I don't think he is. The article that he's critiquing is the Daily Mail saying that not implementing the threshold change will hit middle earners which is clearly bollocks. I certainly agree with him there that a "middle earner" in Scotland currently gets nowhere near £42k p.a.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Toepoke said: Actually that Wings article is twisting the facts too. Although only 2% of taxpayers actually move tax bracket, 15% would be paying the higher rate on their earnings between £42k & £45k... I suspected that was the case, if only 2% of Scotland were earning £42k+ that would be a much bigger story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 2 hours ago, aaid said: I don't think he is. The article that he's critiquing is the Daily Mail saying that not implementing the threshold change will hit middle earners which is clearly bollocks. What you are saying is correct that people earning over £42k will be paying more tax but I don't think he's suggesting anything otherwise. they wont be paying more tax, they will be paying the same amount of tax as they pay just now. No increase. None at all. They will of course pay more tax than other countries, as is the case just now. Some countries pay more tax, some countries pay less tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, stocky said: they wont be paying more tax, they will be paying the same amount of tax as they pay just now. No increase. None at all. They will of course pay more tax than other countries, as is the case just now. Some countries pay more tax, some countries pay less tax. Think you'll find that they (we) will be paying more tax than others in the same country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) everyone in Scotland will be paying the same or are you of the opinion Scotland is not a Country? Edited March 21, 2016 by stocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 6 minutes ago, stocky said: everyone in Scotland will be paying the same or are you of the opinion Scotland is not a Country? Is it just a word to you? ala Kezia... None of that justifies me paying higher taxes than me equivalent in Sutton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I wasnt saying it did, i was just correcting the point saying we would be paying more. We are not, we are paying the same. People in other countries are paying less, that has always been the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 9 minutes ago, stocky said: I wasnt saying it did, i was just correcting the point saying we would be paying more. We are not, we are paying the same. People in other countries are paying less, that has always been the case. Because of where I live in the UK I'll be paying higher taxes. Completely unacceptable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return of Yermaw Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 look at how much i earn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 aye but I can assure you i earn considerably much more than yaow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return of Yermaw Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 i don't know how much i earn. I will need to check..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If you earn more than 46k a year it will cost you 600 quid a year more to live in Scotland in extra tax versus an equivalent person living in England. Totally unacceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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