tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post114370109152744521..comments2024-01-01T03:08:38.422+00:00Comments on Not Proud Of Britain (But Would Like To Be): Basic social care "must be free" in EnglandSnafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1143732787208745012006-03-30T16:33:00.000+01:002006-03-30T16:33:00.000+01:00What the BBC page doesn't comment upon is the simp...What the BBC page doesn't comment upon is the simple fact that the Scots don't pay for it, but the English pay for it instead! Due solely to the s-called Barnett formula, and it's rigging by the kilties to the north of the border, the average Scot gets 55% more spent on him from the public purse than the English do! <BR/><BR/>Why? Couldn't be that Blair and Brown are Scots, half the bloody Cabinet is Scots, and they aren't gonna do anything which is capable of rocking the boat, and spilling any of the gravy!GenghisBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672723666658365509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1143708004829527032006-03-30T09:40:00.000+01:002006-03-30T09:40:00.000+01:00I dunno, but maybe it's got something to do with a...I dunno, but maybe it's got something to do with an apartheid agenda, fulfilled through a mushroom strategy?Alfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135869751268396259noreply@blogger.com