View across the Outer Harbour of Stornoway
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Cuts
So some of the council cuts in the Western Isles have been reversed in the face of popular
(sic) opposition. Isn't it more like the SNP group on the council (see http://www.hebrides-news.com/snp-oppose-council-cuts-12216.…)
prompted this volte-face. Actually quite disingenuous, bearing in mind
that it is SNP policy (Scottish Government) to starve local authorities
of funding through the council tax freeze (popular measure, I'm sure)
and blaming Westminster for depriving Scotland of funding, of which
the SNP administration do not use about 400 million a year and
relinquish back to the UK Treasury. Sorry, this is an intensely
party-political post, but don't expect me to have anything good to say
about any of the opposition parties either. Labour has become a pallid
reflection of itself, and is heading for annihilation at the Scottish
Parliament vote in May; and the Tories I like even less. Politics. No
thanks.
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