George M

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@ziggy6769 @IanMcNeill9 Blaming Thatcher is easier than them admitting the truth, the problems in the UK started a decade after she left power. The issue being that our population UK wide has grown 18.5% over the last 26 years, 10% here in Scotland & the strain that puts on public services etc.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@more_josh23 @Fergie_CJ They did when both Holyrood and Westminster agreed how the Civil Contingencies Act would operate under devolution.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@WullieHalliday @Fergie_CJ Military Aid for Civilian Authorities Framework and the agreement made with ScotGov & Westminster on the operation of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 under devolution, says otherwise.

The nominated person to legally ask for help is the ScotGov minister of justice.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@more_josh23 @Fergie_CJ Two reasons firstly military help has to be asked for by the relevant civil authorities under Military Aid for Civil Authorities Framework. Secondly the agreement reached with Scottish ministers and Westminster on the operation of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 under devolution

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@DandyDonSF Here's the problem with that nonsense it was an internal SNP ScotGov document written by current SNP Party leader & FM of Scotland John Swinney, back when he was finance minister in the run up to Indy Ref that stated only a much lower military budget would be possible if yes won.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@themajorityscot Can you imagine their meltdown if Burnham had actually referred to Scotland as the North?

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@Wilson34David The only ones to ever suggest moving water from Scotland to England was the Nationalist Government at Holyrood themselves under Alex Salmond.

An idea which experts rightly tore to shreds because the costs involved would make absolutely no sense.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@DM_SPJ7878 @Davo_Mack To be fair he's already lost his own argument as a Scottish Nationalist he's asking English people to prove the image he posted that states Scotland subsidises England.
When if he actually believed it and could back it up with facts, he should really be asking them to disprove it

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@JohnStuartWilso @ScotsValkyrie They want us to forget the majority voted against it in 2014 & the majority in Scotland continue to vote parties that don't back Independence.
As Scottish Nationalist Robin McAlpine put it "You don’t get to claim a mandate over a power you do not have on a minority of votes cast"

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@Dan0li0 @Fergie_CJ If Highland council still had responsibility for their fire and rescue services absolutely they would have blame attributed to them. However it was the SNP run ScotGov that removed the control over those services from local authority control and centralised it.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@outofunion Yet despite 20 years of a SNP government at Holyrood with the full weight of the establishment and the civil service behind them they still can come up with a coherent plan that gets the majority to back pro Indy parties at elections.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@Lena12452 @Kulkunbulla @andyburnham It is Swinney's job, under the military aid for civilian authorities framework, civilian authorities need to request military help. In this case that would be the Scottish Government

Had D.Alexander requested this help bypassing Holyrood you would have a meltdown about that to.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@DickWinchester Help provided under the EU civil protection mechanism because those countries asked for help.

The military aid for civil authorities framework requires civilian authorities to request help it's not the military or Westminsters fault Swinney as FM waited last minute to request it

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@dafckia As for race to the bottom that's happening under the SNP, local Fire station in the town I live getting turned part time, National treatment centre that was promised for the town cancelled, replacing the hospital that serves the area effectively cancelled.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@dafckia Yet it is you who is arguing its fine to drop standards because WM did it. Funding the emergency services we rely on should be a priority above funding various freebies.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@Fergie_CJ The only shite is the fact ScotGov spent ages letting that fire get out of control rather than request the help, because their Indy Obsession meant the optics look bad to their die hard supporters.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@Fergie_CJ The civil authorities in charge of London ie the London Mayor, under the Military Aid to Civil Authorities Framework.

[George M @Neonbuzzrd]

@SassyCsays The Scottish Government could have requested help sooner they left last minute purely based on ideology.