David Comerford

Economist. Glasgow.

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@WingsScotland The ingredients do not seem to exist on the Internet yet. Can you photograph from your jar of salt & vinegar please

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@WingsScotland I think Trusty's shoulder gets under his elbow, and as Trusty jumps that forces his hand up to the ball. Not an "unnatural position" if the opposition player has moved you surely. Terrible decision

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@latsot *at my partner and me.

Not very good with pronouns methinks

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@davidmcw Is there a transcript available?

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@LauraEWebsterr If concerned about low incomes and lack of affordability (and we should be), then give people income! Don't fuck with the price system that signals relative scarcity and abundance (for both producers and consumers). Econ 101

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@LauraEWebsterr No, it's a recipe for empty shelves. A producer has the option to supply shops in Scotland and elsewhere. Prices capped below market value in Scotland, then clearly they won't supply here. Madness, and really puts me off voting SNP.

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@PaulJSweeney The Vestas thing seems very nebulous though: where "in Scotland", and when??

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@The_Clermontian Gordon Brown, and he was far from good...

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

@AscendedYield Hard asks (she was never doing this)
1/ Concede that Scotland voted for devolution, and grant it.
2/ Return nationalised industries to municipalities where they came from, not privatisation (unless local gov. wanted that).
3/ Don't do right to buy. They're not national gov homes!

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@PaulJSweeney I often agree with you, but this just seems partisan. And it's not "dumping" if it's manufactured in Scotland! Dumping is overly cheap exports. These would be scottish made (to a chinese design) ☹️

[Paul Sweeney MSP @PaulJSweeney]

One of the biggest boosts to Scottish economic growth would be to get Glasgow's population density back up to European levels.

There is more than 3 million square feet of unused floorspace in Glasgow city centre alone

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[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@luca_repetto_c *England & Wales

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@luca_repetto_c You keep mentioning "British". You know your maps have cut out a lot of Britain though and only show England?

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@worstall @ChristineKayNow @GeorgeMonbiot Debatable. I've seen it argued both way

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@worstall @garrethmcdaid Just talking about the end state, not the means of getting there. Some people seem to believe that a wealthy world will be one in which they effectively have servants. Economically illiterate

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@Lewis334_ @Johnmilton124 @ScotRail Fair enough, Rutherglen wouldn't work without temporary platforms on the main line. But there are trains from the west that can't get to Central, and trains from the East that can't get to Central. Just run east to west missing out central.

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@Johnmilton124 @ScotRail Not just to paisley gilmore st. Look at the lines that exist: they could run to Rutherglen or Newton. We should create a temporary station at Shields depot for onward transport to the city centre via the subway from Shields rd

[David Comerford @dcomerf]

@ScotRail @transcotland https://t.co/OsfHMLwnRn

[stuart murdoch @nee_massey]

Forwarding a comment from Paul Stallan via Sarah. I find little to disagree with here, though i know many would say ‘how are we going to get there’?

Glasgow had so much going for it, i do believe we do well in many ways, the occasional stumble is understandable.