BUDGET FORECAST: Impact on the Racing Industry
"One might even call it a win. Until, that is, one considers the scorpion crossing the river on the turtle's back, and recalls that nature"
@PJAOfficial@BHAHorseracing@RacingPost@DCMS@BBCSport@FT
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The question worth putting to the authority is a narrower one: whether the imperfect solution selected was the least imperfect available, or whether — in the enthusiasm for international alignment — the rule was adopted without adequate modelling of what it would do when applied to a 3/1 favourite, on Derby Day, in a country where a third of all stakes on the race are placed on a single horse.
The cat, in Schrödinger's experiment, is in a box. The observer cannot know its state until the box is opened. Benvenuto Cellini's box was opened twenty minutes after he crossed the line in tenth, and the answer turned out to be: both. He had run. He had not run. The Derby was decided. The Derby was not decided. The bettors were protected. The bettors were docked.
Scottish legal system clearly corrupt and can be influenced by @theSNP in every aspect. Unable to.manage anything requiring financial expertise
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@BettingSitesCom When @SiClare tells us we should be ready to accept open banking from crooks that have created the problem in the first place. They can be trusted with data or anything else
@geoffbanksbet She is just full of shit and obvlscation. If the industry continue to employ her it will have accept continued contraction. She is a complete failure in the role.
Sturgeon: Some 'look for a woman to blame' when a man 'does something wrong'
The worst victim in Scotland @NicolaSturgeon hiding behind a sham marriage and a leader who takes responsibility for nothing
@BrawnJourno Do you think you need help? As you seem oblivious to the reality that she shared the house and ill gotten gains with a fraudster whilst as SNP leader she had an obligation to check the accounts, which she clearly was incapable of doing.
The deeper issue isn't partisan — it's structural. 22 years as CEO with no meaningful board oversight, no auditor challenge until 2022, and £600k in donor funds unaccounted for. Textbook principal-agent failure. Every political party should be reading this as a governance case study, not a SNP story. Beattie being a complete fuckwit offering no apology for his incompetence
@NicolaSturgeon is at @BordersBookFest on June 14th. Perhaps someone could ask her how she could NOT notice that her husband on c£60k pa disposable income could find £80k extra on average without her noticing. On why she didn't question the multiple appearance of luxury goods in the home whilst acting as the loyal wife and leader of the @theSNP #ScottishIndependence2026