Musings from the Merse
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Huttonian does not take the Glascow Sunday Herald. I like living in Scotland but there are times when it is pleasnt to read about some thing else. So I missed http://www.sundayherald.com/58802
Which a bloggee assures me is of local interest and relevant in way to some recent posts.
Judge for yourself. Me,I have 200 pages or so of whingeing in the Observer to get through first.
Which a bloggee assures me is of local interest and relevant in way to some recent posts.
Judge for yourself. Me,I have 200 pages or so of whingeing in the Observer to get through first.
Comments:
One curiosity is that our man in East Lothian gets a rent allowance for his son's flat in Edinburgh :
'Home Robertson qualifies because his home, rather than his constituency, is classed as being beyond daily commuting distance. He has since used the scheme to claim £600 a month in rent allowances' says the Herald
Beyond daily commuting distance?
Really?
How come that mnay people buy houses in Paxton just so as they can commute to Edinburgh.
Shumething wrong there shurely? Do the nobs in the Scottish Executive know where Paxton is? Back of beyond perhaps but 40 minutes from Waverley Street by GNER and Virgin
'Home Robertson qualifies because his home, rather than his constituency, is classed as being beyond daily commuting distance. He has since used the scheme to claim £600 a month in rent allowances' says the Herald
Beyond daily commuting distance?
Really?
How come that mnay people buy houses in Paxton just so as they can commute to Edinburgh.
Shumething wrong there shurely? Do the nobs in the Scottish Executive know where Paxton is? Back of beyond perhaps but 40 minutes from Waverley Street by GNER and Virgin
# posted by 
: 7:10 PM
: 7:10 PM
Precisely ..
It’s a sad, depressing state of affairs.
The final paragraph of the article makes interesting reading: “This is a further reminder why the Corporate Body needs to review the allowance as early as possible. There’s a danger that some of its workings will undermine the reputation of the parliament and further dilute public confidence in politicians.”
Further dilute public confidence? Further dilute?! Too late. If they only knew the half of it. Time for Jack to clean house.
It’s a sad, depressing state of affairs.
The final paragraph of the article makes interesting reading: “This is a further reminder why the Corporate Body needs to review the allowance as early as possible. There’s a danger that some of its workings will undermine the reputation of the parliament and further dilute public confidence in politicians.”
Further dilute public confidence? Further dilute?! Too late. If they only knew the half of it. Time for Jack to clean house.
# posted by : 10:13 PM
: 10:13 PM
Unless you are all fed up with it already you cn go to http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/73243.html
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