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   Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 15:48:44 JST Mrs Cloudy

   • TheSNP

   Cause who needs nature anyway? @THESNP doesn't want to win the next election, do they?
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7p2y1p1eo

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     pawkypaul (paulb3017@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 16:04:04 JST pawkypaul

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     @CloudyMrs @THESNP
     Don't get me wrong, I think it's terrible decision and each passing day I believe we're missing the Greens in power.
     But of course the BBC would quote a Tory and find a way to say how profligate the SNP is with finances without mentioning the constraints of a financial arrangement which means #Scotland gets a set allowance from its masters and has very little recourse to raising any extra because it doesn't have its own central bank.

     It's the Bank of England for a reason.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 03:49:01 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • TheSNP

     @Shivviness @THESNP cuts are inevitable, but they don't always need to choose the same priorities as Westminster. Leaves folk wondering what the point of them is. I've voted SNP since 2008. Really can't say I will continue to do so. Sick of the whole lot of them.

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     Shivviness (shivviness@beige.party)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 03:49:02 JST Shivviness

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     @CloudyMrs @THESNP

     I think this decision is terrible.
     That said, the SNP are being backed into a corner with the reduction in the block grant. They're deliberately being maneuvered into a position where cuts are inevitable. Then people will justifiably get angry and they'll switch their support to Labour, probably

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 03:55:54 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • TheSNP

     @paulb3017 @THESNP Sorry, but no. Investigate Transport Scotland's recent shenanigans with Active Travel if you want evidence that all is not well in wholly ScotGov controlled areas. https://transform.scot/2024/02/27/scottish-budget-2024-5/