Scottish Politics Thread

[Truxx]

Hearing about the possible £500 to isolate after a positive test , great idea

I can see it all clearly
" Hey Wullie , just tae let ye ken Ah huv just tested positive fur covid, come roond tae the back door with a tenner the night and I'll let you shove your swab down my gob and up my nose, an as ahm in isolation bring some buckie wi ye, we'll hae a richt blaw oot wi that free dosh"

Fake news apparently.

 

[gizmo17]

a fairly Dramatic turn of Events The Salmond Enquiry has pulled a rabbit out of the Hat

Alex Salmond inquiry: 'Unprecedented action' as committee invokes legal power to view Crown Office documents

MSPs have taken the unprecedented step of invoking the legal power of Holyrood committees to compel organisations to hand over documents in order to shed light on the Scottish Government's handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond.

www.scotsman.com

 

[Fang_Farrier]

Hearing about the possible £500 to isolate after a positive test , great idea

I can see it all clearly
" Hey Wullie , just tae let ye ken Ah huv just tested positive fur covid, come roond tae the back door with a tenner the night and I'll let you shove your swab down my gob and up my nose, an as ahm in isolation bring some buckie wi ye, we'll hae a richt blaw oot wi that free dosh"

Thought that already was a £500 grant for self isolation

"If you’re told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace or the NHS COVID-19 app, you may be entitled to a payment of £500 from your local authority through the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme."

Claiming financial support under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme

www.gov.uk

 

[Fang_Farrier]

 

[Fang_Farrier]

Supporting health and social care staff - gov.scot

Further funding to help wellbeing.

www.gov.scot

£500,000 is going on hot drinks and snacks

Seeing as we saw sod all of "free food for all patient fronting staff" in the Urgent Dental Care Centres in the first part of lockdown last year, I doubt we'll see any of this either,

 

[AfghanAndy]

Thought that already was a £500 grant for self isolation

"If you’re told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace or the NHS COVID-19 app, you may be entitled to a payment of £500 from your local authority through the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme."

Claiming financial support under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme

www.gov.uk

I believe that they are considering replacing the words ‘May be entitled to a grant’ to ‘will automatically be entitled to a grant.’

There’s people out there testing positive and still going to work.

That’s if you have Covid. Most of our shop floor have turned their track and trace off. Statutory sick pay only for self isolation at £95 per week.

 

[AfghanAndy]

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Are you working in Wales at the moment?

 

[giatttt]

Supporting health and social care staff - gov.scot

Further funding to help wellbeing.

www.gov.scot

£500,000 is going on hot drinks and snacks

Seeing as we saw sod all of "free food for all patient fronting staff" in the Urgent Dental Care Centres in the first part of lockdown last year, I doubt we'll see any of this either,

Pretty certain you'll eventually see the effects of all that sugary shite.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

Are you working in Wales at the moment?

I went once, Capel Curig, Exercise Welsh Dragon 89.

That was enough.

 

[TamH70]

I went once, Capel Curig, Exercise Welsh Dragon 89.

That was enough.

I spent two weeks there one summer/autumn/, to be honest, I couldn't tell the difference.

It was at the Ty Croes and Crickhowell camps.

 

[JuniorBod]

I went once, Capel Curig, Exercise Welsh Dragon 89.

That was enough.

Didn't you have toe nails to clip, hair to wash, cat to groom etc etc...

Poor, is the shite adventure training avoidance in this one...

JB

 

[buggrit]

Supporting health and social care staff - gov.scot

Further funding to help wellbeing.

www.gov.scot

£500,000 is going on hot drinks and snacks

Seeing as we saw sod all of "free food for all patient fronting staff" in the Urgent Dental Care Centres in the first part of lockdown last year, I doubt we'll see any of this either,

A couple of NHS staff asked the question on a post on the SNP FB page, "£500 for snacks? When are we going to see the first £500 you promised us?". As usual, soundbites with no results for the SNP.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

50 Covid rule-breakers caught every day in north and north-east since Boxing Day

Police have stopped a daily average of 50 Covid rule-breakers in the north and north-east since new rules came into force on Boxing Day.

www.pressandjournal.co.uk

Aberdeen just had its first conviction for refusing to wear a mask in public

 

[johnboyzzz]

Dr. Jonathan Stanley on Twitter: "I am a GMC registered doctor. I've treated patients. I'm held to account for medical opinions I offer. Which is why I rarely do. It matters because public trust is essential. It is my duty of candour as a doctor to inform you that @devisridhar is wrong..." / Twitter

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Supporting health and social care staff - gov.scot

Further funding to help wellbeing.

www.gov.scot

£500,000 is going on hot drinks and snacks

Seeing as we saw sod all of "free food for all patient fronting staff" in the Urgent Dental Care Centres in the first part of lockdown last year, I doubt we'll see any of this either,

If you worked on the Isle of Wight, you could get a free 15 minute ride on one of their electric scooters.

 

[Seadog]

That was last year. It's 14 and foreign nationals this year.

The voting age hadn't been reduced to 14 (yet) . The Electoral Register needs to take account of all those who will turn 16 during its (2 year?) lifetime.

 

[shellbackmac]

IN FULL: This is the SNP’s plan for how to hold an independence referendum

In a new plan for indyref2 – revealed exclusively by The National today – the SNP are set to tell the Prime Minister that he’ll need to take…

www.thenational.scot

Yes, it's from The National, which has as much relevance to reality as Dr Who magazine. This envisages holding, what is in effect, an illegal referendum if SNP/Greens get a majority in May.
What if the Unionist parties get more votes? What if a Unionist dominated Aberdeen council (for example) tell the SG to get scraped and refuse to get involved? It has Mike Russell's name all over it, the man is a political pygmy of astonishingly low levels of gumption so, needless to say it's not exactly the Marshall Plan.

 

[fatherjack]

Vaccination figures today -
Wales 28,230
Scotland 22,213

 

[Fang_Farrier]

Vaccination figures today -
Wales 28,230
Scotland 22,213

GPs don't work at the weekend.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

'I am not on magic mushrooms': Douglas Ross answers the good, bad and bizarre in Facebook Q&A | Press and Journal

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross invited people to grill him live on Facebook and the unexpected questions included one on magic mushrooms.

www.pressandjournal.co.uk