tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post374142542899017759..comments2023-08-13T09:15:04.565+01:00Comments on MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Another busted 'Vow'.Mad Jock McMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-65300888531157731432014-10-22T17:44:12.946+01:002014-10-22T17:44:12.946+01:00I agree entirely about the Smith Commission. I fou...I agree entirely about the Smith Commission. I found your response of Dec 2013 to Lallands Peat Worrier's blog on sovereignty while trying to establish its foundations in Scots' common law for myself. I think your point about the way that, say the Welfare Act 2012 was signed into law with the express disagreement of the SMP's and Scots MP's who represented the considered will of the Scottish people, is pivotal. I also think it is unarguable. Whether that authority is considered as vested in the electorate or in their representatives the behaviour of Westminster is as though the Treaty of Union subsumed Scottish common law and principle into itself and it has 'enacted' that legal fallacy by custom and practice. time to expose the fallacy and un-enact it, I think. By the way, I suffer from non combat PTSD. I would give almost anything not to. I may not be able to throw that off, with its multiplicity of tentacles in so many areas of life, but I have decided that I can attempt something more amenable to success. Like getting rid of Westminster. Best.<br />P.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_8PnwQJhlU SaraBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353402865648736833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-68247159498385917692014-10-21T12:12:28.187+01:002014-10-21T12:12:28.187+01:00Very eye opening writing Peter, and the westminste...Very eye opening writing Peter, and the westminster lot have absolutely no scruples, morality or humanity. They are indifferent to people suffering, makes my blood boil. I thought of my grandad who fought in WW1 he must have been very young, what he must have witnessed doesnt bare thinking about. I watched a short animation last night about 2 men stuck in the trenches it was horrific but a very powerful film by 2 artists from Denmark I think, really brought it home. Brrr. No more war.hettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14336425954068503728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-87111634271006788002014-10-21T10:26:31.581+01:002014-10-21T10:26:31.581+01:00Peter
I have tried but failed to cannot copy and p...Peter<br />I have tried but failed to cannot copy and paste here my much edited submission to Smith. May I send a file attachment to your email address?<br /><br />My email is sam.mccomb@yahoo.com<br /><br />Sam<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />My email is sam.mccomb@yahoo.com<br /><br />Sam<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-38048133301050815372014-10-21T00:05:02.855+01:002014-10-21T00:05:02.855+01:00Sam - send, please do - my own view is the Smith C...Sam - send, please do - my own view is the Smith Commission is a waste of taxpayer's money because it will recommend what ever Cameron has told it to. <br /><br />The bloke claims to be a 'cross bencher' but is actually a Tory through and through, I hold no hope for it to come to any conclusion with regards Scottish Home rule which will not survive the May 2015 GE - it is all just smoke and mirrors to keep us daft Jocks in our place - just so much pish and wind.Mad Jock McMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-18625065319475342052014-10-20T16:22:57.090+01:002014-10-20T16:22:57.090+01:00Hello Peter
I looked after my father after his he...Hello Peter<br /><br />I looked after my father after his heart attack. He went on to develop Alzheimer's. My brother gave me just enough support, rather belatedly, to keep going. I was available for my father day and night. In total I cared for him for 17 years and was with him when he died at home. It was the hardest thing I have ever done by far. As a student I worked on the roads, building sites, factories. Nowhere near as demanding.<br /><br /> After his death I was diagnosed as suffering from COPD. I must have had it for some time because I stopped smoking 25 years ago.<br /><br />Fairly recently I was reading a book by "history detectives". They were describing the battle of Waterloo and the behaviour of Marshal Ney. It was Ney who had played such a major role in bringing Napoleon's troopsback from Russia.<br /><br />At Waterloo, Ney ordered a part of his cavalry to pursue English infantry marching away over the brow of a hill. An officer questioned the order and Ney flew into a rage and ordered all the cavalry to go. The English could not believe it. They were not retreating. They formed the square and shot the cavalry to bits. At some point Ney was seen beating a cannon with his sword.<br /><br />The detectives concluded Ney had been suffering PTSD. They gave the four defining symptoms. I realised that I had those symptoms. To some degree I still do.<br /><br />I wish you well.<br /><br />I have written a long submission for the Smith Commission. Very long. Too long. I have written about health inequalities in Scotland. The fundamental causes of health inequalities in Scotland are inequalities in income, wealth and power. To tackle that is the biggest challenge Scotland faces. What is needed is the re-distribution of wealth and power and a reasonable level of wages and benefits. Infrastructure, housing and the delivery of services will all have to change. control of economic and welfare policies is needed and more money in the Scottish budget.<br /><br />The academic research is world-class, I believe. I quote it extensively. I do that for the reason that I think few in the audience have a clear idea of the implications of the research. No party, except the SNP, has a policy directed at health inequalities. Labour is developing a policy - belatedly. If it is to be of use the Labour submission to the Smith Commission must change. The Conservatives attitude to health inequalities can be found somewhere in its 2011 manifesto. I found nothing except perhaps a reference to being individually responsible. What mean ba*****s they are.<br /><br />I have also referred at length to the policies from UK government that have contributed to widening health inequalities.<br /><br />My purpose in raising this with you here is to explore if you might be willing to take a look at what I have written. I would like to try to make health inequalities the subject of a campaign while also exposing the damage that the UK does to Scots and is unwilling to provide the means to let us attempt sufficient repair. May I send to you what I have written?<br /><br />Sam McCombAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-561519124789834442014-10-20T13:05:38.256+01:002014-10-20T13:05:38.256+01:00Exceptional writing Peter, most of us have no idea...Exceptional writing Peter, most of us have no idea what it is like, you take us with you on your journey from the Falklands on. Thank you seems far to little to cover what you and many others have/are going through but it is all I have. Thank you for your honesty in taking me in a small way, along on your journey. I can also appreciate how hard it must be for someone who has promised to save lives to watch so many suffer through so many needless wars. It must hurt even more knowing that, I am sorry for any more hurt caused to you by my saying this. THANK YOU <br />AYE<br /><br />Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730515405538297057noreply@blogger.com