Comment posted A83 to stay closed for now by Andy.
How does Simon manage to come across as one of those people you meet in the pub who is just looking for an argument? About anything! We’ve all met them. Usually you just drink up and go somewhere else to get away from them. Next day you hear that somebody punched his lights out.
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- Rustle with Russell
This personal vendetta against the SNP and Mike Russell in particular is getting a bit out of hand. I prefer balance in my news and don’t read many of the UK and Scottish press for that reason. I know that you don’t do balance, I read the editorial policy, but what began as an excellent website for news in Argyll has now descended into a vile anti-SNP rant worthy of Alan Reid, Brian Wilson or the Daily Record. I have decided to bail out and make up my own mind about the news I read rather than having somebody else’s view of it streamed into my living room. There are plenty of choices. I am sure that the editor of “Cowal Courier” has his own political views, but he keeps them to himself and scatters his criticism in any direction where this is necessary, not just at one target. That is the difference between a news website and a personal blog. I’ll pop in from time to time to see if balance has been restored but I won’t hold my breath. Goodbye! - An independent Scotland and the pound
Oil companies will work where there is money to be made. If they are happy to go into a war zone then a change of government and status in a peaceful country will not bother them in the slightest. - An independent Scotland and the pound
If the revenue from the oil has been invested wisely for the future, then there is not a problem. It is an opportunity for us to invest in the Scotland we want for our children and grandchildren, not for building huge projects in the south east of England or funding unemployment as has happened in the past.
But as it does begin to run out over the world, the price will rise, also oilfields which were previously uneconomic to develop will become more viable.
It is very sad that there are many (Unionists) like Mr Black who see the oil as a problem. It is a fantastic opportunity which only a few countries are given and we should grasp it with both hands.
The arguments used by the Better Together campaign are becoming increasingly bizarre and tortuous. The one thing they all have in common is an assumption that we are all like chidren and need to be led by the hand, that we are incapable of making our own decisions about our future.
I am still waiting for a Labour contributor to tell me when that party decided to do the Tories’ dirty work by leading their Better Together campaign for them. When did this Unionism become Labour policy? I’ll keep asking but I won’t hold my breath while I wait for a truthful answer. Labour don’t do truth. - An independent Scotland and the pound
Poor Scotland. Still being dragged down by all this oil. Will we ever be rid of it? - An independent Scotland and the pound
Why not? Everybody expects the SNP to answer many questions NOW about what happens after Independence, even though they may not form the first Government of an independent Scotland. Sauce for the goose?
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‘They can detect movement but of course they cannot stop it’
This is exactly why this route has to be upgraded to cope with movement, and until this is done the government is likely to be seen as increasingly useless.
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I see that ForArgyll is saying that the rest will be closed until tomorrow but the Transport Scotland site just says it will be closed “Foreseeable future. Further information will be posted as it becomes available”, which bears out my point in a previous post! Where do you get your information from? Regardless of any plans to resolve the problems at the Rest just being able to access up to date information from the official source would make my life easier!
The same thing applied during the recent power outages. The information provided by the power companies was woeful and what information they did provide was inaccurate or out of date. I would have been happy to have been told that the power would probably be off for 5 days – at least we could have planned ahead rather than simply sitting around waiting!
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The sole responsibility for the repeated closures of this road lies with the SNP Government.
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No, Simon, the ‘sole responsibility’ lies with a whole succession of administrations stretching back to the colonial days before the Holyrood government – landslips and rockfalls are nothing new on this road.
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“the colonial days before the Holyrood government”
I, and I should think most proud Scots, find it deeply insulting that you, Robert, should imply that our country was ever a colony (of England I presume?).
The implications of calling Scotland a colony besmearches the honour of our ancestors.
I was born and brought up in a British colony in The West Indies, of an old Scottish plantation family. I know exactly what a colony is. Scotland was never a colony.
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W.S.: I appreciate and understand your horror, but the fact is that – pre-Holyrood – Scotland was latterly governed by one person who from recollection was responsible for the full range of central government ministerial functions save foreign policy and defence. There seemed to me to be a distinct whiff of colonialism about that arrangement.
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I remember the arrogance with which, say, the Skye Bridge and its toll arrangements were imposed on Scotland. Things have certainly changed.
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Blah blah blah Robert. How long have the SNP had to fix this? How many landslips on their watch?
They bailed out Edinburgh trams qucik enough – building a new Forth crossing…… zilch for Argyll in comparison
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The trouble is, Simon, there’s obviously no really rapid ‘fix’; it does seem that work has started on developing a realistic strategy to fix it, and what should be a mystery is why it wasn’t initiated at least a decade ago.
But it’s not a mystery, given the astonishing neglect of the nearby A82 between Tarbet and Ardlui, and I can remember just how bad the traffic problems were allowed to get before the same road was rebuilt from the Vale of Leven up to Tarbet. There seems to be a British cultural mindset that puts infrastructure on the back burner, especially in an area that many national politicians might have perceived as irrelevant to their greater glory and prosperity. Don’t start me on Edinburgh trams – a very worthwhile project that would have been straightforward elsewhere in Europe but somehow got utterly mishandled in Scotland.
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PS Robert. Any idea why the SNP deserted their Leader on the Council and voted with Trick Dicky??
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Every time that mild south westerly winds are forecast there is likely to be the potential for landslides on the Rest and be Thankful.
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It could get to the stage (if it hasn’t already) that the BBC 5-day weather forecast becomes essental reading to assess whether the road to Glasgow is likely to be usable or not.
It’s one thing for ferries to be regularly disrupted by bad weather, but for this road to suffer likewise would be intolerable.
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Robert, as my teacher would have said – next time try answering the question…..
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The trouble is Simon, you’re not my teacher, the council’s got little or nothing to do with the landslide problems at the Rest, and regarding the way councillors voted on something I know no more than you and so can offer no enlightenment. You could try asking your teacher.
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Thanks Robert. So after all your huff and puff – you’ve nothing to offer.
Fact remains though – the sole responsibility for the ongoing debacles at the Rest – lies solely with this SNP Government.
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Correction, Simon, ‘rests with the inaction of successive governments’ – not like you to let anyone off the hook, is it? And if you want to conflate this problem with other issues, perhaps we’ll eventually be subjected to the ‘final solution’ of you rolling all your various concerns into one huge rambling question to be addressed to all and sundry on whatever threads come to hand irrespective of relevance? – you could get an endless series of non-answers to make hay with.
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Robert. Whatever.
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How does Simon manage to come across as one of those people you meet in the pub who is just looking for an argument? About anything! We’ve all met them. Usually you just drink up and go somewhere else to get away from them. Next day you hear that somebody punched his lights out.
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What a load of pointless political hot air. I have yet to see any political hot air which isn’t pointless mark you. It rained violently. The problematic mountain shifted again. Nobody’s fault – in fact, really bad luck considering the stabilisation job was pretty good. It is a real problem but they are looking at permanent solutions. Good. End of.
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What stabilisation job? – look at the photos on their website.
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The BBC 5 Day weather forecast is not always accurate. It did not forecast the storms on 3rd January 2012 until the last minute. The best forecast to use is magicseaweed.com with has seperate charts for wind and pressure for the next 180 hours ( seven and a half days).
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