Why shouldn’t the Scottish government try to get the very best deal for its citizens? They have accomplished a great deal of good for ordinary Scots – free care for the elderly, free prescriptions soon, no tolls on the Forth bridge, free tuition fees, to name a few. I’m extremely proud of my government (including Megrahi’s release) – how many of you can say that?
I’ll bet you’re proud of your government handing out such goodies free of charge.
Since I have a personal interest in a particular three of these items,perhaps you could point me towards seeing the benefits of a democratic system that allows this :
My daughter has a chronic painful , but not life-threatening, condition. she pays the full prescription charge for her medicines,and she constantly needs various painkillers, Cost for each prescription is I believe £7 odd,but soon falling from £4 to £3 in Scotland ( and even better value for those lucky people in Wales and Northern Ireland, who have arranged to pay precisely nothing at all ).
Same daughter will leave university this summer weighed down with debt for her tuition fees,which she’ll have to repay. Tuition fees for Scottish students ? Big fat zero.
My severely disabled 87 year old mother,and soon my frail elderly father too,pay an arm and a leg in care fees. Had they been living in Scotland,they would have been free from this constant drain on their small savings and incomes.
I’d be mighty proud of the British government if they could very kindly arrange for English citizens to enjoy the same conditions as the Scots,but I won’t be holding my breath.It makes a mockery of the phrase ” United Kingdom “.
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