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Listed below are comments made by argyll247 between Wednesday, 17th June 2009 and Wednesday, 24th June 2009.

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Turning up the heat 3:19pm on 24 Jun 2009 This is a lot of political gamesmanship from Labour (although admittedly its what politicians do). Argue that the SNP are not ambitious enough (although current targets are more stringent than any other country in europe) and then Blame the sitting government for failing to achieve the interim targets. If and at the moment its a big if, Labour regain power in Scotland they will say that the current target is unacheivable due to the poor progress by the previuos administration. The SNP on the other hand would be foolish to vote against such plans given that they may need further support from the Greens and Lib-dems on future holyrood powers and renewable energy subsidies, and considering there are substantial get out clauses it would not do to look unambitious as regards to Scotlands future.

I dont think there are any winners or losers from the main parties here, but a palpable win for the greens
Oiling the political wheels 12:11pm on 18 Jun 2009 Oil or not the argument for independence/full fiscal autonomy is one which should be taken as a matter of nation status and better governance.
Leaving aside all party political interests, having a local government that is transparent and readily held to account by the people it represents on a more local level is a plus for any nation state, I find it impossible to believe that we as a nation are incapable of managing our own concerns. In westminster we have been more seen as a northen region and less as a nation state member of the UK. What was done to the fishing fleet and manufacturing in Scotland was a disaster and had we our own voice at the EU might have at least been lessened to some extent.
The matter of Oil revenues which have contributed 270 billion to the UK treasury over the past 30 years and will still contribute further, is a remarkable one in regards as such that we have heard many voices say that it would be dangerous for scotlands economy to base itself on an oil economy. There is no reason to believe that we would do this any more than the UK has done as a whole, further more having oil revenues which do fluctuate (as much for an independant scotland as they do for the UK or anywhere else)would not cost the Scottish tax payer one penny as there has never been a year where the costs of having oil extracted from scottish sea-beds have been less that the tax intake, some years we make huge profits others moderate profits and some years are barely profitable BUT IT IS ALL PROFIT. We save in the good years to prepare ourselve for the bad years, just like all other nations.
A political career shelved 4:57pm on 17 Jun 2009 I like the idea of a by election very much.

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