Comments by "ScottishRoss" (@ScottishRoss27) on "SNP announces £500 million cuts to public services in Scotland" video.

  1. Labour UK government has announced 22 Billion of cuts.
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  2. College lecturers strike averted last week. Bin workers strike averted 2 weeks ago. Scotland is the only part of the UK to have averted any strikes in its NHS.
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  3. Labour UK government cutting Scotland's Budget. Thats what you voted for.
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  4. Unlike Labour & Torie Westminster governments that have never balanced a budget, the SNP government have balanced its budget every year since 2007.
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  5. Labour cuts the Scottish Budget are the SNP's fault?
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  6.  @Luke-y7b  That's coming from Labour run UK government cutting Scotland's cutting budget.
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  7.  @Odysseuss.  Then don't moan about the cuts from Westminster.
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  8.  @osmanfadil2451  No cuts announced in health portfollio.
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  9. It is as not enough fiscal powers have been repatriated
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  10.  @ianscott3180  Not enough control of taxation has been repatriated from Westminster.
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  11.  @arealscotsman  Not Labour Government announcing 22 Billion of cuts? Was that not for viewers in Scotland?
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  12.  @arealscotsman  So when Labour announce cuts in the UK budge next month including its cut to the Scottish Budget, who's fault will it be then?
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  13.  @deanjames2476  You wouldn't have a consulate service?
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  14.  @sobo5476  Because Labour UK Government cut its winter payment to OAP's so no consequential funding for Scotland's OAP's.
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  15. It does.
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  16. Human right of access to democracy.
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  17. We do, we shouldn't be taxed twice for having health condition or a eye test.
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  18.  @samhodgins9804  That's not true. Households receiving universal credit payments according to DWP Statistics 5,8 million in England & Wales 425 thousand in Scotland = 13 times lower
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  19.  @tomconnor7786  Doesn't have control of All taxation here. Has very limited borrowing power.
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  20.  @ianscott3180  Why do we need a referendum? There was no referendum on entering the Union
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  21. The economy and tax revenue is smaller
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  22. Reality reality reality. Were Scotland an Independent Country it would no longer be effected by Westminster cuts.
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  23. England's in a worse state
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  24. ''All roads lead to Westminster'' now Labour Westminster government's Wes Streeting.
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  25.  @haveanopinion  Win win as i don't want them at Westminster anyway
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  26.  @Luke-y7b  No, how would the repatriation of all Scotland's taxation result in us being poorer?
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  27. England doesn't pay for anything here.
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  28.  @topnotchpiperdad  What
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  29.  @debbiegilmour6171  Balanced budget achieved again. Independent Audit Scotland's 2023/24 Audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts, published on the 10th October.
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  30.  @mmmoroi  Reform are an English nationalist party so no friend of Scotland.
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  31.  @alistairmonro  None as they'l pay higher tax moving there. Scotland does generate enough, it doesn't get all of own taxation.
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  32.  @alistairmonro  ScotGov have one tax power. The rest is with-held from ScotGov by Westminster.
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  33.  @MrToymaster1  Here's just 5 SNP policies improving folks lives here. 2nd year of free bus travel to under 22's, Not available in RUK. 3rd year of the Scottish Child Payment, Not available in RUK. 7th year of the free Scottish Baby Box, Not available in RUK. 13th year of no prescriptions charges, Now £9.90 per item in England. 16th year of free tuition for Scottish students, Not available in RUK.
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  34.  @iansmith101  Labours Rachel Reeves has announced 22 Billion cuts to public spending. This is 44x higher than ScotGov's 500 Million. Drug law is a Reserved UK Government Responsibility in the Scotland Act 1998. Scotland does not have the lowest life expectancy in Europe. You don't know about the gains?
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  35.  @haveanopinion  Then don't moan about the cuts from Westminster as that's what you voted for.
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  36.  @haveanopinion  You voted no so voted for next door to keep control of Scotland's finances.
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  37.  @haveanopinion  100% of Scotland's taxation will be repatriated with Normalisation aka Independence.
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  38. The cuts are from Labour UK Government cutting Scotland's budget.
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  39.  @tisFrancesfault  No it doesn't. it receives less.
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  40. Economic development is Devolved.
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  41.  @topnotchpiperdad  Yer sums are a bit off there
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  42. 100% of Scotland's taxation would be repatriated from Westminster.
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  43. Why hasn't England followed SNP in Scotland?
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  44.  @sobo5476  Averting disruption to folk at college, bin collections and in the health service is something to be proud of.
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  45.  @Calcearius  The cuts are coming from Westminster cutting Scotland's budget.
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  46.  @Mark-k3b9q  No its being cut by Labour at Westminster. Also ScotGov cannot overspend.
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  47.  @ericlackford6718  No its in preparation for Labour Government cuts next month in the UK budget.
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  48.  @sandramartin5809  Agriculture budget is 700 Million this year.
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  49. It doesn't.
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  50.  @lisaf7909  No one as Scotland doesn't have its own currency
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  51.  @lisaf7909  No central bank, no currency
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  52.  @isking1715  They have. With independence Scotland would have 100% of its own taxation. This is not the case within the UK. The majority are going to have suffer from the UK cutting Scotland's budget. The Labour government has announced 22 Billion of cuts.
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  53.  @isking1715  You can vote in 2026 for realignment with the UK and pay for university tuition, prescriptions, eye tests, dental care, personal care, bridge tolls, higher train fares, higher ferry fares, direct water bills and higher council tax.
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  54.  @isking1715  CalMac record is 95% sailings to timetable so far this season. Fares 1 Adult Return £23.40 Wightlink Portsmouth to Isle of Wight £23.20 Red Funnel Southampton to Isle of Wight £9.20 CalMac Ardrossan to Isle of Arran £8.50 CalMac Oban to Isle of Mull
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  55.  @isking1715  So you receive very generous ferry subsidises from The SNP run Scottish Government but want SNP gone?
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  56.  @isking1715  What ferry issue with 95% performance to timetable this season so far?
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  57.  @isking1715  The 2 ferries being built in Turkey for Harris?
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  58.  @mmmoroi  Reform UK has no policies for Scotland and Scotland was not mentioned once in its westminster election manifesto.
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  59.  @viviorko  Scotland didn't have a government in 1997 so how could records have begun in 1997?
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  60.  @tisFrancesfault  That's not true.
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  61. @jackarcher9652 The Trussell Trust Food Bank Network End of Year Stats for 2023 show emergency food packages issued in England & Wales were 10x higher than in Scotland. It also shows an increase in England & Wales and Scotland had a small decrease.
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  62. @jackarcher9652 Scottish Income Tax Receipts outgrew the RUK Income Tax Receipts in 2023 with 10,71% growth in Scotland compared with 9,27% in RUK in 2023 from 2022. Scotland has a 6 rate system, RUK has a 3 rate system.
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  63. @jackarcher9652 Sure you can
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  64. @jackarcher9652 Why hasn't RUK followed Scotland's 3% higher top rate of income tax?
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  65. @jackarcher9652 HMRC recent report found since Devolution of Income Tax to Scottish Government and divergence away from the UK income tax system, Thousands more people each year migrated to Scotland from RUK more than left Scotland for the RUK. By 2022 HMRC's most recent figures, Scotland was benefitting from 200m a year in extra taxable income from people migrating here from RUK. Scottish Budget 2024/2025 85m Funding for College Capital Infrastructure. 65m Funding for Agriculture Less Favoured Area Support Scheme. 35m Funding for Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme. 9m Funding for Free Scottish Baby Box. 3m Funding for Islands Air Fare Discount Scheme for Island Residents. = 197m
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  66. @jackarcher9652 I can't look at the other parts of the union you want to stay in a union with?
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  67. @jackarcher9652 You ''You can't reasonably compare'' Me ''sure i can'' You 'no you can't''
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  68. @jackarcher9652 Why isn't England following Scotland's income tax rate? Why is England's top rate 3% lower than Scotland's?
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  69. @jackarcher9652 Suicides registered England & Wales 6069 in 2023 Scotland 792 in 2023 = Suicides were 7x higher in the Union you want us to stay part of. Abortions latest figures England & Wales 252,122 in 2022 Scotland 16,607 in 2022 = Abortions were 15x higher in the Union you want us to stay part of.
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  70. @jackarcher9652 Recorded Crime end of year 2023 England & Wales 6,7 Million Scotland 302 Thousand = Recorded Crime was 22x higher in the Union you want us to stay part of
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  71. @jackarcher9652 Scotland's economic growth rate matched the UK's in the 2nd quarter of 2024, according to the official Scottish GDP first quarterly estimate for Q2.
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  72.  @alistairmonro  No, I'm for decolonisation and repatriation of All Scotland's taxation
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  73.  @stephenparry6811  They did last year introducing the 45% advanced rate and 48% top rate.
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  74. They funded the councils to freeze council tax.
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  75.  @iansmith101  More than welcome to voting for realignment with the UK and loose all the gains here as the UK parties can't have different policies in one part of their UK.
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  76.  @iansmith101  Labours Rachel Reeves has announced 22 Billion cuts to public spending. This is 44x higher than ScotGov's 500 Million. Drug law is a Reserved UK Government Responsibility in the Scotland Act 1998. Scotland does not have the lowest life expectancy in Europe. Gains Free university tuition, prescriptions, eye tests, dental care, personal care, baby box, scottish child payment, free bus travel to under 21s and over 60's, no road tolls, no bridge tolls, no direct water bills, lower council tax.
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  77.  @iansmith101  Labours Rachel Reeves has announced 22 Billion cuts to public spending. This is 44x higher than ScotGov's 500 Million. Drug law is a Reserved UK Government Responsibility in the Scotland Act 1998. Scotland does not have the lowest life expectancy in Europe. Gains Free university tuition, prescriptions, eye tests, dental care, personal care, baby box, child payment, free bus travel to under 21s and over 60's, no road tolls, no bridge tolls, no direct water bills, lower council tax.
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  78.  @haveanopinion  You voted to keep control at Westminster
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  79.  @haveanopinion  Last year £88,5 Billion in tax and 67,5 percent came back.
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  80.  @haveanopinion  The Scottish Government does show what it spends on. Independence is normal.
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  81. Labour is doing the same thing in England
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  82. @jackarcher9652 ScotGov doesn't have any fiscal deficit as its not a currency issuer so doesn't have the means to have deficit spending.
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  83. @jackarcher9652 Control of one major tax power is not extensive. SNP's new policy is to switch to a new currency for Independent Scotland.
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  84. @jackarcher9652 Doesn't reflect an Independent Scotland.
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  85. The cuts are coming from London.
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  86. The English are facing bigger cuts by Labour.
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  87.  @algie-t2w  What missing £600,000?
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  88. Labour Westminster Government has announced 22 Billion of cuts.
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  89.  @tomconnor7786  Which one of the one tax generating power they have?
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  90.  @tomconnor7786  Notice i didn't get an answer. Did you not know ScotGov only has control of 1 tax?
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  91.  @tomconnor7786  Would independence mean repatriation of corporation tax, vat, national insurance, fuel, alcohol, tobacco duty and more? Yes or No?
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  92.  @Bungle-UK  Also the cuts are set in the United Kingdom of which Scotland is having to suffer.
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  93. @jackarcher9652 We're not, we get less back.
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  94.  @arealscotsman  Do you think folk here are stupid and don't know Labour Government announced 22 Billion black hole in public finances and there is going to be cuts to plug it?
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  95.  @arealscotsman  Do you think folk here don't know that Labour Government have announced 22 Billion black hole in public finances and there is going to be cuts to plug it?
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  96.  @arealscotsman  Do you think folk here don't know that Labour Government have announced a black hole in public finances and there is going to be cuts to plug it?
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  97.  @sobo5476  Would you rather have strikes?
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  98. Labour UK Government cutting Scotland's budget.
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  99. Name 1 good thing Brexit has achieved?
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  100. For the higher earners. It has also the lowest income tax rate in the UK.
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  101.  @isking1715  The aim of the lifeline ferry services should be to make a profit?
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  102.  @tom5216  Record High for the number of Scottish Students securing University Places, according to recent UCAS article on 6th August. Average Student Debt in Scotland is £15,400 compared with £45,000 in the UK. = Scots Student leave with 3x Lower student debt than UK counterparts. Scotland has a Higher Youth Employment Rate than the UK as a whole, according to the most recent Scottish Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds published in June.
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  103. UK government responsibility
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  104.  @simmy3076  Whole Country?
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  105.  @simmy3076  What does yours mean
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  106.  @simmy3076  Lack of ambition for Scotland on Reform UK's part.
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  107.  @simmy3076  Its an English nationalist party
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  108. We don't
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  109. The biggest opportunity for growth?
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  110. No as the UK has failed to set up Scotland's own trade network.
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  111. UKgov blocked Scotland's bottle scheme so its their probelm.
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  112.  @moonie-zw5by  That's not true. As proven by the UK government who are desperate not to lose us.
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  113.  @moonie-zw5by  Do Scots not pay taxes?
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  114.  @moonie-zw5by  That's not true. How come English politicians in the UK government don't want rid of us and are desperate to hold on to us?
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  115.  @moonie-zw5by  That's not true. What gives it away as not true is UK government desperate to keep us.
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  116.  @moonie-zw5by  That's not true. What gives it away as not true is UK government desperate to keep us
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  117.  @moonie-zw5by  hat's not true. UK government desperation to hold on us gives the game away.
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  118. Labour UK Government cutting Scotland's budget.
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  119.  @Bungle-UK  That is laughable as its not true.
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  120.  @tisFrancesfault  By law the Scottish Government cannot overspend its limited budget and has to have a balanced budget every year.
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  121. @jackarcher9652 Yes it would, its illiterate to think otherwise.
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  122. That's UK Government Reserved Matter.
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