http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Douglas Ross to unveil transport and jobs strategy to boost 'divided' economy” en Sun, 31 May 2026 10:49:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336745 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:05:40 +0000 chdot 336745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah that was some interview this morning - plus the one with NFUS Jonnie. </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mich_scotland/status/1300519801211756550" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mich_scotland/status/1300519801211756550</a></p> <p>He hasn’t been popular for a while -</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/kkeanebbc/status/1225435595230662657" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/kkeanebbc/status/1225435595230662657</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336743 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:55:11 +0000 Stickman 336743@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He’s not had a great day:</p> <p><a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/2452693/douglas-ross-urged-to-apologise-for-food-safety-remarks-that-left-farmers-fuming" rel="nofollow">https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/2452693/douglas-ross-urged-to-apologise-for-food-safety-remarks-that-left-farmers-fuming</a></p> <p><blockquote> National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) policy director Jonnie Hall said he was “fuming” after the Scottish Conservative leader quoted him to defend his stance on food standards.</p> <p>The row erupted after Mr Ross claimed NFUS agreed with his assertion that no MPs had voted in favour of lowering the UK’s food quality standards.</p> <p>Interviewed on BBC Scotland, Mr Ross claimed Mr Hall had confirmed to him that no MP had “ever voted to reduce” animal welfare and biosecurity measures in the UK to back up his argument that action was being taken to ensure the safety of imported food.</p> <p>But Mr Hall claimed Mr Ross had taken an answer he had given at the Scottish Affairs Committee back in June “out of context” and had neglected to mention the NFUS’s concerns about food safety.</p> <p>Mr Hall told BBC Scotland Drivetime: “Douglas Ross asked a very straightforward… did I believe that MPs had voted to reduce standards in the UK? To which I replied ‘no’, because they hadn’t actually voted to reduce.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336742 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:41:02 +0000 Morningsider 336742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scottishconservatives.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Power-up-Scotland-Aug-2020-1.pdf">ctrl-F</a> "climate", "carbon", "brexit"</p> <p>Results: 0/0 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336723 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:53:49 +0000 gembo 336723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That Go Compare guy gets everywhere </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336706 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:32:41 +0000 crowriver 336706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Rob, "While the initial capture is by an individual, they can be controlled well enough to allow many passengers to board."</p> <p>Indeed. As ably demonstrated here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMmtXvd6m1k" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMmtXvd6m1k</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336705 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:26:55 +0000 crowriver 336705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently this will deliver “a fairer, greener and more prosperous Scotland for everyone".</p> <p>Sounds great! Hold on though...</p> <p>"a three-lane M8"</p> <p>Is this fairer? Greener? In which ways?</p> <p>"...improve travel for tourists and protect local roads in rural Scotland outside the central belt."</p> <p>How do you simultaneously improve travel for tourists <em>and</em> protect local roads? Does he mean it will be compulsory to for tourists to ride bicycles outside the central belt? Or take public transport only?</p> <p>“We need to take power back from the government in Edinburgh "</p> <p>Why do "we" need to do that? Which "we" is he talking about? Does he mean us? Or them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336702 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:06:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 336702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We can't know what Mr Ross mean by this stuff because he doesn't know.</p> <p>His managers will tell him if he's ever in a position to do anything, but the chances are they'll just bulldoze Scottish institutions. There's nothing to stop them now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336700 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:47:16 +0000 chdot 336700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Free parking</p> <p>Free schools</p> <p>Free university tuition </p> <p>Free public transport </p> <p>Oh well, can’t have everything for free</p> <p>How about 1/2 price parking (Mon to Wed) with LAs getting the full fee?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336698 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:13:15 +0000 Stickman 336698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From their press release:</p> <p>“A town centre rescue plan. We need immediate measures to support our town centres with planning restrictions freed up and a new town centre adaptation fund.”</p> <p>That means free parking doesn’t it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336697 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:09:14 +0000 Rob 336697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS typical anti-sandworm propaganda. While the initial capture is by an individual, they can be controlled well enough to allow many passengers to board. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336695 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:10:53 +0000 steveo 336695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm a sandwormer myself but they should all be wearing hivz and following the Highway code. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336694 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:37:43 +0000 I were right about that saddle 336694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Residents 'Appalled' By Pop-Up Sandworm Desert in Craigentinny. </p> <p>"I Can't Sleep For Thumpers" said Eck McSporran (76) a long-term lawn bowler and ketamine addict. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336693 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:33:52 +0000 steveo 336693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only by choice, put in sufficient infrastructure and charges for single occupant and you'll soon make a modal change. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336692 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:19:32 +0000 I were right about that saddle 336692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sandworms are individual vehicles if I remember correctly. Suspect only the Laigh O'Moray suited to that transport mode. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336691 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:17:04 +0000 Frenchy 336691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What is the carrying capacity of a Sandworm? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336690 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:09:31 +0000 I were right about that saddle 336690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>By train, car or bike?</em></p> <p>Douglas will fold space with his mind like the Guild Navigators in Dune. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336689 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:57:58 +0000 Frenchy 336689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>quicker journey times from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness</em></p> <p>By train, car or bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336687 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:32:04 +0000 I were right about that saddle 336687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is the Britain Bonus unlocked by Brexit. A motorway on stilts linking high mountain tunnels to join Glasgow <em>in a straight line</em> to Inverness.</p> <p>All we have to do is vote for the regime's regional sales manager and the Bonus is ours. A tunnel under the Pentlands! Personal hovercraft! Children with jet packs. Transporter beams. Shuttle craft.</p> <p>Warp drive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336683 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:00:58 +0000 chdot 336683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“<br /> The Scottish Tories have proposed a fully integrated transport system with an Oyster card-like payment for travel, a three-lane M8 and faster rail links between Edinburgh and Glasgow – as well as quicker journey times from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness.</p> <p>“</p> <p>3 out of 4 ain’t bad - can’t see any faster E-G train times than already planned. </p> <p>But will he say if the payment is coming from the UK Money Forest or a Scottish one when he speaks tomorrow? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336682 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:54:12 +0000 chdot 336682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336680 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:32:45 +0000 gembo 336680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Forgot about him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20334#post-336679 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:24:52 +0000 chdot 336679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18686597.douglas-ross-unveil-transport-jobs-strategy-boost-divided-economy/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18686597.douglas-ross-unveil-transport-jobs-strategy-boost-divided-economy/</a> </p>