SNP having a stick and carrot day

[macadamia]

I had a bad dream last night.

And I did dream that the Land of Caledonia had fallen into the hands of Addle Saltire, Beefah Broon, and their cockopoo, Blandi. They were to rule from their fastness in Boat-of-Garten, surrounded by their closest colleagues Joseph Gorbals, Tartan Boreman, Screwball Guess, Poorman Goring, and "I'm Rich" Similar, all founder members of the SNooPy Party, who made sure every house had a free unicorn and no tax need ever be paid.


They were ultimately defeated by the legacy going back to the days of Flintstone Gerbil, who promised to "fright them off the beaches until so many become so few", in the days when the skies of Southern England were filled with Spatfeuds and Hurrypains, and thousands of Lanchester Bummers. They were finally defeated by the powers of Wastemonster, clearly led by the Leader of the Torries, Rabid Carborundam, and his sidekick, the petulant but biddable LIverish Demi-crat Nackered Clogg.

[PantsMAN]

So your happy to shut down the ship builders in the Clyde, Rosyth and Faslane then? With the loss of thousands of jobs and the loss of revenue

Dumb question...

So you're happy to maintain that a highly skilled workforce can only build one type of vessel and if these orders disappear then the skills are unable to be transferred to building different vessels?

Aye, glass perpetually half-empty again.

[golach]

Dumb question...

So you're happy to maintain that a highly skilled workforce can only build one type of vessel and if these orders disappear then the skills are unable to be transferred to building different vessels?
Aye, glass perpetually half-empty again.

Ach come on get a grip, the Clyde shipyards were only saved by building Naval ships. World shipping is not doing well these days. Building is being done cheaper in the Far East.

[PantsMAN]

Ach come on get a grip, the Clyde shipyards were only saved by building Naval ships. World shipping is not doing well these days. Building is being done cheaper in the Far East.

Precisely why the yards wouldn't be likely to turn down orders for non-combat vessels.

There are plans for 10-12 Maritime Afloat Reach Sustainability Ships to be built over a number of years. These are non-combat vessels.

Yes it's cheaper in the Far East but they don't get the combat-ship orders anyway.

Apart from Trident maintenance is there much 'shipbuilding' at Faslane 'cause I can't find any evidence?