True enough. I'd recently read about what a failure military style boot camps have been in New Zealand, so that was the first sort of thing to come to mind.
The MoD is busy making professional soldiers redundant. Why would they want conscripts on their books?
Anyway, it's amusing that the much-hyped death penalty petition is currently some way behind one calling for the retention of the ban on capital punishment.
That's a slightly pejorative way of framing the issue. England and Scotland will always be interdependent to a certain degree, but where interests diverge it's perfectly legitimate to seek a better arrangement. That could potentially be a very positive process for both countries if it weren't...
Probably clutching at straws here, but maybe the technical changes will bring Red Bull a bit closer to the others. Qualifying has generally been a bit of a disappointment as a spectacle so far this season.
You're right about the figures not being absolute or free from imperfections. It would have been just as easy (probably easier) to find a contradictory article. It just doesn't help the debate when people make bold assertions for which the evidence is lacking and then shout down dissenting...
STV
Some interesting figures there which ought to make people at least question the prevailing notion of a subsidised Scotland. Most people seem to accept as fact that Scotland is an economic burden - after all, the London newspapers have decreed it.
Who can say with any certainty where...
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