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Title: SNP Offices
Post by: Alex on January 19, 2022, 02:59:26 PM
I don't know if this is really true  :hmm: but I've just been reading that the SNP has offices around the world.   The SNP Government spends £9million a year on offices in Beijing, Washington DC, Ottawa, Paris, Brussels, Dublin, Berlin and Copenhagen, as well as one in London.   That's an awful lot of money, for what ?
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Raven on January 19, 2022, 03:50:02 PM
They certainly have one in most towns in Scotland. :check: But around the world?  :hmm: That seems a bit daft, but then the media lie about the SNP all the time. :lipsrsealed: :sad:
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Alex on January 19, 2022, 04:28:47 PM
Scottish media too  ?

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-government-splurges-6m-per-24356885.amp
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Raven on January 19, 2022, 04:34:25 PM
Quote from: Alex on January 19, 2022, 04:28:47 PM
Scottish media too  ?

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-government-splurges-6m-per-24356885.amp

Hmmm, I'm going to have a word with Ian, a friend who's a SNP Councillor, see what/why they would need offices like that.  :downvote:
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Alex on January 19, 2022, 04:44:40 PM
Be interesting to find out, it's a lot of money.   I thought British embassies and consulates were there to help all Brits in foreign lands.
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: zoony on January 19, 2022, 05:14:03 PM
Quote from: Raven on January 19, 2022, 04:34:25 PM
Hmmm, I'm going to have a word with Ian, a friend who's a SNP Councillor, see what/why they would need offices like that.  :downvote:

When you say 'offices'.. Could it be that in many places overseas a room and a phone would be all you'd need?
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: klondike on January 19, 2022, 05:32:11 PM
I suppose a soverign state needs to maintain offices overseas. Quite why I must admit I don't know though.
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: zoony on January 19, 2022, 05:34:09 PM
Cheap holidays?  :wink:
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: klondike on January 19, 2022, 05:38:22 PM
Well yes but I wondered if there might be some reason beyond my ken that the bean counters may consider legitimate.
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Alex on January 20, 2022, 12:25:53 AM
Quote from: klondike on January 19, 2022, 05:32:11 PM
I suppose a soverign state needs to maintain offices overseas. Quite why I must admit I don't know though.

Scotland's not a sovereign state, surely Great Britain is the sovereign state  ?
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Michael Rolls on January 20, 2022, 03:28:46 AM
I believe the sovereign state is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Yes? No?
Mike
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: klondike on January 20, 2022, 07:21:27 AM
Well yes I guess so but does Ms Sturgeon know that?

It was a tongue in cheek question in the first place.
Title: Re: SNP Offices
Post by: Michael Rolls on January 20, 2022, 09:40:14 AM
Quote from: klondike on January 20, 2022, 07:21:27 AM
Well yes I guess so but does Ms Sturgeon know that?

It was a tongue in cheek question in the first place.
She knows it, but doesn't believe it
Mike