Scott Lilley

@andrewsduncan1 The times love a negative dramatic headline, people need to read RNS, it’s not downing tools it’s slowing some Open Market private build to match sales rates. Open Market is only 24% of Vistry. The core 76% Partnerships side is the bit the headline conveniently ignores.

Sunday papers: Burnham and Streeting want to rejoin EU and ‘Labour’s favourite housebuilder’ Vistry orders workers to down tools to preserve cash. citywire.com/new-model-advi…

@bigjock36 @GumpyInvestor @PETERMINIHAN The papers also fail to mention its open market private sales, which only accounts for 24% of the business!!

@GumpyInvestor @PETERMINIHAN It’s re hashed garbage where the shorters pay the newspapers

#VTY Vistry orders workers to down tools to preserve cash thetimes.com/article/1fb80a…

Folk are overreacting a bit tonight. First half was dire, no denying that, but the first 20 mins after HT was actually encouraging and we should’ve scored. Bin a few of these charlatans in summer and turn that 20 min spell into 90. Then we’ll look a different side. COYR

@Ross_Greer Welcome to the real world where decisions have consequences, the markets are brutal and take zero prisoners!! Economics 101

Maybe at some point we should talk about how British democracy is effectively subservient to 'market forces'? You can't just ignore the bond markets, but it's hardly genuine democracy when the choices of elected representatives (and voters!) are constrained like this.

Once again, I'm deeply concerned that the Scottish Greens put a fellow MSP at risk of deportation. Though if that happens, there’s currently nothing to stop Dr Manivannan continuing as an MSP from India! Surely we will find cross-party support for a bill to sort out this mess.

@JeremiahDJohns Tbh they will be way more concerned about the real war, than meme war.

I'm in The Dispatch today with a piece on why the US is decisively losing the messaging war to Iran, and how propaganda has changed in the Meme Era.

@AustinRSheridan @JohnSwinney Tell me why I should vote for independence. Will it make me financially better off ?. If that answer is yes backed up with facts then what are we waiting for ! Sadly you know and I know this is horse shit.

🚨 NEW: Zack Polanski has tonight admitted that he failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboat in London

@FlatulentOne @Danjsalt Oil-backed currency 🤣🤦‍♂️ Scotland can’t slap an oil tag on a brand new currency and bypass markets. 🤣🤣 Oil is volatile, reserves decline, spending is permanent, and credibility has to be earned. A Scottish £ would be judged on debt, deficit, reserves, trade and confidence.

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt So an oil-backed currency will devalue relative to a currency that's just lost its main collateral and has at least a 3 trillion debt obligation. Aye, right. 🙄

Nothing quite like a Scottish election to bring out the lunatic nationalist fringe - They can just mmt with their new currency - They wouldn't have to take a share of the United Kingdoms national debt - rUK would pay their pensions even after they left - There wouldn't be a border - There would be a border but it wouldn't impact anything - They would use Sterling - They would use their own currency but it would not mean any change to their spending - They don't have a deficit because they're not allowed one - They do have one but it doesn't matter Etc etc

@PatrickSMurphy4 @Danjsalt Ah yes, nothing screams confident case for independence like calling older voters stupid because they don’t agree with you. Younger voters also grow up, get mortgages, pensions, kids and tax bills. Romantic slogans hit differently when the risk is your own money.

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt Millions already do. Retirement age will constantly rise in the UK, millions of people already voted for independence and continually vote for independence parties. Thankfully stupid auld duffers are on their way out and a younger generation is more open to the idea

@PatrickSMurphy4 @Danjsalt Fair play to you, but your personal story doesn’t change the national risk. Most people aren’t voting to gamble their pensions, wages, mortgages, savings and jobs on I’ll build it back. Especially if doing well now. That’s the point. You might accept the risk, millions won’t.

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt Worse than what? I've built my own home and everything I have, my dad paid for an apprenticeship for me and I'm willing to risk that as I have the ability to build it back. My dad was still on the tools at 78, 2 years before he died. I'm determined to die on the job at 100yrs old

@meljomur @Neilsocialist Deco max is all the power zero responsibility. It’s exactly what they want as it continues the gravy train indefinitely.

@Neilsocialist I thought we already had Devo Max.

2/2 My preference is for a two question ref Q1. Do you want constitutional change Y/N Q2. Do you want Independence or Devo Max

@WingsScotland Could Westminster close it Down?

@WingsScotland Can we just close the place down. Is there any Democratic strategic opportunity for that?

What you don't understand about the socipoathic freakshow of Green candidates is that it's a feature, not a bug. Everything they do is about "queering" the status quo, by which they mean normal people (especially white heterosexual ones) with families and jobs.

@PatrickSMurphy4 @Danjsalt Too many people blame government for their own lifestyle while doing nothing to improve it themselves. If your life is a mess now, independence won’t magically fix it. A new passport, currency and parliament won’t replace personal responsibility. That’s the harsh truth.

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt It goes both ways fella, it always has. Scotland has an established well known economy. There's a reason why Westminster doesn't want to get rid of that basket case that Scottish is claimed to be.

@PatrickSMurphy4 @Danjsalt Nobody said Scotland is a basket case. The question is risk/reward. Why take currency risk, borrowing risk, trade friction, pension uncertainty and lose the UK backstop just to maybe end up worse off? Scotland has an economy isn’t the argument. Would indy improve it? Risk 101.

@PatrickSMurphy4 @Danjsalt “Could outstrip every bond in the world” 🤣 that’s delusional fantasy, 🤦‍♂️ Markets price actual risk, not nationalist potential. Remove the UK framework, add currency uncertainty and independence risk, and borrowing gets judged differently. That’s the point. Facts over fantasy!

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt Potentially they could outstrip every other bond in the world but they've been tied to a limit. That's how things work, potential goes both ways, genius

@Hamish88205796 @Danjsalt You can set low rates if you want, then markets price the currency risk, inflation risk and capital flight. Reality still exists. Trade friction is simple. Its borders, rules, currency, tax, contracts, customs and uncertainty. Potential hard border with England!! 🤔

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt Would an independent Scotland with it's own currency be unable to set favourable low interest rates to boost spending in the economy? What trade friction? Are you referring to the yoon belief that business will harm their own interest out of malice toward Scottish independence?

@Hamish88205796 @Danjsalt Tourism doesn’t offset imported inflation, higher borrowing costs, weaker wages, dearer mortgages and capital flight. Scotland is stable because it currently sits inside the UK framework. That’s the bit you keep ignoring. The markets are brutal!! They will punish on weakness.

@ScottLilley19 @Danjsalt How would their real world buying power change in any significant way? Scotland is relatively stable, has a £220 billion economy, is a huge exporter. We also have a massive tourist industry. A weaker currency would increase tourism. Your fear is preventing you seeing upsides.