[ritchiebaby]

I agree with both matt and jim, but only in the first half of their posts. I don't agree that the SNP are a one trick pony (that's only the way they are portrayed in the national media) but I do agree they should be promoting their other successes more.

And I'm not a great believer in the descriptions of "free education", "free prescriptions", "free bus passes", etc. They're not free, they're only free to the recipient. Except in my case, I'm still paying for my "free" benefits. No wonder we as a country are hard-up, we're giving far too much money away in "freebies". In my opinion, these benefits should be means-tested in some way, so that the poorest get the benefit and the richest can pay their own way.