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The real push for me is how Westminster is set on privatizing it's social safety net.
The English NHS is being broken up and sold to private contractors. So there will be an Americanization of the Healthcare Service down south.
Now the way all public spending is done in the other countries in the Union is using something called the Barnett Formulla. Where each of the different regions (Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) gets their budgets is based on a % of what England spends, so that they are given representative portions. So that no one region gets more than it really should.
Now, with the NHS going private in England how much public spending do you think will be happening in your healthcare? Other than Emergency Services (ambulances and ER facilities) nothing... which will mean that the budgets for the other Regions will get decimated. There won't be enough funding for Scotland to have a functioning NHS, and will force us to privatize if we DON'T say "Yes" to the Independent Referendum then we will lose coverage for our elderly, children and prescriptions.
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We've seen UKIP gaining a lot of support in England as well, up to 16% according to some Polls, that combined with the Tories, could mean that a new coalition could be in store of Extreme Right wing and Right Wing.
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Interesting side note... the much coveted Michelin Star rating for restaurants and hotels originated because Michelin (Yes, the tyre manufacturing company) decided to sponsor a series of travel guides. To be published annually.
They became so popular and the bar for excellence kept on rising. Until you get the hyper elite rating which the star represents today.
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If you get a second monitor, you can play Hearthstone while watching Netflix :P
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