I'm going to state the bl**ding obvious, you have been warned.

You are right Paddyann they have done a fantastic job, here in East Ayrshire the have starred, closed the libraries, the swimming pools, the fitness centres, the nearly new games halls and the golf courses, leaving the teenagers with nothing to do but drink and get into trouble. Villages like Patna, Dalmellington, Cumnock and New Cumnock have been left to die. Great job and no its not Westminsters fault its the snp who are to blame, free prescriptions to people earning £50,000 a year ? Free eye tests to people on £100,000 a year, why ? thats really clever. Of course people out of work should be given free prescriptions, eye tests and glasses but if you earn a decent wage you should be paying. As the OP said everything has to be paid for

Ruby you can be a phantom shopper and write a report on what you see.

Sorry! I don't agree that gloves and aprons should be recycled or worn more than once. MRSA is a real problem in hospitals.

Yes to pink hair, phoenix

The thread looked as though it had taken a turn for the serious so I was suggesting that it might be wise to avoid it!!

Ruby, when you are better maybe you could take charge of waste in the nhs - I'm sure you'd be brilliant. I wouldn't mind being your deputy!!

Go for the pink Phoenix, what does it matter if you look daft? I bet you'll look stunning.

There is a lot of waste in the hospitals, gloves and aprons on and off all day, each nurse, doctor, auxiliary, cleaners but none recycled, just thrown away as was a lot of food too. Corners cut in other ways, cleanliness and staff not checking tablets taken by patients on one ward. Told Matron but still no change. X

kitty (breaking stated intention again ) are you telling me to go for the pink hair and then not come back?

I hope/think not, but never take anything for granted (except death, taxes and misunderstandings on GN)

So if there's another Scottish Independence Referendum paddyann will you vote to 'stay' as part of the UK so Scotland can afford to stay within its budget?

Oh dear!

Yes definitely go for it and probably don't come back.

we all know NOTHING is free ...we also know that any one with an ounce of social morals or conscience ...will see that there are people who are vulnerable ,sick,,disabled through NO FAULT of their own and they should be supported ...that surely is christian behaviour? Or just common sense. Grannypiper the SNP manifesto is costed ,unlike the others...our budget is fixed and we stay within it EVEN manage to mitigate the effects of austerity for those hit hardest by it.If you're happy to live in a country where people have to decide whether they can pay for medication or buy food then I feel very sad for you.Thankfully there are a lot of us here who think differently to you.

Jeremy might offer us oldies free hair dye until we die, a shampoo and set once a month, free gel nails, what would sway you to vote for him.

Well, with someone elses money we will all be 'in the pink'
I think you should buy a few differently coloured wigs/hairpieces Phoenix then you wouldn't suffer all this angst over what colour to be next. and if you didn't like it you can just take it off.Look on the Internet, they are not all expensive ones.

Or could always borrow it.

The other people being the Rich. They won't miss it or immediately move it to somewhere cheaper. They'll be all conscientious and give freely.

Or just print some more - that's an old favourite of certain governments.

Ah yes. OPM - other people's money. We're all keen on that!

Ah but it could be ' free ' when somebody else is paying for it!

Ok, I'm going to break a promise (how political is that!)

annsixty not decrying or advocating, just as I said, the parties talk about "free" this and that, grannypiper and jalima probably put it better than I did.

With regard to the hair, I already have a bottle of temporary colour labelled "baby pink", so that is the one I'm tempted to try.

The range has a huge range of colours, last about 8 washes (apparently) just don't know if it would look daft.

As you were...........

I fancy lavender but it won't show on my hair.

Years ago a colleague said she always voted Labour because she believed that all utilities should be free - water, gas, electricity etc and she thought they would be the party to introduce that.
What she never seemed to grasp was that somehow these have to be paid for and if people receive everything free they do not value it, use it carefully, think of the cost or think of the needs of others.

The NHS is an example of this, most people value it but others take it for granted.

I don't quite get it but then I'm not very bright.
Are you decrieing, advocating ? but if you don't come back I will never know.
If opinion is sought I would go for a deeper pink than pale it will make more of an impact.

Phoenix for prime minister!

Pheonix Go pink, it will be all of the above.
You are right,nothing is "free", you have to rob Peter to pay Paul. Shame the snp dont understand that, to be fair none of the parties grasp that fact.