Lickszz Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Why bother with an inquiry into why the Scottish Parliament building has increased in cost from an estimated £40 million to the current £400 million and still a building site. Do they not realise that any investigation is only going to cost more public money. Surely the answers are obvious. This disgraceful, shambolic incompetance can only be a result of the same economic incapables who built the Millennium Dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 just out of interest, is it all of us paying for it or just the scots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickszz Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 Spooks, Paid for by English tax payers. How could anyone in their right senses have drawn up a contract in which cost escalation of 400% is permitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Originally posted by Lickszz Spooks, Paid for by English tax payers. How could anyone in their right senses have drawn up a contract in which cost escalation of 400% is permitted? This is what happens when government (local or national) tries to run something that the private sector should be doing. There's nothing like using your own money to keep costs keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Yerbody Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Originally posted by Lickszz Spooks, Paid for by English tax payers. How could anyone in their right senses have drawn up a contract in which cost escalation of 400% is permitted? It's not paid for by english taxpayers, it's paid for by BRITISH taxpayers, in the same way that the Stormont set-up is funded by us all, and a Yorkshire Parliament (if it came about) would be funded. It's not as if the Jocks haven't had it pretty tough anyway - poll tax, stealing their oil revenues, ******* up their fishing industry, buggerin up their ship-building... Added to the fact that they were paying more tax per capita than they received in state expenditure up until the late nineties!! Plus, we all voted for a government that had nigh-on promised devolution... It is a scandal that the costs were allowed to spiral so high, but unfortunately that isn't exactly unknown with projects of this kind. Edited - Removed Swearing - Lickszz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Originally posted by Jack Yerbody It is a scandal that the costs were allowed to spiral so high, but unfortunately that isn't exactly unknown with projects of this kind. Costs are certainly known in the private sector. The costs go up when the Client (ie the Government) starts changing things AFTER signing the contract. The contractor is merely asking for payment for alterations by it's Client. The private sector worked out ways of producing buildings on time and budget years ago - a shame the the govenment is still so useless at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnkysknky Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Originally posted by Lickszz Spooks, Paid for by English tax payers. How could anyone in their right senses have drawn up a contract in which cost escalation of 400% is permitted? 400% ?!?!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickszz Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 Originally posted by Jack Yerbody It's not paid for by english taxpayers, it's paid for by BRITISH taxpayers, in the same way that the Stormont set-up is funded by us all, and a Yorkshire Parliament (if it came about) would be funded. It's not as if the Jocks haven't had it pretty tough anyway - poll tax, stealing their oil revenues, ******* up their fishing industry, buggerin up their ship-building... Added to the fact that they were paying more tax per capita than they received in state expenditure up until the late nineties!! Plus, we all voted for a government that had nigh-on promised devolution... It is a scandal that the costs were allowed to spiral so high, but unfortunately that isn't exactly unknown with projects of this kind. Before quoting me you might want to read what I am replying to. Some people prefer to class themselves as English instead of British. BTW - we didn't all vote for this Government, some 20 odd percent elected it. ps - what do you think is wrong with the current building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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