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I agree, it is an emotional decision but it's also not really fair to expect a change in life expectancy throughout 15 years of government, the majority of whic

I agree, it is an emotional decision but it's also not really fair to expect a change in life expectancy throughout 15 years of government, the majority of which was a lib/lab coalition. Still: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26681098 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26681098 It'd be nice to back that with cause and effect, but it seems it's untrue that there's been no change.

celticninja 12y ago
As that article is looking at historic records from 1980 we would need to see the per decade breakdown to see if there was a marked increase since 1999,or roughly half way through the period they looked at. They have averaged it at about 2 years per decade but if we had better info we could determine if the greater benefit was post 1999 and whether it is a statistically significant difference or not, I. E. Life expectancy is usually always increasing but did it improve by a greater percentage under the SNP.
- ownagefool 12y ago
  You'll get no debate with me there. Personally, I'd be suprised if the SNP had actually made the biggest dents in those stats, I don't believe they've been in power long enough to have done so. I do hope that something like Alcohol minimum pricing[1] will have a positive effect in Scotland, time will tell. However, I very much believe we'd never get legislation like that without a Scottish Government serving the interests of the Scottish people[2], something I neither believe Westminster nor devolution with Scottish arms of UK parties in power would get us. [1] I generally don't like such legislation, I very much believe in flat tax and letting people spend it on what they want, but Scotland sadly us have a cultural problem and I think the pragmatic view is it's worth doing. [2] This is obviously just an example. It's hard to quantify a feeling, and that's not thet point. I'm just trying to describe how I feel, which is basically the rUK parties cultrually will bend to big business in an attempt to have the best economy possible, which I don't believe reflects Scottish values, nor common sense unless you're already rich.

celticninja 12y ago

As that article is looking at historic records from 1980 we would need to see the per decade breakdown to see if there was a marked increase since 1999,or roughly half way through the period they looked at. They have averaged it at about 2 years per decade but if we had better info we could determine if the greater benefit was post 1999 and whether it is a statistically significant difference or not, I. E. Life expectancy is usually always increasing but did it improve by a greater percentage under the SNP.

ownagefool 12y ago
You'll get no debate with me there. Personally, I'd be suprised if the SNP had actually made the biggest dents in those stats, I don't believe they've been in power long enough to have done so. I do hope that something like Alcohol minimum pricing[1] will have a positive effect in Scotland, time will tell. However, I very much believe we'd never get legislation like that without a Scottish Government serving the interests of the Scottish people[2], something I neither believe Westminster nor devolution with Scottish arms of UK parties in power would get us. [1] I generally don't like such legislation, I very much believe in flat tax and letting people spend it on what they want, but Scotland sadly us have a cultural problem and I think the pragmatic view is it's worth doing. [2] This is obviously just an example. It's hard to quantify a feeling, and that's not thet point. I'm just trying to describe how I feel, which is basically the rUK parties cultrually will bend to big business in an attempt to have the best economy possible, which I don't believe reflects Scottish values, nor common sense unless you're already rich.