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We could say, "We recognise that such membership can cause difficulties and ideally it should not happen, but in practice, de-dah, de-dah." I am sure that we could give Ken Macintosh the comfort of showing that the matter had been raised.
You made the point that not very much money is required and, in response to Des McNulty's previous question, you talked about replacing £10 million of borrowings with a £1 million injection of equity.
I could be put back in the position that I have been in at certain times in my life when I was locked up, drugged up and left in front of a television to watch "Trisha" and "Today with Des and Mel". That is not what I want to do—I want one of your jobs in the future.
The Waverley line is probably one of the most difficult projects to define. Strictly speaking, it is a cul-de-sac at present—a railway siding—but it has connectivity and raises major issues associated with the capacity of the national rail network, which brings it into the national context.
The courts have already decided that the evidence was unreliable. Kenneth Macintosh and Des McNulty have offered a vigorous defence of their constituents, but there has been no opportunity as yet for the SCRO officers or their representatives to have their say.
I thought that the figure was 750,000; 50,000 is obviously de minimis. The serious point is that the visitor gallery was supposed to seat 250—that was Lord Steel's undertaking as Presiding Officer.
Not all footballers are on the £50,000 per week wages of Henrik Larsson or the de Boer brothers. Players' careers are shortened through injury and declining living standards.Communities are also affected by the closure of football teams.
Because the structural funds are administered through the European Commission at the moment, there is a de facto absolute guarantee. To make an observation on that is not to make a political judgment; it is simply to state a fact.