Scottland... Nice, Nicee

[spathiphyllum]

https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjkmgy/scotland-is-going-to-be-the-first-country-to-make-pads-and-tampons-free-for-all-students?utm_source=vicefbanz&utm_campaign=global

[steg]

I had a sweatshirt with “Scottland” written on it, funniest thing I’d seen

[Spicerack]

They need to stop cadging before giving more stuff away.

[baza]

Should be VAT free or better still free to all who require them. imo.

[Jackdaw33]

Period poverty? Don't make me laugh.

[anneasquith]

Good .

[ummmm]

You have regular periods, Jack?

[ladybirder]

Jeez so not only do the Scots get their university education for free, the females get their tampons etc for free, whereas the students from England, Wales and NI have to pay for everything.
Yea, really nice.

[steg]

just when he lays an egg

[jno]

lol ummmm, I think he may be past the menopause. But this sounds like a good idea; these really are basics of living.

[ummmm]

Don't be so crude!

[Spicerack]

If you want to be generous, fine, do it with your own money.

[steg]

Pads named after you... now that’s cooool

[anneasquith]

Quite right, all you tax paying scots ( spend your own money ) lol .

[retrocop]

Very nicee indeed for the English taxpayer to show their benevolence to the young students. I assume that largesse will be directed at students from all over the globe who study in Scotland just like a referendum vote was given to a Polish chambermaid in Edinburgh but not my late FIL who worked and lived in England.
Should Scotland's First Lady achieve her aim I assume and hope Mr Barnett will pack up his formula and I am sure the Scots will be most happy with that extra expenditure in their budget.


//The Barnett formula is a mechanism used by the Treasury in the United Kingdom to automatically adjust the amounts of public expenditure allocated to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to reflect changes in spending levels allocated to public services in England, England and Wales or Great Britain, as appropriate. The formula applies to a large proportion, but not the whole, of the devolved governments' budgets − in 2013–14 it applied to about 85% of the Scottish Parliament's total budget.//

[Jackdaw33]

I've heard of 'fake' news but this takes the biscuit.

[Spicerack]

anneasquith/// Quite right, all you tax paying scots ( spend your own money ) lol .///

lol,? You midgets haven't stood on your own two feet since 1707.
When you do, then you can start throwing money around like a drunken sailoir.

[Baldric]

/// scotland is going to be the first country to make pads and tampons free for all students ///

They could mot likely reduce the cost by about 50% if they only gave them to Female rather than 'all' students.

[Baldric]

Most likely ^^^^^^

[jourdain2]

Well, if true, I disagree with free tampons etc.. Why shouldn't boys have free razors and shaving foam? Where does it stop? State take-over. I'm female, I had periods. So did my mum, grandmas, great-grandmas etc., they managed periods themselves. You don't have to have tampons. I do think that they should be VAT-free.