tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post5246506420286316211..comments2009-07-01T23:15:30.752+01:00Yousuf Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958494785795838278yousuf.hamid@strath.ac.ukBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-19545766417380631862009-07-01T23:15:30.752+01:002009-07-01T23:15:30.752+01:00Yousuf, I agree with the thrust of this post but Jim&#39;s final point&#39;s a decent one.<br /><br />WOuld you care to respond to it?naldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563789247589179756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-73475448135310489752009-07-01T20:25:23.548+01:002009-07-01T20:25:23.548+01:00Cashback for Communities is providing money for various sports as well as other activities. <br /><br />http://www.cashbackscotland.com<br /><br />Why should absolutely everything be free by the way?BellgroveBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011429534354744636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-45020902793780893122009-07-01T08:58:15.297+01:002009-07-01T08:58:15.297+01:00Yousuf<br /><br />Even by your own limited standards that&#39;s a pish reply.<br /><br />Let&#39;s just leave it that you think that because not every council provides free tennis for everyone means that tennis isn&#39;t available and that is &#39;utterly shameful&#39;.<br /><br />Now on the Yousuf scale, where does the renewal of the Trident abomination, the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or even the behaviour of your parliamentary Labour party in relation to expenses sit?<br /><br />JimJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-23653034100070320132009-06-30T20:12:36.880+01:002009-06-30T20:12:36.880+01:00HP - The key point in increasing sport participation is not just about breeding new winners but about changing the culture of unhealthy living Scotland.<br /><br />This is why the proportion of sports spending on elite athletes increasing is not appropriate and why the fact that tennis is not in 2014 does not mean that we should not use the games to change a culture for all sports.Yousuf Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958494785795838278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-79936694655483894002009-06-30T20:10:14.936+01:002009-06-30T20:10:14.936+01:00Jim, do yo really think that a situation when in a 3rd of Councils only a few private clubs is appropriate?<br /><br />It depends what you believe in terms of access for sports. Labour is after increasing access, does you partisan nature really mean that you will be against access because it hurts the Scottish Government?Yousuf Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958494785795838278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-27286661575756476842009-06-30T19:03:40.374+01:002009-06-30T19:03:40.374+01:00also mi have just realised that tennis isnt even a sport at 2014, so your mention of that is a wee bit strangeHolyrood Patterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00011279364711982978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-24763293209579323022009-06-30T16:20:05.862+01:002009-06-30T16:20:05.862+01:00are you still going on about the free football thing?<br />the scottish govt cant afford it, nor can we ask clubs (many of whom are going out of business already) to stump up the millions required to fund it.<br />Al bundy,<br />it would supremely aid the Inverclyde SNP if you would refer to Inverclyde council in its true form A New Labour/Tory Alliance,<br />many thanksHolyrood Patterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00011279364711982978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-64089338313497265452009-06-30T10:54:11.182+01:002009-06-30T10:54:11.182+01:00Jim:<br /><br />He works for McAveety. Yousuf probably did the report in the first place, i.e. phoning round 32 councils and asking &quot;Do you have a tennis court?&quot;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-65975660154762700682009-06-30T09:38:21.296+01:002009-06-30T09:38:21.296+01:00Yousuf<br /><br />I&#39;m afraid on this topic you&#39;re talking utter balls.<br /><br />You&#39;ve (maybe) read Frank McAveety&#39;s report or maybe the Herald&#39;s bites) and because the council don&#39;t provide free tennis concluded that there can&#39;t be any tennis - typical muddled Labour thinking!<br /><br />Apparently in your head this amounts to an &#39;utterly shameful&#39; situation?<br /><br />How about applying some sense of perspective?<br /><br />JimJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-90972119362159194592009-06-29T23:38:05.153+01:002009-06-29T23:38:05.153+01:00It would appear from this post that anyone who is a Labour party member has had their memory wiped clean, and have no recollection of anything that happened before 2007.<br /><br />Where have all the thousands of tennis courts that the Labour/Lib Dem gave free tennis on disappear between 2007 and now?<br /><br />How many courts were available for free tennis in Scotland in 2006 Yousuf? Note 2006 that will give a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-91760388088210456632009-06-29T22:38:39.234+01:002009-06-29T22:38:39.234+01:00Decent post, Yousuf. All Scottish governments are guilty of massively under investing in sport but the current one has been worse than those which came before it.<br /><br />Other than Homecoming Scotland sponsoring the Scottish Cup, i&#39;m struggling to think of a single initiative that it has undertakne.<br /><br />Investment in sport is such a no-brainer in terms of improving health and self esteem and keeping people occupied and out of bother.<br /><br />If we spent a tiny fraction of the cash the UK government intends wasting on nuclear weapons that will never be used, we could do so much more to support sports throughout the whole of the UK.naldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563789247589179756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-33203675815289576582009-06-29T17:48:51.549+01:002009-06-29T17:48:51.549+01:00Oh and Sport, like public health and housing, is part of the Health brief which Sturgeon is in charge of. The Deputy FM has made statements on Housing and Public Health in the past, just not Sport.Yousuf Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958494785795838278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-12930906071373753372009-06-29T17:48:08.819+01:002009-06-29T17:48:08.819+01:00Well yes Jim it does matter and in 10 areas it isn&#39;t that they don&#39;t provide free courts. They don&#39;t provide ANY courts at all.Yousuf Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958494785795838278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-37267866116837219582009-06-29T16:04:39.870+01:002009-06-29T16:04:39.870+01:00Shona Robison is the minister responsible for sport. I can&#39;t be bothered correcting the other mistakes, tbh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-63508855839003036192009-06-29T12:37:52.265+01:002009-06-29T12:37:52.265+01:00Wait a mo. The BBC article lists the councils with no tennis courts. They are:<br /><br />Angus: LibDem/Lab/Con/Ind<br />East Lothian: SNP/LibDem<br />Falkirk: Lab/Con/Ind<br />Inverclyde: Lab minority<br />North Lanarkshire: Lab<br />Perth &amp; Kinross: SNP/LibDem <br />Borders: Con/LibDem/Ind<br />South Ayrshire: Con minority<br /><br />That&#39;s 4 councils where Labour are in full or partial control, 4 for the Tories, 4 LibDem, 3 Ind and 2 SNP.<br /><br />So really this is broadly the fault of Unionism, according to your logic.Al Bundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512411317167700208.post-66820380833336756682009-06-29T10:53:19.182+01:002009-06-29T10:53:19.182+01:00&#39;utterly shameful&#39; ???<br />Are you sure?<br /><br />Does it mean that there are no tennis facilities in the region at all or does it mean that the councils don&#39;t provide free tennis courts?<br /><br />I don&#39;t recall ever seeing or hearing of anyone complaining about the lack of Tennis facilities anywhere, ever... but maybe it&#39;s such an utterly shameful situation that people are too black affronted to have other folk know that they live somewhere so impoverished... my god! why am I posting... I haven&#39;t checked if there&#39;s free tennis near me...<br /><br />Haud on! There is a court in Queens park, but there&#39;s no Hawkeye! Wait till I get a hold of my councillor... What a disgrace!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.com