[magatsu1]

BBC on line

For those who don't know, this is the inquiry into why the new Scottish Parliment building cost £400million instead of 40 (you read that right)

Apparantly no one individual was to blame. That's usually Tony's cue to fully accept all responsability he may have had. (now that he apparantly didn't have any)

[Clave]

We need a new noun in English: to 'Holyrood' meaning to vastly understimate the cost of something....

[Rictor]

obviously, someone skimmed a couple hundred million off the top. Its called corruption - don't worry, every country has that, its not just the Scots.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by magatsu1
BBC on line

For those who don't know, this is the inquiry into why the new Scottish Parliment building cost £400million instead of 40 (you read that right)

Apparantly no one individual was to blame. That's usually Tony's cue to fully accept all responsability he may have had. (now that he apparantly didn't have any)

Yeah, everyone was to blame.  Especially the arseholes who signed a contract that signed off any responsbility for costs incurred (i.e. through contractor negligence) to the taxpayer.

[beatspete]

Assuming all the cash has come from taxpayers, the building has cost each person in Scotland around £80 in tax.  
Personally I'd rather see the Parliment held somewhere historic, though I'm not sure such a venue exists.  I don't like the design of the Parliment, its too fragmented, and isn't easy to look at.

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by Clave
We need a new noun in English: to 'Holyrood' meaning to vastly understimate the cost of something....

more like let costs spiral wildly out of control (see: Millenium Dome)

Originally posted by Rictor
 obviously, someone skimmed a couple hundred million off the top. Its called corruption - don't worry, every country has that, its not just the Scots.  

try "incompetence"

Originally posted by beatspete
 Assuming all the cash has come from taxpayers, the building has cost each person in Scotland around £80 in tax.
Personally I'd rather see the Parliment held somewhere historic, though I'm not sure such a venue exists. I don't like the design of the Parliment, its too fragmented, and isn't easy to look at.

Bristish taxpayer IIRC

[Rictor]

can someone explain why exactly its called Holyrood? It sounds like Scooby Doo saying Hollywood. Probably means something in Ye Old Scottish.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Rictor
can someone explain why exactly its called Holyrood? It sounds like Scooby Doo saying Hollywood. Probably means something in Ye Old Scottish.

Because that's the name of the place it was built in.

[vyper]

[q]Bristish taxpayer IIRC[/q]

No actually we pay more into the coffers than the parliament cost, so technically we paid for it ourselves.