Angus Neilson @AngusNeilson1
Without data you are just another person with an opinion : Data Engineer, Geek, Martial Artist, my opinions are my own. dyslexic sorry about anu spelling Edinburgh, Scotland Joined January 2013-
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When you go on holiday in the Highlands, will you be prepared to pay 5% (or more) on top of 20% VAT? When you go to Edinburgh on business, will you be prepared to pay 5% (or more) on top of 20% VAT? As an islander, when you have to attend a hospital appointment in Glasgow,…
Paul Lawrence: we need more apartments (self-catering). Arse v elbow syndrome. Chief Exec says we need more non-hotel options in @Edinburgh_CC AT THE SAME TIME city councillors axe professional local operators & a black market blossoms. #SaveSC scottishparliament.tv/meeting/econom…
Rather than helping, #STL legislation has become its own worst enemy - an own goal that fuels a dangerous, untamed holiday-let black market. This is dreadful legislation, punishing law-abiding owners while leaving us exposed to rogue unlicensed lets and potential scams.…
Edin council may stop broadcasting "some" meetings online to "save money"🤣🤣🤣 AYE, RIGHT - nothing whatsoever to do with hiding from accountability. They've been caught red handed on film, now they want to stop the filming. Appalling theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/08/edinbu… via @EdinReporter
@AlysGreens Another good day in the office. #blanketban @ASSCnews @SaveSCScotland @Edinburgh_CC video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1…
@SimonCalder Loath though I am to say “I told you so”, shutting down all the professional holiday let operators to create a vast unregulated black market was always going to end badly. independent.co.uk/travel/airbnb-…
Data from @InsideAirbnb has a licence number. Only 1,364 of 5,936 listings display an @Edinburgh_CC licence number. This would suggest just 23% of all listings are properly licensed with >75% giving the law the finger 🤔 Meanwhile legal operators are being shut down. #SaveSC
For anyone who believes the nonsense spouted that self-catering is the cause of all ills in this city, they should look at local #Facebook groups to confirm the opposite. Self-Catering has been treated as a convenient #scapegoat by all political parties. #SaveSC
Meanwhile, the reality is that full-time residents have to put up with other residents who are never held to account by @Edinburgh_CC The problem has never been to any measurable degree people who operate self-catering in city centre Edinburgh. #SaveSC
Ignorance of law or just a practical reality of life? When @scotgov said this was all about health & safety? Clearly not so much! The explosion in an @Edinburgh_CC beds black market has made it pretty clear that best laid plans have achieved the absolute opposite result. #SaveSC
Meanwhile well-run locally-owned self catering has been closed using planning retrospectively to wield the axe, in what looks like a blanket ban to most observers. Is @Edinburgh_CC doing a good job or indulging in performative politics for appearances? You decide. #SaveSC
Do you have an irony deficiency @Edinburgh_CC ? If u have to ‘consider the appropriateness of social events in city chambers’ you’d not be welcome at my STL edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1… #SaveSelfCatering
Omg - students are less disruptive than STL guests.... this guy..... comedy gold - based on what? His opinion? Where do they get these Green Cllrs - seriously, he might be the worst of them all! edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/we…
🧵 1/ Unpicking the Narrative: The Fight for Fairness in Scotland’s Self-Catering Sector: The story goes that STLs cause the housing crisis, fuel anti-social behaviour, and escape regulation. But this narrative? It’s not neutral. It’s engineered. nytimes.com/2017/04/16/tec…
The reality of @scotgov & @Edinburgh_CC STL legislation weaponised to axe local self catering operators whilst desperate people scramble for unsafe illegal accommodation on a booming black market that didn't exist until they created the conditions for its explosion. #SaveSC
@scotgov's @PaulMcLennan7 & @Edinburgh_CC were told by @ScotBandBassoc @ETAG_UK @ASSCnews & many others that the approach & policy behind STL legislation & enforcement was flawed & would lead to skyrocketing prices. Will it change the path taken? It should!#SaveSC
The reason #Edinburgh (& thus #Scotland) became so expensive is because @scotgov policy made it lucrative for offshore money to buy up the dwindling housing for students, tourism & profit to exfiltrate abroad. Hot rocket science. #SaveSC @ASSCnews
The reason #Edinburgh (& thus #Scotland) became so expensive is because @scotgov policy made it lucrative for offshore money to buy up the dwindling housing for students, tourism & profit to exfiltrate abroad. Hot rocket science. #SaveSC @ASSCnews https://t.co/j5eIzcRMmd
It's not just @Edinburgh_CC that has axed local self-catering with little regard to hard data on actual numbers or analysis of real-world need. Neighbouring @ELCouncil has blindly followed the same path & done great harm. #SaveSC @mcmillwynd @ASSCnews eastlothiancourier.com/news/25151623.…
Can't wait for the #touristtax so we can secure No.1 position as THE most expensive place in all Europe. Finally we're top!! 'UK city ranked most expensive in western Europe for city break – and it isn’t London' independent.co.uk/travel/news-an… #SaveSC
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