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Kaye asks: if rural and remote living requires a bigger budget, then why do it?

Kaye asks what is going on with the Labour Party following accusations of Unite's involvement in the selection of the next election's Falkirk candidate.

The Labour Party is having a meltdown over the selection of a candidate to replace Falkirk MP Eric Joyce. There are allegations and counter allegations of stitch-ups and Ed Miliband faces accusations that it's the Unions who run the party not him. Kaye asks for your thoughts on what's going on.

People living in rural Scotland need a bigger budget than elsewhere in the UK for a minimum standard of living, according to research led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. It also found some remote homes needed up to 40% more income to maintain it than those in English urban areas. Increased fuel bills, travel costs, the high price of food, clothes and other goods, concerns over health cover and poor broadband services are among the issues facing those living in rural and remote Scotland. So why live somewhere you will have to pay more? What makes living in these parts of Scotland worth it?

And Kaye asks when does the use of phones most annoy you, after a supermarket till operator refused to serve a customer who had been glued to her mobile at the checkout? Or are you the one who can't put it down?

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