tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post2783688532509168679..comments2024-03-28T13:00:53.517+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Are the European elections about to hand Ruth Davidson a major setback?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23279644281500141062019-04-20T05:41:49.908+01:002019-04-20T05:41:49.908+01:00And another good idea would be coaches on trains f...And another good idea would be coaches on trains for people who want to travel without wearing any clothes.Hilton Pyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14292962315587439392019-04-20T05:38:23.808+01:002019-04-20T05:38:23.808+01:00Do you want to see my Scottish sample?Do you want to see my Scottish sample?Kenny Stottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6394851626262552392019-04-18T23:02:41.155+01:002019-04-18T23:02:41.155+01:00I just wonder what Charlene Tilton thinks about it...I just wonder what Charlene Tilton thinks about it all.Mary Gammacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39615209637482735742019-04-18T09:27:26.536+01:002019-04-18T09:27:26.536+01:00I'd like to argue with passers-by at the Minni...I'd like to argue with passers-by at the Minnie Haha Water Park in Leicester. I'd like to swear at them and distress them.Hilton Pyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-30284796420007049972019-04-17T09:36:52.699+01:002019-04-17T09:36:52.699+01:00Always fun watching Cordelia and its many personal...Always fun watching Cordelia and its many personalities chatting amongst themselves. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81497131168231317912019-04-17T07:28:46.520+01:002019-04-17T07:28:46.520+01:00Yeh. I like going up mountains with Julie Andrews....Yeh. I like going up mountains with Julie Andrews. I go right up. She loves it.Jimmy the Pluggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15928402411396337212019-04-16T23:54:11.191+01:002019-04-16T23:54:11.191+01:00Julie Andrews is a miracle worker. The Hills are a...Julie Andrews is a miracle worker. The Hills are alive. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90422443396575873722019-04-16T22:49:31.243+01:002019-04-16T22:49:31.243+01:00I always think Julie Andrews looks like 2 differen...I always think Julie Andrews looks like 2 different people at the same time. Do you?Tiffany Tanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73774416733329935602019-04-16T21:29:30.471+01:002019-04-16T21:29:30.471+01:00Kaffliks are not the only religion that believe in...Kaffliks are not the only religion that believe in something they can't prove exists. Just dafties but I do like a Cadburys cream egg. Wee Knickerless looks like a cream egg with hair oan the tap. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90112805492473720962019-04-16T16:06:59.113+01:002019-04-16T16:06:59.113+01:00Just noticed that that rough estimate works withou...Just noticed that that rough estimate works without needing further adjustment. Also that in this case it gives the minimum percentage of votes for 4 seats as 42. Iain McCordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114399330514686626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-79843009311432646882019-04-16T11:10:54.195+01:002019-04-16T11:10:54.195+01:00No they don't. Only one party get's exactl...No they don't. Only one party get's exactly the number of seats their votes would give them for the final tariff D'Hondt finds for the last seat. Every other party could have as many as one less than that number of votes "wasted". A Rule of thumb might be (N-1)/2 seats worth of votes on average. In this case there are 8 parties so 3.5 seats worth of votes lost. 100 / (6 + 3.5 ) ~ 10.5% votes per seat as a first guess. Although it's probably closer to 11%. Iain McCordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114399330514686626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50261689880888241432019-04-16T10:45:30.093+01:002019-04-16T10:45:30.093+01:00Quick explanation. D'Hondt is simply a method ...Quick explanation. D'Hondt is simply a method finding a tariff of votes that gets you a seat. In this election you could simply pick a number and see how many seats you allocate.<br />So if that's 8% then the SNP would get 6. Which doesn't work. If it's 10 then SNP get 4, Labour and Cons 1 each.<br />The way D'hondt works though is by asking the question of each party, "if they got the next seat what would the tariff be?" and giving it to the one that maximises that value. Not entirely pointless in this case but very useful in cases where some seats are already allocated such as Holyrood as in that case if they got lucky some parties will already have more seats than simply picking a number would give them.Iain McCordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114399330514686626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-3891631296868471182019-04-16T06:19:51.144+01:002019-04-16T06:19:51.144+01:00Cordelia there, expecting evidence when it never p...Cordelia there, expecting evidence when it never presents any of its own. Snivelling hypocrite. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48348029573115278042019-04-15T19:06:58.329+01:002019-04-15T19:06:58.329+01:00You need to state your memory! You need to state your memory! GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-5124788846137030642019-04-15T17:54:34.850+01:002019-04-15T17:54:34.850+01:00Cordelia's keeping its best crayons for writin...Cordelia's keeping its best crayons for writing to the Heil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91023742080548466852019-04-15T17:53:01.075+01:002019-04-15T17:53:01.075+01:00(Laughs loudly) What they do in private, as consen...(Laughs loudly) What they do in private, as consenting adults, is their own business. I don't like to judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46818927589437287282019-04-15T17:51:28.418+01:002019-04-15T17:51:28.418+01:00I'm given to understand that most of them can ...I'm given to understand that most of them can at least spell X.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80094068753152396532019-04-15T13:59:22.879+01:002019-04-15T13:59:22.879+01:00Don't tell Cordelia, it'll have a fit.Don't tell Cordelia, it'll have a fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62322953521811835072019-04-15T13:58:09.082+01:002019-04-15T13:58:09.082+01:00Cordelia and its blood and soil nationalism, every...Cordelia and its blood and soil nationalism, everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63717288980427137142019-04-15T12:21:11.443+01:002019-04-15T12:21:11.443+01:00You didn't complain when they were pulling you...You didn't complain when they were pulling your plug. If my memory serves me right.Dexter P Munchkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27838080574484792592019-04-15T11:41:44.759+01:002019-04-15T11:41:44.759+01:00The Belfast Agreement is dead since the terrorist ...The Belfast Agreement is dead since the terrorist group Sinn Fein IRA pulled the plug. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66692820553338079852019-04-15T07:41:42.151+01:002019-04-15T07:41:42.151+01:00US watching the UK closely over the GFA.
https://...US watching the UK closely over the GFA.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47877709<br /><br /><b>Brexit: Mike Pompeo says Good Friday Agreement must be sustained</b><br /><br /><i>"It seems like a moment when we should be standing up - Republicans and Democrats - and telling our friends in London that whatever they do they need to recognise the existing fragility of peace in Northern Ireland and the importance of protecting that peace process no matter how this agreement with the European Union turns out."</i><br /><br />The Irish lobby in the US is very powerful. <br /><br />UK will never get a trade deal with the US or EU unless N. Ireland effectively remains in the single market and customs union.Scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12190021847891060572019-04-15T07:33:09.374+01:002019-04-15T07:33:09.374+01:00English May is busy chatting with English Corbyn a...English May is busy chatting with English Corbyn as to how their formal coalition can dispense with the DUP, so setting the backstop in stone.<br /><br />That's why the DUP have largely vanished from the headlines; they're going to be crapped on from a great height. Scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-79433532800073611142019-04-15T04:39:30.947+01:002019-04-15T04:39:30.947+01:00Annunziata Rees-Mogg is a Catholic too. Who would ...Annunziata Rees-Mogg is a Catholic too. Who would have thunk it?Wee Sammy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-1066238553409930792019-04-14T23:16:15.147+01:002019-04-14T23:16:15.147+01:00Actually, Ruth Davidson's main problem is she ...Actually, Ruth Davidson's main problem is she can't get her hair into a scrunch fountain.Malendra Fitzwiltonnoreply@blogger.com