tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post8247025549892745737..comments2024-03-29T00:24:49.668+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Tory leadership election result, round oneJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85014715102609965282016-07-07T12:43:51.649+01:002016-07-07T12:43:51.649+01:00Labour took an absolute pounding in the 2003 elect...Labour took an absolute pounding in the 2003 election - just 35% of the constituency vote, and an embarrassing 29% of the list vote. The quirks of the electoral system spared their blushes to some extent, but they still lost six seats, and the Labour/Lib Dem coalition came very close to losing its majority.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-71022282612646982082016-07-07T12:27:59.000+01:002016-07-07T12:27:59.000+01:00Did he? I saw him tweeting that MSPs endorsed it, ...Did he? I saw him tweeting that MSPs endorsed it, and then quoting Tom McCabe calling the SNP "opportunistic and repugnant" for opposing it. Not sure how any of that makes him a "quisling traitor" (isn't that redundant, btw? Quislings are traitors by definition).keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82389814733930277542016-07-07T02:54:09.008+01:002016-07-07T02:54:09.008+01:00You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53918062527824530952016-07-07T02:52:01.546+01:002016-07-07T02:52:01.546+01:00The troll shows the same attention to detail as hi...The troll shows the same attention to detail as his rictus grinning warmongering master.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46040022382031867562016-07-06T22:59:33.415+01:002016-07-06T22:59:33.415+01:00I can't help noticing that odious prick D Leas...I can't help noticing that odious prick D Leask of the herald is claiming that Scotland endorsed the Iraq War because labour won the 2003 election.<br /><br /> Which is odd as he doesn't view the SNP winning the 2015 and 2016 elections as being public endorsements of an Independent Scotland.<br /><br /> Is he a hypocritical little turd? Or just a quisling traitor to his alleged country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-59408873833370998832016-07-06T22:06:25.630+01:002016-07-06T22:06:25.630+01:00Anonymous, what ethnic slurs! Please explain?Anonymous, what ethnic slurs! Please explain?Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9140124653243890062016-07-06T21:45:42.089+01:002016-07-06T21:45:42.089+01:00Evidence Nat si bhoy or withdraw the accusation. A...Evidence Nat si bhoy or withdraw the accusation. Are you still holding yer thingy!Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13696949116013650352016-07-06T21:35:47.408+01:002016-07-06T21:35:47.408+01:00The troll tells bigger lies than his rictus grinni...The troll tells bigger lies than his rictus grinning warmongering master.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37328765341742913712016-07-06T21:27:56.655+01:002016-07-06T21:27:56.655+01:00I'm not doing your research for you, 23. You s...I'm not doing your research for you, 23. You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist. Oh, and lay off the ethnic slurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44170915065272527222016-07-06T21:27:19.126+01:002016-07-06T21:27:19.126+01:00Nerd-type question for James or Scottish Skier or ...Nerd-type question for James or Scottish Skier or anyone else who can help. Is it possible to estimate in an STV election what the drop off rate is from 1st to 2nd preferences, 2nd to 3rd, etc. Any reasonably eliable guesstimates from previous elections or is it too dependent on factors specific to each individual election? Asking for a friend.Tom Tumiltynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-56348211631702636032016-07-06T21:24:28.505+01:002016-07-06T21:24:28.505+01:00Evidence Nat si bhoy. Produce it or shut up and ju...Evidence Nat si bhoy. Produce it or shut up and just continue embracing yer thingy.Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45215640167320589202016-07-06T21:19:35.069+01:002016-07-06T21:19:35.069+01:00zzzzzzzz!zzzzzzzz!Maybolebuddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776630416742473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76255194652257828662016-07-06T21:18:18.982+01:002016-07-06T21:18:18.982+01:00You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29363952891962441632016-07-06T21:17:31.496+01:002016-07-06T21:17:31.496+01:00You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16528084098609687272016-07-06T20:38:59.369+01:002016-07-06T20:38:59.369+01:00As Chilcot makes clear the war was mainly the faul...As Chilcot makes clear the war was mainly the fault of the Nat sis.Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24799153263078649072016-07-06T20:27:23.583+01:002016-07-06T20:27:23.583+01:00Independence is not selling Scotland to the Bundes...Independence is not selling Scotland to the Bundesbank old chap.Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17568223828245411342016-07-06T19:03:07.500+01:002016-07-06T19:03:07.500+01:00Anon, stop being a knobend and show the evidence I...Anon, stop being a knobend and show the evidence I called someone a fascist.Glasgow Working Class 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4389432236568625602016-07-06T14:49:53.956+01:002016-07-06T14:49:53.956+01:00Osborne has already started with his proposed cut ...Osborne has already started with his proposed cut to corporation tax I am afraid.chalksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36880335101891533932016-07-06T13:36:12.557+01:002016-07-06T13:36:12.557+01:00No. As has been pointed out, their boring tv, radi...No. As has been pointed out, their boring tv, radio and tory rags time on this will be long and drawn out, to distract from other majorly important issues going on. <br /><br />They will be plotting, and even planning, their next move to stifle Scottish independence and any notion of Scotland remaining in the EU. They are playing for time, hence the hold up with article50. They will use EU nationals as a bargaining tool, against EU using Scotland as a bargaining tool. Though the EU clearly wants rid of england asap. <br /><br />The main concern is timing, how does Scotland go forward. The tories as usual are playing games with peoples' lives, they do not care one bit that many will suffer as a consequence, losing jobs, businesses, homes, paying much more for daily basics. Then, once human rights are ditched, by Sept this year, they have even more power. Scary stuff. hettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14336425954068503728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84871700699631271672016-07-06T13:23:39.718+01:002016-07-06T13:23:39.718+01:00Can she not just be coronated and be done with it,...Can she not just be coronated and be done with it, trigger Brexit and then we can get on with our independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9675707879572279872016-07-06T10:51:47.851+01:002016-07-06T10:51:47.851+01:00She might now. If Fox and Crabb's votes split ...She might now. If Fox and Crabb's votes split equally amongst the three, May will have 55%. But...<br /><br />Iain above asked 'I forgot to add, why didn't they just have a transferable vote or would that concept have fried the brains of Tory MPs?'<br /><br />So they can conduct quickie polls of the party membership between rounds to work out who should be the second candidate offered to them. At this point, Leadsom or Gove? Because if all of Crabb and Fox's votes went to Gove, he'd jump ahead of Leadsom, virtually guaranteeing a coronation of May by the party membership.<br /><br />Oh, and I think Tory MPs are not strictly obligated to vote for the same candidate they supported in previous rounds. Their first preference isn't the same as their final preference. May could be the next candidate rejected, however unlikely that seems at the moment.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81765492200256900862016-07-06T10:32:24.990+01:002016-07-06T10:32:24.990+01:00Aren't the "English" German/Danish b...Aren't the "English" German/Danish by descent ( Angles, Saxons, Jutes etc)?<br />Doesn't this register in your strange little world?gavinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75171194890236834992016-07-06T10:29:07.466+01:002016-07-06T10:29:07.466+01:00North Brit, please.
The Cult likes to observe the ...North Brit, please.<br />The Cult likes to observe the formalities!gavinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45687448654697471512016-07-06T09:11:53.397+01:002016-07-06T09:11:53.397+01:00I thought May would have much more than 50% of the...I thought May would have much more than 50% of the vote, interesting.chalksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61382993100886244182016-07-06T05:12:09.870+01:002016-07-06T05:12:09.870+01:00You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.You still called Jo Cox's husband a fascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com