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I broadly agree with your comments, James. In terms of Arbroath / B Ferry, I live in that constituency & (incorrectly, as it turned out) there was a scare that perhaps Reform UK might win the by election. My cousin consciously threw away his vote & voted Labour since he said that as Reform were going to win anyway, she might as well vote his first choice. I said he was wrong: SNP could, & normally should, still win. Definitely a good number of voters turned out tactically here for SNP to keep Reform out. As things transpired, they were never in with a real shout of winning and ended up (somehow) behind the Tories in 3rd place. Lastly as an aside, the LibDem candidate is very active in promoting local issues & had a decent personal vote, albeit still finishing last despite a slightly increased party vote share.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin consciously threw away his vote & voted Labour since he said that as Reform were going to win anyway, she might as well vote his first choice.
DeleteI wouldn't say voting for your first choice is throwing away your vote. It's pretty much the opposite of that, even if it's a joke party like Labour
Fair comment (me again, the original poster). By the way, apologies to him for referring to him as "she" at one point above. More info: he's from Liverpool originally, and has always voted Labour in every election, local, European, Westminster, Holyrood whatever, since he turned 18. Lifelong one-party voters are still a thing :-)
DeleteIs there a lot of incest amongst the Yoons in your family
DeleteBurnham is a snake in sheep’s clothing.
ReplyDeleteHe makes vague noises about manufacturing industry and the North / South divide, but we’ve heard that before. Remember Boris Johnson’s “Levelling up”?
Hate to mix my animal metaphors, but on Palestine he’s a weasel. A member of Labour Friends Of Israel. Actively opposed to BDS (calls it vindictive). He refuses to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza because (paraphrase) “I’m just a humble Major of Greater Manchester and I can’t possibly be expected to have an opinion on international matters.”.
Yeah, because the mass murder of woman and children is such a nuanced topic, I can’t quite decide which side I”m on.
A Blairite, a Brownite, and a Corbynite walk into a pub. “What are you having, Andy?” the landlord asks.
DeleteAn excellent assessment of Aberdeen South. I reside in the neighbouring ing constituency and know that the Aberdeen South seat has a heavy unionist electorate. Sometimes - particularly in by elections - the reality of electoral arithmetic has to be a major consideration.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried about Declan. I think he's trying to be an expert in too many fields.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Starmer can share a taxi with Swinney and Sturgeons Woke Coven.
ReplyDelete"Single issue" by-elections have happened before. In 1988 in the Glasgow Govan seat it the was the poll tax and that propelled the SNP to win the seat from 4th place.
ReplyDeleteVoters don't like by-election other than the death of a candidate and usually punish the party that held the seat. Leyton 1965, Hamilton 1967, Workington 1976. Makerfield is an exception as Starmar is very unpopular.