tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1585342223953044455..comments2024-03-29T15:48:12.543+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Don't let people con you into thinking that using your lower preferences in the local elections is the same thing as vote-splitting in a Holyrood electionJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75932715429308042332017-04-18T19:46:52.451+01:002017-04-18T19:46:52.451+01:00At the Holyrood elections I also kept saying to pe...At the Holyrood elections I also kept saying to people that they were voting against the SNP with their list vote,and I too took a lot silly words from many of them even now some are still saying that we lost our majority because not enough believed them.Too thick to work it out that they were voting against the candidate that they had just voted for.Now we have the same folk trying to convince people not to complete their list or their preferences same folk spreading same sort of twisted logic or perhaps they are just unionists in disguise,and that is the worrying part they are managing to convince so many to vote the way unionists want them to vote.Oh and I hope I did say thanks for your explanation of the preference list.Charles O'Brien.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10778040983298966024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-71066119723134196492017-04-18T19:01:34.198+01:002017-04-18T19:01:34.198+01:00Only the Tories fiddle. That is a good election ca...Only the Tories fiddle. That is a good election campaign slogan.GWC2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78297885422931673952017-04-18T18:00:33.707+01:002017-04-18T18:00:33.707+01:00If you were Labour you would hardly be so upset at...If you were Labour you would hardly be so upset at the Tories up to their neck in election expenses fraud, you sockpuppet simpleton<br /><br />PMSL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-31323171464727188792017-04-18T17:57:11.085+01:002017-04-18T17:57:11.085+01:00The troll calls scottish people "jocks",...The troll calls scottish people "jocks", advocates arming Leave campaigners, claimed Jo Cox's husband was a fascist, uses racial and ethnic slurs, pretends to be Labour (badly) while espousing far-right racist Neo-Nazi hate-speech, praises Theresa May and the tories and displays a perverted poisonous obsession with Scotland's First MinisterThe poster above is a far-right racist troll from Englandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83597047975333966602017-04-18T17:56:18.174+01:002017-04-18T17:56:18.174+01:00Eoin Clarke @LabourEoin 13m
Crown Prosecution Se...Eoin Clarke @LabourEoin 13m<br /><br />Crown Prosecution Service have just released a statement. The General Election will not prevent them taking charges for Tory Electoral FraudBumblefuck Brexit and the kipper tory incompetentsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-67567991727524675272017-04-18T17:55:39.706+01:002017-04-18T17:55:39.706+01:00Nat ����♀️ ����♀️ @NatBatsx 4 hours ago
PM o...Nat ����♀️ ����♀️ @NatBatsx 4 hours ago<br /><br />PM on Scottish independence vote: Nows the time to focus on Brexit. <br /><br />PM on Brexit: Nows the time to have a general election.Bumblefuck Brexit and the kipper tory incompetentsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-35505668491447951402017-04-18T17:54:28.182+01:002017-04-18T17:54:28.182+01:00Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland 36m
Imagine ...Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland 36m<br /><br />Imagine being so shit at politics you were actually afraid of Jeremy Corbyn.<br /><br />“Theresa May won't take part in any TV debates”Bumblefuck Brexit and the kipper tory incompetentsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-35316386313007610722017-04-18T17:28:03.445+01:002017-04-18T17:28:03.445+01:00Glasgow East has been oscillating between the SNP ...Glasgow East has been oscillating between the SNP and SLAB throughout the last decade. It's certainly Labour's best chance of regaining some ground in Glasgow, provided they aren't daft enough to select Mags Curran.keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48559017849915100012017-04-18T16:49:44.695+01:002017-04-18T16:49:44.695+01:00The con merchant Nat si party with their failed p...The con merchant Nat si party with their failed promises should be charged.<br />The rich in Scotland are increasing in wealth and the Nat sis Tartan Tories refuse to put an upper limit on tax for the rich.GWC2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82168424208276280652017-04-18T16:07:01.291+01:002017-04-18T16:07:01.291+01:00Completely agree , the job is not done till every ...Completely agree , the job is not done till every box has a number in it ! , why are people not getting that !Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912287335319068774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52577183775758856172017-04-18T16:04:56.383+01:002017-04-18T16:04:56.383+01:00Eoin Clarke @LabourEoin 13m
Crown Prosecution S...Eoin Clarke @LabourEoin 13m<br /><br />Crown Prosecution Service have just released a statement. The General Election will not prevent them taking charges for Tory Electoral FraudBumblefuck Brexit and the kipper tory incompetentsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87182933019916415672017-04-18T15:23:03.495+01:002017-04-18T15:23:03.495+01:00No, you won't have done your best. That's ...No, you won't have done your best. That's only half the job. You can't know how the lower preferences fall, it's an abrogation of responsibility not to vote the Tories last even is you flip a coin for the inbetween rankings.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206952819245786811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76281049102696808462017-04-18T14:36:58.007+01:002017-04-18T14:36:58.007+01:00McGarry is Glasgow, I can't see any of those s...McGarry is Glasgow, I can't see any of those seats going blue or red? <br /><br />Carmichael will be pretty safe I would assume, think SNP won the Orkney vote last time? Or came close to it, was Shetland that felled Mr Skene last time?<br /><br />chalksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50436811615685226312017-04-18T14:14:18.144+01:002017-04-18T14:14:18.144+01:00My ward has 4 potential seats. 2 SNP are running, ...My ward has 4 potential seats. 2 SNP are running, and will be likely to win 1 & 2. The Green candidate is unlikely to win, but will get my 3 vote.<br /><br />I could waste my time working out which other candidates will / won't be most likely to win, but as long as my vote goes SNP 1,2 and Green 3, I'll have done my best.<br /><br />Trying to stop Lab being 3 and 4 (most likely result) by voting Tory last won't make a difference to what all the other voters are doing. You vote your way, and I'll vote my way. If the voters decide that a Tory is to get seat 4, that's their wish, and their responsibility for the consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36103735073971709142017-04-18T14:13:57.635+01:002017-04-18T14:13:57.635+01:00Knickerless very upset because wisnae tellt furst....Knickerless very upset because wisnae tellt furst. A woman of her ain importance.GWC2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57043036513345515922017-04-18T13:08:43.461+01:002017-04-18T13:08:43.461+01:00Agree 100%. A simple majority of SNP MPs at Westmi...Agree 100%. A simple majority of SNP MPs at Westminster = Scottish independence. Every bit as democratic as a referendum the Unionists will only agree to when they know they will win.David McDowellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25442682662247068792017-04-18T13:01:21.454+01:002017-04-18T13:01:21.454+01:00Theresa May's announcement of a snap general e...Theresa May's announcement of a snap general election is clearly naked political self-interest. No surprise there.<br /><br />She clearly believes Labour can be massacred, a Tory majority increased, SNP MP's reduced & Indyref2 strangled at birth.<br /><br />Now is the time for Nicola Sturgeon to go all in.<br /><br />This GE for Scotland has to be for independence & nothing less; fighting a campaign on your opponents' territory is never a wise move. <br /><br />The SNP has to fight it on their own terms & not as some rearguard action seeking to hold on to as many SNP MP's as possible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837708577962792220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43823175061025593232017-04-18T13:00:45.880+01:002017-04-18T13:00:45.880+01:00What about Natalie McGarry's seat? That could ...What about Natalie McGarry's seat? That could be interesting. And Alistair Carmichaels, after the fuss last time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032019496439141404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36578845968014123922017-04-18T13:00:10.300+01:002017-04-18T13:00:10.300+01:00They can only campaign on independence that is all...They can only campaign on independence that is all they have along with selling out Scotland to the EU. They follow mainstream Thatcherite Tory policies so what else for them!GWC2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-42244348849759484892017-04-18T12:30:00.743+01:002017-04-18T12:30:00.743+01:00The troll calls scottish people "jocks",...The troll calls scottish people "jocks", advocates arming Leave campaigners, arbitrary deportations and public mutilations, claimed Jo Cox's husband was a fascist, uses racial, homophobic and ethnic slurs, pretends to be Labour (badly) while espousing far-right racist hate-speech, praises Theresa May and the tories and displays a perverted poisonous obsession with Scotland's First Minister & her predecessorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-41052612148464406382017-04-18T12:29:15.774+01:002017-04-18T12:29:15.774+01:00I think it could well be similar to 2015, I'm ...I think it could well be similar to 2015, I'm not so sure that the areas where the libs picked up more votes than others will go to the tories. Don't see why they would.<br /><br />The only areas that would cause issue with the SNP is Aberdeenshire West, Michelle Thomson's constituency in Edinburgh and maybe down the borders as well as Kirsteen OsWald's in Renfrewshire...<br /><br />I can see SNP winning in ian murray's seat as the high no vote might split his vote....<br /><br />Very interesting one though.<br /><br />How much will the indyref affect things when support for indy is at least 48% AND nearly all that support is behind one party.<br /><br />With the other parties fighting out for the majority...but it's obviously split...chalksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90626436341680052642017-04-18T12:21:42.597+01:002017-04-18T12:21:42.597+01:00Interesting implications for Scotland.
I would gu...Interesting implications for Scotland.<br /><br />I would guess the SNP will campaign on an explicit mandate for another referendum. Given it's FPTP they should do fairly well (40+ certainly, 50+ most likely) which will strengthen their hand.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032019496439141404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6107071180635045752017-04-18T12:02:01.267+01:002017-04-18T12:02:01.267+01:00She will and the three seats are irrelevant. It is...She will and the three seats are irrelevant. It is what the anti brexit parties will campaign on that will be interesting.GWC2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68574986436725773562017-04-18T11:33:27.395+01:002017-04-18T11:33:27.395+01:00The big questions today...
Will Teresa get to hav...The big questions today... <br />Will Teresa get to have her general election...?<br />Will the tories hold on to their three seats in Scotland...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84597892553079508832017-04-18T11:30:56.712+01:002017-04-18T11:30:56.712+01:00General Election announced by PM.... Lifeline hand...General Election announced by PM.... Lifeline handed to useless MEP'S... May was never for Brexit.GWC2noreply@blogger.com