tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6471852236941933925..comments2024-03-29T13:29:10.299+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Is there ANY way the SNP could win the 2026 Holyrood election with a leader as unpopular as Humza Yousaf?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62374003078261671482023-03-23T12:00:35.262+00:002023-03-23T12:00:35.262+00:00Salmond says:- Humza Yousaf is not as bad as peopl...Salmond says:- Humza Yousaf is not as bad as people are saying." It may be damning Yousaf with faint praise but from what I have seen I disagree with Salmond Yousaf is useless other than spinning lies and deceit. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4438695214070656342023-03-23T10:36:07.751+00:002023-03-23T10:36:07.751+00:00The info from a Scottish census should have formed...The info from a Scottish census should have formed part of the leadership debate but once again we find it was messed up by Sturgeon and Robertson. Truly sick of people, including Sturgeon, boasting about winning many elections. So what. People like me voted for independence and she had multiple mandates for a referendum but did SFA. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-77348373774843052382023-03-23T05:30:21.485+00:002023-03-23T05:30:21.485+00:00Oh, that's a new question, "I'll just...Oh, that's a new question, "I'll just take some time to think about that" 😬Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75002234642000995112023-03-23T00:43:09.670+00:002023-03-23T00:43:09.670+00:00Anonymous at 10.54pm - thanks for caring.Anonymous at 10.54pm - thanks for caring.Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84618705246484697052023-03-22T23:54:45.115+00:002023-03-22T23:54:45.115+00:00Scottish Skiter is a moonhowler.Scottish Skiter is a moonhowler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-64750893804120872532023-03-22T22:54:08.041+00:002023-03-22T22:54:08.041+00:00If Hanvey knew what he was talking about instead o...If Hanvey knew what he was talking about instead of repeating propaganda designed for punters he'd be nearly as smart as youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-19524164445476244462023-03-22T22:05:20.419+00:002023-03-22T22:05:20.419+00:00WGD numpty Irish/French/Scottish/British Skier is ...WGD numpty Irish/French/Scottish/British Skier is called out again as a liar by yesindyref2. Hey Admiral I've been telling you that Skier is a liar for many years. I also told you for many years that Sturgeon is a liar and would not deliver independence. You really are a bit slow on the uptake but not quite as slow as so many other dafties on WGD. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32673694664900516562023-03-22T19:19:38.855+00:002023-03-22T19:19:38.855+00:00Kate Forbes at 3/1 with the bookies.I think I will...Kate Forbes at 3/1 with the bookies.I think I will have a nibble at that.<br />That's just from trying to read the vibes of both candidates.Thats assuming that they are getting live updates of the votes being cast .Kate looks or seems more confident than HumzaRocksie67https://www.blogger.com/profile/02387835714238123741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-86572739688319856002023-03-22T19:13:48.372+00:002023-03-22T19:13:48.372+00:00Looks like this is becoming a redundant election -...Looks like this is becoming a redundant election - the SNP seems determined to commit political suicide.Steviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226832161404154663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-3074573962879288962023-03-22T17:18:21.803+00:002023-03-22T17:18:21.803+00:00I'd apply Hanlon's razor here. (Maybe we c...I'd apply Hanlon's razor here. (Maybe we could call it Humza's razor)keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7930233812775290002023-03-22T16:21:37.004+00:002023-03-22T16:21:37.004+00:00Boris Johnston in front of his Parliamentary Commi...Boris Johnston in front of his Parliamentary Committee reminds me of Sturgeon in front of her Parliamentary Committee. Long winded answers and I don't recalls. Both professional liars. Both guilty. <br />Johnson is now an expert on the rules but claims he relied on officials to tell him if the rules were broken. Pity he wasn't an expert on his own rules when they were in operation.Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-56099405784611821512023-03-22T13:28:01.482+00:002023-03-22T13:28:01.482+00:00The clear strategy of the previous SNP leadership ...The clear strategy of the previous SNP leadership cabal has been to delay independence for as long as possible. Otherwise how would we be able to explain their actions over the past 8+ years ? In that context the leadership contest represents a substantial coup for them. If HY wins then the party will almost certainly lose the 2026 election. If KF wins then it is highly likely that internal schisms & intrigue will prevent an SNP win in 2026. I don't think that AR will win, but even if she is involved in a KF-led government then there will still be divisions which will almost certainly prevent an "SNP only" win, but might be enough to force a ditching of the SNP 1 & 2 policy, and permit a wedge of ALBA/ISP msps to be elected on the list. Why is the SNP cabal so fiercely against Ash Regan ? Simple - she is a threat to their key policy.Geoff Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351076885875914073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28799750659910261542023-03-22T13:08:15.682+00:002023-03-22T13:08:15.682+00:00You just need to see how chuffed Bardell SNP MP an...You just need to see how chuffed Bardell SNP MP and her pal sitting next to her are ( bowing heads and all smiles) to be getting a meeting with the PM to realise these people are settled in to Westminster life - subservience writ large. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66182225486704639222023-03-22T12:35:43.485+00:002023-03-22T12:35:43.485+00:00Neale Hanvey sets out today at FMQ's the great...Neale Hanvey sets out today at FMQ's the great energy robbery of Scotland. ALL other parties show no support for his message. The SNP MPs sit in silence. The Britnat media in Scotland will likely ignore his words. <br />The UK chancellor last week imposed a massive increased tax on the whisky industry in Scotland. Silence again from the Britnats. Scotland is being ripped off like a colony each and every day we remain in the UK but the kid- on party of independence are exercised by the importance of allowing men to self ID as women as living standards plummet. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6023949082717838992023-03-22T12:13:10.837+00:002023-03-22T12:13:10.837+00:00There is little doubt that Humza Yousaf will say a...There is little doubt that Humza Yousaf will say anything to get elected, if others have noticed that then it's likely the members have as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9122360117401187242023-03-22T11:49:13.189+00:002023-03-22T11:49:13.189+00:00A government with 64 seats out of 128 with the Pre...A government with 64 seats out of 128 with the Presiding Officer excluded (technically not even a minority government) has all sorts of options for getting its budget passed. The idea that the Greens are the only show in town is completely wrong. You would only need one individual opposition MSP to abstain.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50830591058271736922023-03-22T11:42:26.123+00:002023-03-22T11:42:26.123+00:00I'll be in Dublin when the "result" ...I'll be in Dublin when the "result" will be announced. If anybody asks I'll make sure they know just how much of an English party the SNP has become and just how much the SNP has betrayed the people of Scotland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-60611978103009369742023-03-22T11:10:35.365+00:002023-03-22T11:10:35.365+00:00NO IFS NO BUTS
The continuity candidate continuin...NO IFS NO BUTS<br /><br />The continuity candidate continuing with the no ifs no buts lies of his hero Sturgeon. All last week Yousaf categorically promises that he will challenge the GRR veto of the UK gov in the courts. Now that most of the GRR zealots have voted for him he now says he will NOT challenge the UK veto if he is given legal advice he will lose. <br /><br />Just like his mentor Sturgeon Yousaf is a lying toerag. <br />Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44377651032081174692023-03-22T10:16:07.398+00:002023-03-22T10:16:07.398+00:00not really well they might end up with a minority ...not really well they might end up with a minority government, but it also depends if Ash keeps up the profile, and or someone starts advocating to the yes movement voting for Alba so at least a new group of second votes comes from that?! maybe who knows, 19 or 20 Alba MSPs and maybe a big swing to the greens to if Kate get's in, but Kate would have to start advocating for the ISP or Alba to keep the movement afloat I think, basically Scottish politics has been delayed until another Scottish election again. I think the Tories will make a comeback though, and Alex should think about moving aside to be a deputy leader of Alba, being known as Alex's Alba party hasn't worked, and most of the policy is just the ISP's he should step aside and they should merge with the ISP, and maybe as there leader to become the ISP leader, She isn't tainted, and given the profile and opportunity she would be a great leader for the left of Yes, which given the poverty in Scotland we really need. This is a really good time for Scottish politics because what has been holding it back, I would say really from before the 2014 ref, has finally been swept from the movements and publics mind and seen for what it was, a gradualist shame which Alex and NS were part and parcel of. I really like Alex, but he is still poison to many especially woman, which sad, I don't get it, but that the way society works up here. He has gone back to his roots so to speak, but he was invited there, and is only there because of what happened with the hatchet job. Anyway onwards and up words, Saor Alba.Stuart Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87000993409375135612023-03-22T09:41:20.571+00:002023-03-22T09:41:20.571+00:00Sorry, I hadn’t seen any previous explanation on t...Sorry, I hadn’t seen any previous explanation on this. Thanks for educating me.<br /><br />So even if the Greens (and every other party) were to vote against Forbes, the vote would be tied at 64-64… meaning that the Presiding Officer would cast the deciding vote… and the Presiding Officer was elected as a Green MSP. Would that be a free vote, or is there a convention that the Presiding Officer sides with the sitting government? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21599840154393248702023-03-22T09:05:08.594+00:002023-03-22T09:05:08.594+00:00I don’t buy the “no SNP ministers will work with h...I don’t buy the “no SNP ministers will work with her” line, either. They have been, closely, ever since she became the all important finance minister! They might not like her but that’s politics. <br /><br />It’s the Greens I’m thinking about. <br /><br />Doesn’t the Scotgov fall when it can’t pass its budget through Holyrood? Wouldn’t the Greens have the ability to force an election at that time? Is this something they’re in the mood to talk up, until the point it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65234130258605271722023-03-22T07:23:37.571+00:002023-03-22T07:23:37.571+00:00The comparison with Corbyn, and the suggestion tha...The comparison with Corbyn, and the suggestion that "no-one" would serve her as a minister, are both light-years wide of the mark. You're falling for the propaganda of a zealot minority within the SNP group. The vast majority of current ministers would continue under her if asked (although how many would be asked is obviously another matter).James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-18789917832958954072023-03-22T07:20:22.315+00:002023-03-22T07:20:22.315+00:00I know you keep saying that, but I maintain the op...I know you keep saying that, but I maintain the opposite view. If KF wins there's no one in the existing ministerial team who would continue as a minister, there's also plenty who would spit the dummy over her victory for bitterness/social/economic issues, and so it seems credible that there will be those who'd rather she got bounced out after losing a Scottish GE.<br /><br />She'll be in power but friendless. The NewSNP HY lot will undermine her the way Jeremy Corbyn was undermined.<br /><br />To see what the effects might be, what would Holyrood 2021 look like if the SNP had 10% fewer votes in both constituency and regional tallies? Absolute numbers, not percentages. Perhaps half the lost 10% on the regional vote would go to the Greens. I don't see people being ready to vote for Humza and Labour yet at Holyrood.Jacob72noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80538557571639996512023-03-22T01:32:53.179+00:002023-03-22T01:32:53.179+00:00Yes, but let's be serious - Richard Leonard is...Yes, but let's be serious - Richard Leonard is a titan.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25291470956346830472023-03-22T01:32:09.178+00:002023-03-22T01:32:09.178+00:00I'm 70% sure we'll see at least one more. ...I'm 70% sure we'll see at least one more. We heard from several commenters towards the end of last week that there was a YouGov poll of SNP members in the field. Assuming that's not a private poll, and assuming the fieldwork takes roughly as long as the Savanta members' poll, we might see the results at the weekend. Could be a very big moment.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.com