tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post8650413079794375056..comments2024-03-29T14:36:16.681+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: SNP comfortably win Airdrie & Shotts by-electionJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91638244190688727572021-05-14T15:41:24.569+01:002021-05-14T15:41:24.569+01:00I’m definitely curious as to whether what we’ve se...I’m definitely curious as to whether what we’ve seen over the last two weeks is the extent of unionist tactical voting or whether they’re just getting started. An interesting question for a hypothetical future poll would be to present people with a binary choice between the SNP and whichever unionist party is dominant in their particular constituency (or more realistically region, as I doubt it would be possible to get that granular with the standard 1000-ish sample size) and see which one they’d plump for. Myself, I suspect there’s a limit to how many unionist voters are going to be prepared to hold their noses and vote for a party that’s otherwise diametrically opposed to their principles (some Labourites are just never going to be prepared to vote Tory, and vice versa), but I wouldn’t like to guess how many that holds true for.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24841983095690912772021-05-14T13:50:41.864+01:002021-05-14T13:50:41.864+01:00What the result doesn't show is how the votes ...What the result doesn't show is how the votes are going between all the different parties. On the face of it some Labour have gone to the SNP and more to the Tories.<br /><br />That may change over time once the pro-independence side start actually countering the anti-SNP/anti Independence propaganda being pumped out every day ad nauseum away from social media .Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303213282884555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-26579412615169737822021-05-14T13:18:22.166+01:002021-05-14T13:18:22.166+01:00Is there a get out clause in the act of union?Is there a get out clause in the act of union?Armygradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208042454164263989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8579534938129383562021-05-14T12:52:42.391+01:002021-05-14T12:52:42.391+01:00It seems now that unionist tactical voting on a ma...It seems now that unionist tactical voting on a massive scale is going to be with us for a long long while, until independence probably. Blue tories in particular seem to be more than capable of holding their noses and voting for the enemies of their enemies. Red tories have traditionally been less likely to go the other way, although it seems, for some Labour voters at least, that this anti-tory sentiment is softened considerably by staunch unionism. Hopefully, indy supporters will also start voting clever and loan their votes accordingly when the opportunity arises. The million votes for two SNP MSPs last week was a wasted opportunity. Isn't life just full of those? Interesting times.Luigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620439305071917982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-805846320654947812021-05-14T11:30:59.652+01:002021-05-14T11:30:59.652+01:00Good spot Marcia.
I think the SNP have now more ...Good spot Marcia. <br /><br />I think the SNP have now more than comfortably convinced a majority of people that the SNP ( perhaps with a tinge of Green also) is the best party to govern Scotland. <br /><br />There are though an unknown number of people ( of which there are 2 in my 5 strong family group) who will happily vote for the SNP and Green Party but will always say they don’t want another referendum snd they don’t want to be ‘separate’. <br />That’s still a cohort to be won over. Donald McGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864655355153560863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20093514015739312092021-05-14T10:40:14.483+01:002021-05-14T10:40:14.483+01:00SDP did not gain more votes than the LibDems, but ...SDP did not gain more votes than the LibDems, but the Rennies that cause sore guts can take no pleasure from their abysmal performance. It looks like unionist tactical voting to me.Alasdairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470283131056673377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4067025915795848092021-05-14T10:07:51.280+01:002021-05-14T10:07:51.280+01:00The first SNP Westminster seat fought at a by-elec...The first SNP Westminster seat fought at a by-election and retained.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303213282884555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52557631845350026292021-05-14T09:56:32.373+01:002021-05-14T09:56:32.373+01:00This is why figures suggest up to 2% of the UK'...This is why figures suggest up to 2% of the UK's population has 'got out of England* while it still could'.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/13/eu-citizens-arriving-in-uk-being-locked-up-and-expelled<br /><br /><b>EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled</b><br /><br /><i>...Eugenia said the experience was so traumatic that she had given up on trying to live with her boyfriend. “I’m not going back,” she said. “I don’t want to go through that again. The idea of moving to Britain appals me.”</i><br /><br /><br />---<br />*The population of Scotland hasn't fallen, but instead it has continued to rise, attracting EU and other British citizens fleeing EnglandScottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.com