Scottish Politics
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droodzilla
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Flying Rodent comments on the latest polling from Scotland:
https://twitter.com/flying_rodent/status/1296049353380040704
https://twitter.com/flying_rodent/status/1296049353380040704
Masturbating gorilla!
TheDecameron
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Frankie Boyle calls him the confused sex yeti which is very mild for Mr.Boyle
SteveG
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Plus, as was the case with Brexit, Labour appear to be supporting the Tories with that.
TheDecameron
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The Conservative Party leader-elect in Scotland, Douglas Ross failed to turn up for the Scottish VJ Day commemoration and bunked off to the football to make some extra cash as a linesman. It resulted in widespread condemnation. He also failed to show up for a key vote in the Commons previously in order to trouser £1,500 from another fixture. People see this.
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
Not always.
In the 1975 EEC referendum, the SNP campaigned on leaving the EEC.
The SNP and its supporters aligned themselves with other notable groups such as the National Front, The Communist Party of Great Britain, Ulster Unionist Party, DUP, Official Sinn Féin, Provisional Sin Féin and Plaid. Some of the older members here quite possibly will have voted.
Nearly 15m (68%) in England voted ‘yes’ to remain in the EEC versus 1.3m (58%) in Scotland.
Point is, things have changed and can change again.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum
davidjt
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The Tony Blackburn of British politics hadn't been rumbled then. He was the best political con-artist in my lifetime. So far, anyway.
TheDecameron
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Here’s the latest polling of voting intentions for the next Scottish Parliament elections in May,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Scottish_Parliament_election
you don’t need to be Sir John Curtis to work out where this is heading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Scottish_Parliament_election
you don’t need to be Sir John Curtis to work out where this is heading.
gassor
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Sturgeon has a lot of trust from the Scottish electorate, Labour has next to none. While Leonard is in charge that won't change. The only question is when Scotland will become independent from the rest of the UK. I'm resigned to this way of thinking.
"RICHARD Leonard has pledged to stay on as leader of Scottish Labour – insisting his party will oppose a second independence referendum at next year’s Holyrood election. Mr Leonard has come under internal pressure – with polls indicating Labour are set to stay in third place at May’s election, still behind both the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives. Today's Herald"
Labour is the dead parrot of Scottish politics.
"RICHARD Leonard has pledged to stay on as leader of Scottish Labour – insisting his party will oppose a second independence referendum at next year’s Holyrood election. Mr Leonard has come under internal pressure – with polls indicating Labour are set to stay in third place at May’s election, still behind both the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives. Today's Herald"
Labour is the dead parrot of Scottish politics.
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
So what? We all know the SNP is popular at the moment. It is heading nowhere unless the tories agree to a referendum.
Let’s deal with facts instead. That 56 seats from 59 you brought to the thread earlier as a great indicator of nationalism rife in Scotland was achieved from 50% of the vote. What are your thoughts on that please?
Oh, and a reminder that an election and a referendum are not equivalent, let alone an opinion poll.
SteveG
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You can only play the game that's put in front of you, and that voting structure was a Westminster decision not an SNP one.
It's also worth noting that the Scottish Parliament does have PR (although with a system that was designed by Labour with the intention ensure the SNP could never obtain an outright majority).
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
I know that, Steve, but a referendum on independence is not FPTP. Every vote counts, the focus will not be the same.
I’m not blind to the popularity of the SNP and I see why that is so given the Westminster govt, but the first obstacle is getting a referendum at all. Nobody has yet come up with anything that makes me think the tories will agree to another referendum. The chances of Sturgeon going for one without agreement is very small, imo.
The best way forward is to unite against the tories.
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Love the socialist SNP and think Nicola is a superb leader. Pity she's not running the whole UK!
Hope Scotland gets independence ASAP with full EU membership. Then just need to round up the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Evgeny Lebedev, Dorris, Grease Smug, Farage etc and make sure they end up propping up a flyover somewhere and England can start to make progress in the same direction.
Hope Scotland gets independence ASAP with full EU membership. Then just need to round up the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Evgeny Lebedev, Dorris, Grease Smug, Farage etc and make sure they end up propping up a flyover somewhere and England can start to make progress in the same direction.
thebigfredc
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I have just donned my blue (strangely stripey) face paint and one of my my better half's pleated skirts - FREEDOM.
Scotland has itself a long and distinguished history. It has often defined itself in relation to and in opposition to England....time for it to stand on its own two feet and be independent from the rest of the UK.
And the world turns....Elvis sang that (Ballboy 2001)
Scotland has itself a long and distinguished history. It has often defined itself in relation to and in opposition to England....time for it to stand on its own two feet and be independent from the rest of the UK.
And the world turns....Elvis sang that (Ballboy 2001)
richardg
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Lol. 6th form politics.
gassor
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Haha, don't believe everything you read in the Sunday Post!
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