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    #Barclays 23/24

    in Misc Other Fitba Chat

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    Thought it was strange when Ange said the other week that he hid his true feelings about Kane leaving when he left. Fair enough, but save that for the autobiography. How can the players trust his authenticity now?

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    The Kate Forbes thread

    in The Politics Forum

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    The SNP's biggest mid/long term strategic challenge isn't winning over Tory voters, it's making sure young voters don't drift away. Recent polls have shown they are weakest in over 65s (the Tories they'll never win over) and under 25s (who are being tempted by Labour as they've never experienced a Labour gov before). Forbes tanks the under 25 vote further and long term makes independence less likely.

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    The Kate Forbes thread

    in The Politics Forum

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    1 minute ago, Jedi2 said:

    Wouldn't be so sure. Enough of them are sick of the damage done by the Greens and are both socially and fiscally conservative, so such policies shouldn't bother them.

    Tories get their time in the limelight by backing her up..after all it was good enough for Anna belle and Alex

    Annabelle and Alex is prehistory now, only the last decade is relevant for SNP-Tory relations going forward.

    The aim for the Tories in a Scottish Parliament sense isn't getting their policies through (they can already do that via the Internal Market Act), it's stopping the SNP from being a force. The way for them to do that is by refusing to be constructive, and by causing as much of a nuisance as possible. Their function is to be wreckers, as that's what serves the UK party's ideological interest.

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    The Kate Forbes thread

    in The Politics Forum

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    2 minutes ago, Jedi2 said:

    'Fantatist'...equating to the self same Kate Forbes taking 48% of the SNP membership vote a year ago, no not a majority but that was against Yousaf who was more of a draw than Swinney would be (seriously)

    It's all about staying in power...with Forbes you get backing in the chamber from the Tories to get legislation through (aside from obviously Independence). With the Tories having enough seats at Holyrood to make a difference to the numbers.

    So 'strong and stable' govt with Katie it is..or more chaos from the Greens with Swinney 

    Tory HQ is hardly going to let their branch office support SNP legislation - even if they did, not enough SNP MSPs would vote to carry something that was so right wing it was able to get Tory support

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