[2022 Scottish Local Elections 5th May ** Official Match Thread**]

Some real hate on here.

Please read Div's sticky.

[2022 Scottish Local Elections 5th May ** Official Match Thread**]

2 hours ago, Highland Capital said:

Got the first SNP leaflet in the letterbox today.  I see they're running two candidates in Inverness Central this time.  Also I see Andrew Jarvie (Tory for Inverness South) is protesting the amount of money sucked in by Inverness by running in Caithness instead.

No mention yet of any more obscure candidates in this ward.  There'll undoubtedly be at least a couple of independents but I wonder if the likes of Alba and the Independence for Scotland Party run anyone.  We've had the Christians and Solidarity run here in the past well.

Last I heard, Alba were standing a decent number of candidates across the board.

[Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.]

14 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said:

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" (Samuel Johnson, a staunch English nationalist Tory, 1774)

 

Yeah I've heard that quote before but can't say I agree with it.  Personally, I like patriotism.

[The DUP]

1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said:

The phrase "somehow cobble together" was supposed to convey how likely I think that is to happen. The combined overtly Unionist vote is still likely to be around 40% minimum and probably a bit higher so under STV a lot depends on how efficiently those votes transfer to the largest Unionist party.

Think what sinks the DUP as the largest party this time is that the crypto-Unionist component of Alliance & Green support and the ability of those parties to attract UUP transfers will be large/strong enough to take a few MLAs out of the Unionist camp this time.

A bit like FF and FG in an RoI context, the UUP and DUP are probably going to have to merge soon to be able to stop SF from being the largest party.

All the DUP need to do is persuade some of their pals in the Tory party to make some tactically tough noises about the protocol, and the votes will come flooding back from the TUV.

Then the DUP are once again the biggest party.  Bingo.

The obsession over the DUP's religious beliefs will be through the roof once more.

[General Politics Thread]

19 hours ago, welshbairn said:

What, did he sell them more bombs to drop on Yemen then?

Not to my knowledge Welsh Bairn.

[Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.]

2 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said:

Enjoy your night pal.

Have a good one bud.

[Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.]

2 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said:

Well yes, I was obviously enquiring as to who he would prefer to be running the country as opposed to the current administration.

Anyway, good to see you back, what was your previous username again ?

At least he’s now aware that someone has to run the country, rather than us living in an anarcho-syndicalist Independent Republic of Scotalonia.

Go you!

[General Politics Thread]

4 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said:

I realise that I'm not entirely unbiased, but wasn't he utterly humiliated when he went to Saudi Arabia for oil price help and was told to eff off? 

 

No.

[Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.]

5 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said:

Somebody has to run the country bud.

Anarcho-syndicalist independent Scotland then.

Don’t think he’s suggesting no one runs the country, but that he doesn’t like the current crop of self serving MSPs.

[Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.]

On 13/03/2022 at 20:23, lichtgilphead said:

 

Obviously, Kincy will be along in a minute to tell us which world team has a more deferential & more cap-doffing support. 

They have to beat this:

An outstanding display of patriotism.