xbl Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 2341: Sky says the Lib Democrats have confirmed their candidate has died in Westerhope, Newcastle, rendering the election invalid. Bloody hell! The Lib Dems are really desperate to minimise their losses! He is gone. Ormiston and Tranent are old mining towns, they have been voting solidy Labour since 1918! If its neck amd neck in those towns there is no chance Labour will pick up votes in place like Haddington or North Berwick. I'm getting my hopes up here, I'm trying to shake the thought that the SNP have won and its all about how, but I don't want to get carried away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So Iain Gray won't have a seat in the Scottish Parliament next year? I'm not convinced he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theentomologist Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So Iain Gray won't have a seat in the Scottish Parliament next year? I'm told the list or consituency thing is labour policy, so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 To follow on from what XBL said: 2357: Andrew Black: The first seat to declare may now be Rutherglen, between 1230 and 1245. East Kilbride may be soon after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm not convinced he will. I'm told the list or consituency thing is labour policy, so yeah. So what would happen if Labour did win and he didn't have a seat, would they need to have another leader or would they get someone to resign from the seat they won the easiest and have Iain Gray stand there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So what would happen if Labour did win and he didn't have a seat, would they need to have another leader or would they get someone to resign from the seat they won the easiest and have Iain Gray stand there. Unlikely that Labour will win if they loose East Lothian. A Labour leader has lost his seat before... but that was in 1931. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 No, there'd be an election. If it were the UK parliament, they'd prob parachute him into the Lords as a temp measure. No such comfort in Scotland. Gray would simply vanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zander Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Douglas Alexander cock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 So what would happen if Labour did win and he didn't have a seat, would they need to have another leader or would they get someone to resign from the seat they won the easiest and have Iain Gray stand there. Iain Gray's title is basically Leader of the MSP grouping in the Scottish Parliament. He's not a leader of a party, unlike the other parties, where even the Unionist parties have a federal structure. So no seat, he should be gone. I imagine the deputy (yon Lamont wifie) will take over in the interim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 would they need to have another leader or would they get someone to resign from the seat they won the easiest and have Iain Gray stand there. Win or lose, if they get humped badly enough for Gray to be losing his seat, you'd imagine he'd resign as 'leader' (if that doesn't happen automatically infact, in terms of the parliamentary group). Further it would be humiliaiting and damaging for them to pull some stunt to parachute him in. Paper today suggested possible successor is Dave Whitton. - That was my response, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Right, I've got the BBC Scotland coverage on my TV, the STV coverage on my laptop, the English BBC coverage on my iPad (to keep an eye on what's happening down south) and my PC is for this kind of thing. Overkill? I note you are neglecting the Welsh coverage. You're not really into this politics malarkey, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theentomologist Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Iain Gray's title is basically Leader of the MSP grouping in the Scottish Parliament. He's not a leader of a party, unlike the other parties, where even the Unionist parties have a federal structure. So no seat, he should be gone. I imagine the deputy (yon Lamont wifie) will take over in the interim. hurrah irn-bru on tap beckons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 East Kilbride saying they'll have a declaration by 12:30-12:45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Is that Ruth Davidson bird of the Tories on BBC related to journalist and former STV reporter and Labour spin doctor Lorraine Davidson? They sound a bit similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 BBC saying Andy Kerr in East Kilbride 'could be close'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Is that Ruth Davidson bird of the Tories on BBC related to journalist and former STV reporter and Labour spin doctor Lorraine Davidson? They sound a bit similar. Ruth Davidson formerly worked for BBC and interestingly for a Tory is a lesbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Gray Ate My Hamster Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The SNP are going to own Falkirk judging by what i've seen as between 12-18 out of every 25 have been SNP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 i'm liking how the liberal candidate for clydesdale forgot to enter. i wondered why there was only three options on the ballot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 007: For the Herald it is "Salmond heads for a second term", while the Times has "Salmond poised for action" at Holyrood 0005: The Scottish Sun says: "Home and Dry: Salmond heads for historic win", with a picture of Alex Salmond under an umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The SNP are going to own Falkirk judging by what i've seen as between 12-18 out of every 25 have been SNP. East or West? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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