ArmadaleKillie Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My parents have refused to tell me who they vote for but I am sure they are tories based on previous comments, they did vote Yes at least :-) My in-laws, well they live in England and therefore can't vote for the SNP but to be honest they are pretty much tories as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenElves Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My parents refuse to say who they are voting for, I've a feeling it's not SNP though based on what they've been saying. I'm sure that all of the 3 other members in my family voted no, b*****ds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 "What one's Nicola, is she SNP?" Very switched on politically, my mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Four quotes from various workmates in the last half hour "What's that party with the 'k' in it?" "I think UKIP will win 65-70 seats." "Why can't SNP win more than 59 seats?" "I think a lot of people will be voting against SNP after all the violence in Glasgow" We overestimate the electorate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Gorilla Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My 2 brothers have told me they are voting SNP after voting labour all their lives. Parents still Labour. This says it all my brothers would never have voted SNP in the past. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Gorilla Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Lol one of them just text me and said he has just voted labour. Changed his mind at the last minute. Good man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My parents voted tactically for their Lib Dem MP who they like personally (good local campaigner) anyway. The Ashcroft polls suggest that the SNP will win the seat easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Dad's voting Robert Smith on a personal vote despite voting Yes. Even though I'm voting Eck a wee bit jealous of my relatives in Paisley who get to give Wee Dougie a kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Ooft.. where to start. Good guys first; Mum, step dad and my sister and her husband are all yes voters and pro-SNP. Grandparents voted no but will be voting SNP as they've done for years apparently! Dad. Probably wont vote. If he does, it'll be SNP. Same with my step mum. Brother... he voted SNP last time but has been linking some very right wing shite (Britain first and all the related guff) on his facebook for months. I fear he may go UKIP, although wouldn't be overly surprised if he voted SNP. I have loads of uncles and cousins. I suspect most of them voted no, but will end up voting SNP to keep out the Tories. They're not very switched on politically. Some of them are very well off, so wouldn't be too surprised if they voted for the Tories. The common theme seems to be that they all don't like labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 All my immediate family voted yes and are voting SNP. I've got number of relatives down south, all Labour voters and despise us voting SNP. They are certainly on the 'right' side of Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 All my immediate family voted yes and are voting SNP. I've got number of relatives down south, all Labour voters and despise us voting SNP. They are certainly on the 'right' side of Labour. Are you sure? The Labour "left", especially in the unions, are even more anti-SNP than the Labour "right". The unions, especially Unite, see Miliband as "their man" and are desperate for total power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Dad's voting Robert Smith on a personal vote despite voting Yes. Even though I'm voting Eck a wee bit jealous of my relatives in Paisley who get to give Wee Dougie a kicking. Not a huge SNP fan but voting them and kicking that smug git out of a job is going to be....pleasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Are you sure? The Labour "left", especially in the unions, are even more anti-SNP than the Labour "right". The unions, especially Unite, see Miliband as "their man" and are desperate for total power. They were certainly supporters of David over Ed but then again so were many in the Labour Party. There's a real lack of understanding about the SNP from many living in rUK and it's something I feel you just can't get unless you live up here. Perhaps it's similar to many here (myself included) who don't see the appeal of UKIP down south...although I'd hate for that to look like a comparison of SNP-UKIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Four quotes from various workmates in the last half hour "What's that party with the 'k' in it?" "I think UKIP will win 65-70 seats." "Why can't SNP win more than 59 seats?" "I think a lot of people will be voting against SNP after all the violence in Glasgow" We overestimate the electorate. A colleague at work who's normally quite intelligent has bet me the SNP won't get more than twenty seats. Stake - one Mars bar. I offered to up the stakes to, well basically my house and children, but he's bottled it. So, not that daft then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 A colleague at work who's normally quite intelligent has bet me the SNP won't get more than twenty seats. Stake - one Mars bar. I offered to up the stakes to, well basically my house and children, but he's bottled it. So, not that daft then. It will depend on how many seats they can fiddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 One of the mates I mentioned was going to vote Tory but changed his mind and voted SNP because he fucking hates Labour and wanted to vote tactically Pouters in utter, utter ruins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunz Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My dad has a fairly bigoted view point. Didn't vote labour due to Rupublicans and Catholics. He's now convinced himself that they have now all moved to the SNP and will happily vote Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My sister and her family are shameful. She, her man and her sons have all voted for The Nats. My auld dear donned hat and coat, refused my offer of a taxi and cast her vote for the Tory candidate as she has done for decades. Good girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My girlfriend told me she would vote Conservative. To be fair, she did grow up in a Communist country in the last 10 years of Communism. But she's one of these foreign types who can't vote anyway, so nae joy to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 My sister is voting Labour, she seems to be very anti Scottish in most ways. Bit strange. My dad was a Tory member so he'll probably stick with them, my mums also a hardcore labour voter. I was the only Yes voter in my entire family, including uncles and aunts etc. I'm the last of my current family tree so I better have some decent children in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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