Savage Henry Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: ... and yet Moray still votes for them. Imbeciles. There's quite wide support for reducing the military presence in this country. Most people would be delighted if Trident was scrapped - I'd suggest scrapping the RAF completely wouldn't be an electoral disaster at all for anyone who proposed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Any Scottish person that votes Tory is either very wealthy and voting in their own narrow interests at the cost of society or a moron that votes Tory against their own interests 'cos the Union must be preserved ' Im baffled and very disappointed by the Tory support in Scotland. Rural Scotland has always been conservative with a small c. There's still a large cap-doffing to the maister attitude in these areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 The only positives I can take from the SNP's performance is gaining a majority of seats and losing Tasmina and Corri Wilson the chocolate fireguard of South Ayrshire politics, they really need to weed out the shite masquerading as polititions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happysouth Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I hate living in the borders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Good night overall for Labour. Pretty fucking delighted. For all their faults, and inherent bigotry, the DUP seem to have much more reasonable stances on the Single Market and immigration than the Tories. Hard Brexit is fucked. [emoji1] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Doing it all again very shortly then.Theresa May plan has backfired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Fucking Mundell on the radio this morning Gary Robertson - "David, congratulations to you but what a disaster for Theresa May" Fluffy - "But the SNP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!ONE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 14 minutes ago, renton said: Labour once had 41 seats up here, add the number of SNP and Labour MPs together and the Corbyn supporting bloc is anout the same. Of the Tory supporting seats in Scotland, you've got a reversion to the mean in East Renfrewshire and a strong vote in the back of Brexit in the North East by a bunch of naive fishermen. You simply cannot deconvolve purely anti indy sentiment from pro Brexit sentiment or indeed support for May's actual policies. After all, Labour and the Lib Dems are unionists as well; the idiots didnt have to support the Tories. I don't get it either. I can only surmise Scotland's left wing tendencies are overstated. The second most baffling outcome is UKIP voters largely going to Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 "Mysterious uncounted box" saves the home secretary after recounts. I thought that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggy Blonde Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 SNP have badly misjudged the appetite for another referendum. They're still the biggest party in Scotland and this is their second best ever result in a GE.. 2015 was near perfection for them so while disappointing, it's not an unsalvageable situation. Best course of action going forward right now is to take tonight on the chin and get back to showing up the Tories for the child eating goblins they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: I don't get it either. I can only surmise Scotland's left wing tendencies are overstated. The second most baffling outcome is UKIP voters largely going to Labour. Perhaps, I guess it's about perspective. Self described left wing parties control 3 quarters of Scottish seats. That the Tories have had a signficant revival up here is withput a doubt, but they are still a minority at every level of Scottish governance, in contrast to England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 So when we voting again lads? My voter fatigue has not set in yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 All this talk of a disaster for The Conservatives nationally. It wasn't the result we wanted clearly, but we are still comfortably the largest party.For comparison purposes, the Tories lost 12 seats across the UK. The SNP lost 21 in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Just now, Lex said: All this talk of a disaster for The Conservatives nationally. It wasn't the result we wanted clearly, but we are still comfortably the largest party. For comparison purposes, the Tories lost 12 seats across the UK. The SNP lost 21 in Scotland. Desperate attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 To be fair to Sturgeon, I doubt she would have even put a second referendum on the table if she'd had any idea that this election was going to be a thing when she did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Jo Swinson using her election speech to effectively thank tactical voters and have a go at Sturgeon obsessed [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 10 minutes ago, Honest Saints Fan said: So when we voting again lads? My voter fatigue has not set in yet! Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 My constituency ended up a lot closer than expected with SNP - 19.243, Labour - 17.618, Tory - 15,385 (11% swing). Will likely vote Labour if we go through this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Can't wait for the next election. I imagine that most Conservative voters will be dead by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Good night for Labour, disappointing night for everyone else. Got to take that. Northern Ireland not so good. SDLP losing seats to Sinn Fein is bad for Labour.Now I'm up I'm slightly regretting staying up till 4:30, but that was one of the most fascinating election nights I've possibly ever watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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