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

[Suspect Device]

 

No SNP in my ward.

 

 

[Boo Khaki]

2 minutes ago, Donathan said:

That’s exactly why. Edinburgh South has the largest English/Welsh population of any constituency in Scotland so the SNP are never expected to do well there. 

Only way I can see that changing is when more of the old Labour die-hards in the former mining communities to the south of Edinburgh pass away. It'll still be a mess, but it should erode the safety net a little bit more.

[GNU_Linux]

Nice 

Sadly the turnout wasn't 42.0%.

[invergowrie arab]

4 minutes ago, Clown Job said:

 

Salmond did the same thing when he lost his seat in the GE.

What a sad c**t McEleny is

[Cardle is Magic]

29 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said:

I quite like Calder, he seems decent enough. No idea who the independent candidate was or what he stood for as got no leaflets or anything and he seemed to not have any presence online. I didn't know about the Tory at that meeting right enough. 

Independent candidate is the fella from the Save Calais Woods' group, which has a decent following. I'm sure that his votes will have raised a few eyebrows.

[Cardle is Magic]

5 minutes ago, Clown Job said:

 

The Alba sycophants will need their lips surgically removed from Salmond's arse.

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

17 minutes ago, RiG said:

55 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said:

No real change in my ward. The retiring independent has been replaced by another one. It's also nice to see former Tory MSP Mary Scanlon fail miserably.
 

Morven Reid stood on a platform of her being local and, erm, living there. She had almost zero policies / aims. How did over 600 folk think she was worthy of a vote?

I think she's got in by default pretty much. The Lib Dem and SNP candidates were always going to be elected and the other Independent candidate appears to have done no campaigning at all.

So having no policies seems to be quite a good strategy.

[RH33]

16 minutes ago, Donathan said:

Another 5-way marginal ward in Edinburgh. Exact reverse of the morningside order 

f**k sake, thought I'd at least get more than Alba.

[betting competition]

9 minutes ago, Suspect Device said:

 

No SNP in my ward.

 

 

Same result as last time. 

[AsimButtHitsASix]

Loving the Alba seethe greeting that SNP supporters never game them 2nd vote as they're a pro indy party.

Mate, I'm as pro-indy as they come, but in a local election I care more about when the Kirn Drive cowp's opening up again than when we get an independence referendum.

Edited May 6, 2022 by AsimButtHitsASix

[Cardle is Magic]

 

My sides hurt.

[Clown Job]

 

[RiG]

Delighted to find out that the Conservative candidate in my ward is called Bonus Fombo and his favourite biscuit is a cracker.

It wasn't to be for for Bonus Fombo.

[GAD]

It doesn't feel like this is the promised "difficult day" for the SNP. In fact it looks like it's going pretty well. Am I missing something or is it too early to tell?

[Ludo*1]

 

State of that.

[GNU_Linux]

Alba with 8% in Glasgow Southside Central is a surprise.

[flyingscot]

Just now, GNU_Linux said:

Alba with 8% in Glasgow Southside Central is a surprise.

Mhairi Hunter out there too- nobody elected till round 6. 

[sergie's no1 fan]

5 minutes ago, GAD said:

It doesn't feel like this is the promised "difficult day" for the SNP. In fact it looks like it's going pretty well. Am I missing something or is it too early to tell?

The usual unionist media bollocks.

Something has to give sooner or later. How many different elections do the SNP have to scoosh before we hold another referendum? 

[Dan Steele]

2 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

 

State of that.

So ahm takin' ma baw and the gemmes finished.

[Cardle is Magic]

1 minute ago, Ludo*1 said:

 

State of that.

Toys have gone *flying* out the pram and I absolutely love to see it.