ScotiaNostra Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 at this stage nothing can be ruled out, anyone of them could still win. We could have anyone jump in as a new contender 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Just now, ScotiaNostra said: at this stage nothing can be ruled out, anyone of them could still win. We could have anyone jump in as a new contender Boris Johnson? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, cyderspaceman said: Religious nutters shouid be kept away from politics, but I don't know how that could be achieved. Ah, wait a minute, I do know. Don't f'k'n vote for them! I've never been so pleased to be red-dotted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 45 minutes ago, renton said: Are they? I’m assuming the outsider candidate is someone from Westminster. Black, or Blackford, perhaps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 47 minutes ago, Donathan said: Any word on who this mystery candidate is? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orfc Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 29 minutes ago, Donathan said: If it’s someone from WM then my money would be on Black. They’d probably find an MSP with a safe seat who’s willing to go to Westminster, both resign and call a by-election, then swap seats. I suspect that kind of quasi-gerrymandering could be undone fairly quickly by the unionist parties agreeing not to stand against each other - the prize of taking out another SNP leader would be hard to resist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, orfc said: I suspect that kind of quasi-gerrymandering could be undone fairly quickly by the unionist parties agreeing not to stand against each other - the prize of taking out another SNP leader would be hard to resist All for this tbh. Watching Scottish Labour utterly torch their recent miniscule gains will only add to the ongoing ScotPol hilarity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Savage Henry said: It’s a total minter whichever way you spin it. One of the biggest names in the party has outed herself as someone who would regard Ian Paisley as a progressive moderniser, another as a man nobody inside his own party trusts, and the third as someone who appeals to lunatics on the internet. So now the party bigwigs are having to drop somebody into a safe seat to fight whatever clusterfuck this is. The party bigwigs choice is Humza. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: I’m assuming the outsider candidate is someone from Westminster. Black, or Blackford, perhaps. I just can't see it. I've said before that the optics of "leading" the party from WM is awful. Yes, Salmond did it long ago pre referendum but it's politically not acceptable now, I think. I also have doubts that a WM leader, even once back into Holyrood would be a good choice as they don't have the experience of the place or personalities. Bound to kick up some resentment as well. More than anything though, the mechanics of getting your guy in there aren't straight forward. Can't use the list - my understanding is the lists are selected prior to each election, anyone stepping down in that time it just goes to whoever was next on your list at the time of the last election. So you need a constituency, and it needs to be safe enough that even a concerted Unionist tactical vote can't beat the SNP vote which is not a given, especially as folk of that constituency are being asked to vote on a purely party internal matter, which is likely to depress the vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) anyway, it won't be Macpherson. Edited February 22, 2023 by renton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotiaNostra Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 whos the progressive choice currently standing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, ScotiaNostra said: whos the progressive choice currently standing? Humza. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotiaNostra Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Donathan said: Humza. I find it laughable hes considered progressive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Humza’s getting the gig so the Murrells can continue to control from the shadows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarHibee Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Humza’s getting the gig so the Murrells can continue to control from the shadows. You mean like how 55 tufton street continue to control the PM from the shadows? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 So is there still a mystery candidate or is MacPherson the “mystery candidate” who’s ultimately considered it and decided not to? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 The comeback is on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, cyderspaceman said: Religious nutters shouid be kept away from politics, but I don't know how that could be achieved. Ah, wait a minute, I do know. Don't f'k'n vote for them! Isn't the flaw in that logic the fact that she stands in a constituency where there are enough like minded constituents that vote for her because of her religious background and beliefs or is that nit the case in Skye, Badennoch and Lochaber ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: Isn't the flaw in that logic the fact that she stands in a constituency where there are enough like minded constituents that vote for her because of her religious background and beliefs or is that nit the case in Skye, Badennoch and Lochaber ? Most of her votes are because of the colour of her rosette, just like nearly every politician in the country. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 10 hours ago, Kejan said: 9 years, and folk don't want it enough nor are the SNP radical enough to push it on. More Anglo retirees, lukewarm independence supporters now in their 40s-50s might not even be that bothered about it. Any second referendum will be very close. No chance yes will get anything like 65-70% It needs to be 51% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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