I Clavdivs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 A crumb of comfort is that the ghastly DRoss lost his seat....unfortunately he'll still be back gurning for London at Holyrood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I'm surprised it's taken 10 years for the electorate to see through the utter bullshit of Sturgeon and her acolytes. Time for Swinney and Co to step aside and see if there's anyone on the other side of the party with a semblance of competency. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 OK - updating my summary of the election: Good Tories out DRoss out George Galloway and His Stupid Hat out Truss out Bad Everything else 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 11 minutes ago, ayrmad said: I'm surprised it's taken 10 years for the electorate to see through the utter bullshit of Sturgeon and her acolytes. Time for Swinney and Co to step aside and see if there's anyone on the other side of the party with a semblance of competency. You mean like Kate Forbes, the current deputy FM and economics secretary? Besides it's not like Sturgeon's vocal critics were spared the back lash. The SNP did change course, but far too late to do anything about an election now, and with not much of a platform to stand on. Need to take the absolute kicking and move on. Their raison d'etre is still polling in around 48-51% across different pollsters, and they have 2 years to the next home leg election.... Edited July 5 by renton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 29 minutes ago, ATLIS said: Truss gone! Joe Lycett devastated I assume. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 SNP finally running out of gas it would seem. Sturgeon was always going to be a hard act to follow, but they failed in following spectacularly. A wake up call in time for the next election for them. Swinney needs to get it right and purge the party of clingers on. Back to basic politics, focusing on improving the lives of the people in Scotland. They may have a chance of retaining Holyrood then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastermind Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 minutes ago, KirkieRR said: OK - updating my summary of the election: Good Tories out DRoss out George Galloway and His Stupid Hat out Truss out Bad Everything else You forgot to add any semblance of hope for an independence vote being volleyed magnificently down the line a couple of decades. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, edinabear said: Bye bye SNP Wait, you're actually cheering Scotland having even less of a voice in WM? Are you thinking Scottish Labour will be listened to in London? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 17 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: It's better to win a football game 2-0 than lose it 4-3 Indeed. I was just highlighting the ways FPTP can make things look far different to how the electorate actually feel. The size of the Labour victory looks like the electorate are right behind Labour when they actually jut voicing how much they hate the Tories (and the SNP in Scotland). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 27 minutes ago, Freedom Farter said: Truss getting the boot is significant. She's been open that she's now just a vector for certain US interests into UK politics. There was an element of voters asserting sovereignty in rejecting her. I haven't got her book "Ten Years to save the West" but presumably this is actually part of the game plan. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Been watching Rebus, did i miss anything? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 7 minutes ago, Mastermind said: You forgot to add any semblance of hope for an independence vote being volleyed magnificently down the line a couple of decades. Aye, tying us forever to Brexit and whatever government the UK wants to give us is a great thing right enough... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotiaNostra Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Im pretty happy waking up to that, the UK needed a labour government with a clear majority. In Scotland the snp needed this so that it might realise just how out of touch it has got. all in all no tories is a bighter future however you look at it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Dan Steele said: Wait, you're actually cheering Scotland having even less of a voice in WM? Yes. He is. Heckuva thing, but there it is. Edited July 5 by KirkieRR Fatfinger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, Mastermind said: You forgot to add any semblance of hope for an independence vote being volleyed magnificently down the line a couple of decades. Still the 26 Holyrood election to come. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Mastermind said: You forgot to add any semblance of hope for an independence vote being volleyed magnificently down the line a couple of decades. 11 minutes ago, Mintermind said: Edited July 5 by Pocketman auto response 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 10 minutes ago, Mastermind said: You forgot to add any semblance of hope for an independence vote being volleyed magnificently down the line a couple of decades. If the SNP had won every seat last night would you be saying that independence is on the cards? Of course not. Likewise in one/two terms when Labour get hoyed out and the independence vote gets a majority in Scotland will that independence back on the cards? The SNP have needed a hard reset for a while, I don't think Scotland as a country is any closer, or further away from independence than what they were yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 minutes ago, HoBNob said: If the SNP had won every seat last night would you be saying that independence is on the cards? Of course not. Likewise in one/two terms when Labour get hoyed out and the independence vote gets a majority in Scotland will that independence back on the cards? The SNP have needed a hard reset for a while, I don't think Scotland as a country is any closer, or further away from independence than what they were yesterday. Would agree with this. If you are going to take a kicking in any election, better this one than Holyrood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Delighted to hear that Cherry is out on her arse. A nasty piece of work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Well done the central belt. Well fucking done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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