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| 101. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 19:18 The pollsters didn`t get it right in India. Reply |
| 102. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 19:46 I saw the same voting intention split between young and old. Quite a stark difference but the main takeaway was the lack of Tories in the younger group. Reply |
| 103. Author: Tenruh Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 21:34 About sums it up. Vote SNP and all you`ll get is more troughing..wise up folks voting for the SNP isn`t a vote towards independence [url]https://www.facebook.com/share/hbRf5fpTGXz1RQaq/[/url] Reply |
| 104. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 21:55 Who should we vote for Tenruh? Reply |
| 105. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 22:16 Just caught the end of the Sunak-Starmer debate on ITV. The last question was a throwaway about the Euros. Needless to say neither even acknowledged that Scotland would be there. `Nuff said! Reply |
| 106. Author: Tenruh Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 22:20 jake89, Tue 4 Jun 21:55 None of the English based unionist parties or any devolutionist parties , you`re then left with the Greens 💚 I know you quite like them, and possibly Alba, ISP , that`s who I`d vote for if they were an option, like the thought that they`re an abstentionist party and if there`s an Independent 4 Independence candidate they would be my first choice. All these options gives you a choice to register an Independence vote the others don`t. Post Edited (Tue 04 Jun 22:21) Reply |
| 107. Author: red-star-par Date: Tue 4th Jun 2024. 22:34 Tenruh, Tue 4 Jun 22:20 That sort of voting is better than not voting at all, and much better than voting for any of the unionist parties but really it`s still a wasted vote. SNP is the only vote for someone that cares about Scotland`s future Reply |
| 108. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 06:18 red-star-par, Tue 4 Jun 22:34 What has the SNP done in the last 9 years having control of the Scottish Parliament and more MPs than all the other parties put together in Westminster do to advance independence? The only wasted vote is giving it to the SNP and the electorate will confirm that a month today. Post Edited (Wed 05 Jun 06:21) Reply |
| 109. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 07:15 But none of those parties can achieve anything and will be lucky to get any seats in Scotland. What you`re effectively doing by voting for them is handing a vote to Labour who plan to trash the Scottish economy. Reply |
| 110. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 09:12 jake89, Wed 5 Jun 07:15 Do you actually think 57 Scottish MPs will have any say whatsoever in the English Parliament? The real fight is in 2026 so hopefully the SNP take a bloody nose now to bring them back to reality . At the moment, the SNP are sucking up to BLIS in the hope they can firm a coalition with them in 2026 rather than work with the other Indy parties. And I`m not referring to the Greens . Who are you voting for ? Post Edited (Wed 05 Jun 09:13) Reply |
| 111. Author: Alter Ego Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 09:38 Im going for Reform UK!! Mon the Pars! Reply |
| 112. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 09:59 I`m undecided currently, Tenruh. Leaning towards the SNP as the only viable option but also unsure as I`m not confident of the current group of MPs. I need to take a proper look. I like the Lib Dems candidate for Dunfermline but I strongly disagree with their leadership. Labour for me is a no. They don`t feel like a Scottish party and I`m not a fan of Starmer. Tories a definite no. I`m not sure if there`s an Alba candidate for Dunfermline but again.nit exactly convinced by the current crop. Being brutally honest, this is a case of least-worst rather than best! Reply |
| 113. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 10:02 Labour plan to trash the Scottish economy?! I`ve never voted Labour at a Westminster or Holyrood election so I`m not natural Labour supporter but I don`t think, for even one second, that they are planning to wreck the Scottish economy. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 114. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 10:06 jake89, Wed 5 Jun 09:59 As I said earlier hopefully it`s bloody nose time for the SNP and then there`s 2 years to get ready for the Holyrood election and the indy movement are prepared to work together to form a united front with no wasted 2 votes allowing the English parties control. Reply |
| 115. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 11:48 The One Who Knocks, Wed 5 Jun 10:02 So, this is perhaps a bit petty, but what I`ve heard from "Scottish" Labour is the Scottish economy is falling behind the UK. This is incorrect and is just an example of Labour talking the country down. Furthermore, most of the mechanisms impacting on the economy would not be controlled by "Scottish" Labour, but by UK Labour. This goes back to the constant issue of UK parties not having Scotland`s interests at heart. They are quite reasonably always going to do what benefits the most, and that will be South East England. The main focus Labour have on improving the Scottish economy (the one that performs better than the majority of England despite what Labour say) is to add a brass name plaque on an empty office so they can claim it`s the HQ of GB Energy. If you were to blind fold me and read out some of the nonsense coming out of Labour right now I`d think it was the Tories. Where are the socialist, the fighters, the people seeking a more equal country? The only positive thing I heard Starmer say yesterday was that he wouldn`t use private healthcare over the NHS. Reply |
| 116. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 11:51 Tenruh, Wed 5 Jun 10:06 I see where you`re coming from but I`d say noses are already bloodied and Swinney seems a much stronger leader than Yousaf. He seems less interested in letting the Greens get their way and has told COSLA to shut up about the National Care Service. I`m not suggesting he`s perfect but it`s good to see someone make clear decisions rather than wishy-washy try and appease everyone and getting nowhere. Reply |
| 117. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 12:43 ‘The only positive thing I heard Starmer say yesterday was that he wouldn`t use private healthcare over the NHS.’ So a multi-millionaire wants YOU to pay for HIS health care? And you see that as a positive? Reply |
| 118. Author: Parboiled Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 13:30 I see Stephen Flynn is planning a bill in Westminster to outlaw nationalisation of the NHS. It’s up to them how they run their NHS, up here it is fully devolved…why is this eejit meddling in English only matters? Reply |
| 119. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 16:18 Outlaw nationalisation? Don`t think that would be very popular in regards to the NHS. I`d imagine he`d be looking to outlaw privatisation of the NHS. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 120. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 5th Jun 2024. 16:45 Tad Allagash, Wed 5 Jun 12:43 Yes. Explain why it wouldn`t be? Reply |