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| 161. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 07:51 I don`t think TD was lazy. He did what he had to and did it pretty well. No big fanfare. Same with RS. I`ve forgotten the name of the current Labour candidate but he seems like he`ll be very active, but then that might change when he`s forced down to London to sit in a building that is more akin to a museum piece than a functioning parliament. Reply |
| 162. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 11:55 jake89, Wed 19 Jun 07:51 Surely it only functions for England? Reply |
| 163. Author: Parboiled Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 15:26 Rachel Squire fought a long battle with cancer (brain tumours) and faced her end with greater courage than I ever could. I hope nobody is inferring that her absences from public life were due to laziness. Having been present as a staff representative at meetings with her I can vouch for her as always a doughty fighter for local jobs Reply |
| 164. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 16:33 Parboiled, Wed 19 Jun 15:26 I don`t think anyone is suggesting that. Like TD she was very aspirational. I think what people forget is that much of what they expect their MP should be doing is actually what their MSP should be doing, or maybe the local councillors. MPs in Scotland so very little that Joe Bloggs would really be aware of (things like health, education, roads etc). Reply |
| 165. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 12:48 So the Tories are embroiled in yet anther scandal, this time involving betting by Party insiders on the date of the General Election. Meanwhile at Holyrood the SNP are being investigated about the possible fiddling of postage stamps following an anonymous complaint. Will Douglas Ross be calling for immediate resignations of Sunak and Swinney? Reply |
| 166. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 14:25 SNP using stamps provided for MSP correspondence to post electioneering stuff. Hope they get a licking…! Reply |
| 167. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 14:32 Not stamps...🙄 Reply |
| 168. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 17:40 It wasn`t stamps? And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 169. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 22:48 It WAS stamps. The rolleyes is at this even being reported. I seem to recall Alex Cole-Hamilton misusing funds to overspend considerably on flyers. Not sure the BBC ran a big story on it. Of course, Alex also got caught out using free envelopes when people misused them 😂 Reply |
| 170. Author: Parboiled Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 07:23 Given the price of stamps this needs to addressed seriously. Only a first class officer in a senior post will do. Reply |
| 171. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 15:15 Ultimately I just couldn`t do it. Got my postal vote today and as much as I think the SNP deserve an electoral kicking (as her indoors said "I just want them to to their effing job") I couldn`t vote for the Labour candidate with no obvious link to the area. Former Edinburgh list msp who quit eight years ago whose wife is also an msp. At least the SNP candidate is a local councillor for the area I live in. I`ve never once missed a chance to vote but I must admit the offering on show this election is the worst in my lifetime. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 172. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 15:21 I wonder how many others will come to that conclusion when they have to make their `X`, TOWK? That could make the polls look foolish. Reply |
| 173. Author: Parboiled Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 16:43 Jings how principled TOWK, but this is a time for gooly kicking not angst! Reply |
| 174. Author: Wotsit Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 17:18 I`ll be voting SNP in a Westminster election for the first time since 1997. I changed my intenmtions because my consituency has gotten extremely close between SNP and Labour and I`d prefer a pro-indie MP. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 175. Author: Tenruh Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 18:56 Imagine 9 years of inaction, and folk think the SNP are still an independence party. Reply |
| 176. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 19:09 Imagine thinking that voting for any party other than the SNP is going to help achieve independence. Reply |
| 177. Author: Parboiled Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 19:38 I don’t mind how anyone votes, but it is a hard won right so use it Reply |
| 178. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 22nd Jun 2024. 20:19 wee eck, Sat 22 Jun 19:09 Totally agree!👍🏴 Reply |
| 179. Author: Tenruh Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 11:50 Is voting SNP going to deliver it ? They`ve already got a Westminster majority and promised a referendum to take place in September last year and failed to deliver. [url]https://www.facebook.com/share/F78yaohZWsb8k9DG/[/url] Reply |
| 180. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 23rd Jun 2024. 11:58 The point is that there is no alternative that has a better chance of delivering independence than the SNP. Both Sarwar and Ross were asked this morning on the BBC what the democratic route was to independence and, needless to say, just avoided the question. Sarwar seems to think that, because he doesn`t believe in independence or another referendum, he doesn`t need to address the issue. Ross just says we had our chance in 2014 and that seems to have settled it for good. Reply |