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| 1. Author: Socks Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 22:45 Interesting exit poll, and it`s been very accurate the last few times. It`ll be interesting to see if it`s as accurate in Scotland, where it`s probably a bit more volatile. If you`re waiting on results from Fife, I`d go to bed. What an absolute shitshow that was - too many changes to the system in one go and totally understaffed in terms of support. More issues with postal votes than last few times. There will inevitably have been more errors than normal and I`d expect that makes it likely it`ll take longer to resolve at the count and later declaration of results. Maybe I`m wrong, we`ll see. What I will say is that any coucil decalring before midnight is at it. I find it quite disgraceful that it can be rushed to win some stupid contest against other areas. Reply |
| 2. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 22:52 Pretty interesting beyond the big Labour majority which I think everyone expected. It`s going to be fun watching the Tories lose their seats, Reform look like they are in for a good night along with the Lib Dems who will be back to "Nick Clegg" levels. Bad night ahead for the SNP it seems. who could fall to single digits.  Reply |
| 3. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 22:55 If there are still Tory seats in Scotland then someone really needs to do an investigation into possible cases of inbreeding in those areas. Reply |
| 4. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 23:16 jake89, Thu 4 Jul 22:55 There was one exit poll claiming the Tories will return 13 seats in Scotland…..and the SNP 10…..if that happens I may look to move my family - to Samoa Reply |
| 5. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 23:24 A sobering night ahead for the SNP and indeed the other independence minded party. And that`s with the Swinney bounce post Yousaf. Melt down will be incoming before the Holyrood elections. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 6. Author: Socks Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 23:43 First result declared at 2313 and stories of a ballot box in Blyth taking 30 seconds to deliver. What a load of utter nonsense. I don`t even know how it`s posible to deliver a box so soon after close of poll given the paperwork that needs to be completed at that time. Given how long it can take to resolve any errors or discrepancies in ballot accounts, it feels like contempt for democracy when we see these silly wee contests. Even when a big majority is expected, care should still be taken to make the result as accurate as possible. Post Edited (Thu 04 Jul 23:53) Reply |
| 7. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 4th Jul 2024. 23:56 A word of caution from Sir John Curtice - `The exit poll only has a small number of sampling points in Scotland. If the poll has even slightly overestimated Labour’s advantage over the SNP, the latter’s tally could end up being higher. The forecast for the SNP - and for Scotland in general, where the exit poll is pointing to substantial Labour gains - must thus be treated with a great deal of caution.` Reply |
| 8. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 00:00 Maybe I misread the earlier poll. I thought it was saying that the SNP would be down to ten seats. I think I misunderstood and they are only going to lose ten seats? If they only lose ten seats then that`s a decent outcome for them. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 9. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 00:02 Nope my first impression was correct. They are going to lose 38 seats and Alba will lose their only two. A crushing defeat if that`s the case. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 10. Author: DBP Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 01:33 No you didn’t misread the poll- what was being pointed out is that it comes with a health warning Reply |
| 11. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 04:15 Labour winning seats from snp. Tories getting routed. Shapps and Chalk lose seats Sunak will probably resign by Monday  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
| 12. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 05:26 SNP have been given an absolute do in tonight - Tenruh, Parboiled and Tad will be dancing in their dreams currently. Independence is dead in the water, Scottish Government will most likely follow suit in 2 years time. Time to get rid of it and just take our orders from London again…….well except me, Im off to Samoa 😂 Reply |
| 13. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 05:39 Labour win Dunfermline & Dollar Labour = 20,336 (47.7%) SNP = 12,095 (27.2%) Conservative = 3,297 (7.4%) Lib Dem = 3181 (7.1%) Reform UK 2,887 (6.5%) Green = 2,078 (4.7%) Reply |
| 14. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 05:42 How 3k people have voted Reform is staggering! Good news that Dross has lost his seat though - his gamble failed drastically! Post Edited (Fri 05 Jul 06:12) Reply |
| 15. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 07:21 Pleasing to see George Galloway punted after only being elected four months ago. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 16. Author: nick_dafc1 Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 07:34 Dave_1885, Fri 5 Jul 05:26 It doesn`t really change who still supports Independence. The electoral wanted a different UK government this time around. Voting SNP wasn`t going to kick the tories out of Westminster. Reply |
| 17. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 08:00 Although it`s a great result for Labour, it`s a very risky one for Scottish Labour. MSPs like Pam Duncan-Glancy have been very vocal about cuts in Scotland. If Labour continue austerity like has been suggested, it gives SNP MSPs ammo to go after Labour in Scotland. Basically, they`ve promised "Change" and they`ve got 18 months in Scotland to prove they`re up to it. Fantastic to see Douglas Ross lose his seat. There has to be a link between fornicating with farm animals and voting Tory though. The people of the Borders and Aberdeenshire need to hang their heads in shame. Reply |
| 18. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 08:02 And the icing on the cake is Liz Truss losing her seat What an arrogant, useless and dangerous woman She showed no class at all, having to be encouraged into the stage to hear the result Good riddance to bad rubbish. I’m delighted she has gone It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Post Edited (Fri 05 Jul 08:15) Reply |
| 19. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 09:55 Jake that would be a very dangerous strategy for the SNP to deploy at the Holyrood elections. By then they`ll have been in power for nineteen years and if they try to blame the Westminster Labour government for the state of the devolved public services then I think that will actually anger the the electorate. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 20. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 5th Jul 2024. 10:49 Turnout over the UK was down from 67.6% to 60%. Labour got 33.7% of the vote so that`s 20.2% of the electorate. That was enough for them to win 63.5% of the seats. It`s hard to make sense of that. It will be interesting to see what happens with the relationship between Westminster and Holyrood. If there is better co-operation which is reflected in improved government for Scotland who will get the credit for this - Labour or the SNP? Reply |
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