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I hope he has someone proof read his memoirs.
I hope he has someone proof read his memoirs.
I’m not sure but I know she loves Christmas, she gets tae eat, drink and be Mary.I’m maybe being really ignorant here, but she’s not trans is she?
I'm sure I've heard that voice before Life In A Scotch Sittingroom #2 Episode 2What the fuck.
I'm sure I've heard that voice before Life In A Scotch Sittingroom #2 Episode 2
What the fuck.
About as embarrassing as anything ever.How embarrassing is that.
About as embarrassing as anything ever.
Also see Alba candidates/Wings Over Scotland ( same thing really) claiming SNP are funding campaigns to reduce age of consent to 10. Also fairly embarrassing.
Claim SNP funding groups lobbying to lower age of consent is FFS
The Wings Over Scotland blog claimed the SNP was supporting groups who want to lower the age of consent to 10 years old. This is completely false.theferret.scot
To be fair PPBs have all been done. Nobody decides how to vote on them?What the fuck.
There are - as far as I can see - legitimate concerns around legal capacity for under 16s being widened for sexual activity.About as embarrassing as anything ever.
Also see Alba candidates/Wings Over Scotland ( same thing really) claiming SNP are funding campaigns to reduce age of consent to 10. Also fairly embarrassing.
Claim SNP funding groups lobbying to lower age of consent is FFS
The Wings Over Scotland blog claimed the SNP was supporting groups who want to lower the age of consent to 10 years old. This is completely false.theferret.scot
You'd think the pro independence movement had been infiltrated by MI5. It's unreal how they've been reduced to this....
I think this is good commentary on this:Margret Lynch and her allies in Wings Over Scotland have latched on to a statement made at a woman's meeting suggesting that Stonewall and others support a lowering of the age of consent down to the age of 10.This is a downright lie. If people can't accept that other folk can be what they want to be without fear of attack and ridicule then they are no friends of mine.Alba can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
Horrific.Looking at list results so far,It’s looking horrendous for Salmond and Alba
They're going to get around 50% of the seats with around 50% of the votes - what's wrong with this way of doing things?Horrific.
I suspect 1 Million SNP list votes will elect 1 SNP MSP. There has to be a better way of doing things.
Thing is,every single Indy voter knows what they were voting for.Horrific.
I suspect 1 Million SNP list votes will elect 1 SNP MSP. There has to be a better way of doing things.
They're going to get around 50% of the seats with around 50% of the votes - what's wrong with this way of doing things?
I believe he’s going to step down.Thing is,every single Indy voter knows what they were voting for.
Alba might be the answer going forward but suspect Salmond has to go for it to happen….
I believe he’s going to step down.
Alex Arthur to take over and corner the Ryan69 market?I believe he’s going to step down.
More likely to be one of the SNP’s least wantedAlex Arthur to take over and corner the Ryan69 market?
Let’s come back to this after the results; I suspect that their vote share will be nearer 40% than 50%. Neat trick to nearly win a majority in a system designed to prevent one mind.They're going to get around 50% of the seats with around 50% of the votes - what's wrong with this way of doing things?
Let’s come back to this after the results; I suspect that their vote share will be nearer 40% than 50%. Neat trick to nearly win a majority in a system designed to prevent one mind.
Seems unlikely when 65% of seats have declared and they're on 47.1% but we'll see.Let’s come back to this after the results; I suspect that their vote share will be nearer 40% than 50%. Neat trick to nearly win a majority in a system designed to prevent one mind.
Seems unlikely when 65% of seats have declared and they're on 47.1% but we'll see.
PARTY | Constituency Share | List Share | Average Share | Constituency Seats | List Seats | Total Seats | Seats %age |
SNP | 47.7% | 40.3% | 44% | 62 | 2 | 64 | 49.6% |
TORY | 21.9% | 23.5% | 22.7% | 5 | 26 | 31 | 24.0% |
LAB | 21.6% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 2 | 20 | 22 | 17.1% |
Lib Dem | 6.9% | 5.1% | 6% | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3.1% |
Green | 1.3% | 8.1% | 4.7% | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6.2% |
Just under 50% of the seats with 47.7% of the vote seems like a pretty fair outcome compared to what happens in Westminster.
PARTY Constituency Share List Share Average Share Constituency Seats List Seats Total Seats Seats %age SNP 47.7% 40.3% 44% 62 2 64 49.6% TORY 21.9% 23.5% 22.7% 5 26 31 24.0% LAB 21.6% 18.0% 19.8% 2 20 22 17.1% Lib Dem 6.9% 5.1% 6% 4 0 4 3.1% Green 1.3% 8.1% 4.7% 0 8 8 6.2%
Okay the results are in, and there's the numbers.
Voting SNP list was a wasted vote, as widely predicted in all but South and Highlands and Islands.
1,094,374 voted SNP List and most would have been as well throwing their paper in the bin, it didn't count.
Ditto.I voted SNP 1 and Green 2
Ended up with an SNP MSP,a Green MSP and an Indy majority in parliament.
Worked out pretty well imo
I suppose there a huge number of victorious SNP votes wasted on the constituency votes with massive margins too though, that’s just the way it is. System works itself out well and every party gets the right %.
PARTY Constituency Share List Share Average Share Constituency Seats List Seats Total Seats Seats %age SNP 47.7% 40.3% 44% 62 2 64 49.6% TORY 21.9% 23.5% 22.7% 5 26 31 24.0% LAB 21.6% 18.0% 19.8% 2 20 22 17.1% Lib Dem 6.9% 5.1% 6% 4 0 4 3.1% Green 1.3% 8.1% 4.7% 0 8 8 6.2%
Okay the results are in, and there's the numbers.
Voting SNP list was a wasted vote, as widely predicted in all but South and Highlands and Islands.
1,094,374 voted SNP List and most would have been as well throwing their paper in the bin, it didn't count.
She won her seat with an increased majority did she not ?My problem with the list isnt that the party gets the representation, seems fair as Mark says, but it means we can end up with people in jobs in parliament for life that we dont want there and were never elected. To pick a random example, how do we get rid of Jackie Baillie? She is high up on the Labour list so then will always get in despite not being voted for by anyone. I get the argument that the Labour Party are more likely to know who best represents their views than the average joe, so they should choose, but it doesnt sit well with me. Im sure that there are methods out there of PR where people are actually voted for, maybe the person who didnt win in their area with the highest number of votes or something. Im sure that idea is full of holes too, but as I said how do we get rid of an unpopular politician who is popular within the higher echelons of their party?
She did - I was just picking someone I dont have a lot of time for, obviously I should have picked someone from the list! (eg Murdo Fraser, someone else I dont have time for)She won her seat with an increased majority did she not ?
Join a party. Vote on the member selection.My problem with the list isnt that the party gets the representation, seems fair as Mark says, but it means we can end up with people in jobs in parliament for life that we dont want there and were never elected. To pick a random example, how do we get rid of Jackie Baillie? She is high up on the Labour list so then will always get in despite not being voted for by anyone. I get the argument that the Labour Party are more likely to know who best represents their views than the average joe, so they should choose, but it doesnt sit well with me. Im sure that there are methods out there of PR where people are actually voted for, maybe the person who didnt win in their area with the highest number of votes or something. Im sure that idea is full of holes too, but as I said how do we get rid of an unpopular politician who is popular within the higher echelons of their party?
Your top choices might be the wrong gender!Join a party. Vote on the member selection.
Then watch as your top choice loses out in some jiggery pokery to put the party choices at the top of the list.
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