The New Fat Scotland 'Thanks for all the Fish' Thread.

Thrugelmir

Shakethedisease wrote: »

They'll remember the 1980's all right !

And look what became of Scargill. People are often not what they seem. A man with a tarnished reputation. Nor a socialist of any description. .........;)

Shakethedisease

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

Given where they are currently and FPTP I expect to seem them lose close to 20 seats.

The Tories currently have the same kind of levels of support in Scotland as Corbyn does in England.

The SNP as it stands will win a majority of seats in Scotland and with it secure their third electoral victory in three years. It seems one party winning 75 to 90 % of seats where they stand candidates in England would be termed a landslide.. but in Scotland it's called 'a kicking' lol.

Shakethedisease

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

"Hold your nose and vote Tory" appears to be quite a common theme amongst the "core Labour" vote.

Not the core Labour voters I know in the older generation. Vote Tory, never, ever in a million years never. They historically do not like the SNP, or more particularly what was a Salmond led SNP.. but that doesn't mean the Tories will be getting their vote anytime soon.

Voting for Independence might be a possibility though with Labour off the scene though. Choices have thinned out a bit. And especially if the Yes campaign can bring old style ex-Labour/BetterTogether voices like Simon Pia and Mike Dailly to the forefront of the campaign. They've already shocked lots of us by switching to Yes. They'll be more like them too. The ex Labour First Minister Henry McLeish is also very likely to switch now. They should all definitely be front and centre next independence campaign launch.

zagubov

kabayiri wrote: »

I feel fortunate down here in "evil England".

In recent GE's I have been fortunate enough to vote for a good LibDem MP and then a good Conservative MP, because they were willing to listen to the pressing issues in our neighbourhood.

I wouldn't like to have to vote for any old SNP fodder put up for election, just because they were able to spell "independence".

Never mind the dogma, feel the quality

I'm delighted to live in England. It's not evil at all.

I've been fortunate enough to vote for a a good LibDem MP and a Labour one, and for devolution for a local assembly and Mayor (well, two Labour ones).

I don't think so many Scots are voting for the SNP for anything to do with independence, let alone how to spell it.

They're just grateful to have heard of a party that's heard of Scotland and could find it on a map.;)

elantan

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

Given where they are currently and FPTP I expect to seem them lose close to 20 seats.

So having a majority would be them getting a kicking ? Interesting concept

IveSeenTheLight

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

Given where they are currently and FPTP I expect to seem them lose close to 20 seats.

Interesting.
Which 20 seats do you expect to be turned over and which parties will gain the seats?

Shaka_Zulu

Might I suggest losing say 10% of your seats could be described as a kicking. One thing is for sure you ain't got much upside.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Shakethedisease wrote: »

The SNP as it stands will win a majority of seats in Scotland and with it secure their third electoral victory in three years. It seems one party winning 75 to 90 % of seats where they stand candidates in England would be termed a landslide.. but in Scotland it's called 'a kicking' lol.

Yep.

The Tory resurgence in Scotland is interesting and suits me just fine to detoxify the brand for after Indy.

But it's still gonna be a landslide SNP win.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Shaka_Zulu wrote: »

One thing is for sure you ain't got much upside.

Meanwhile in other news....

Some 'upside' snuck in while you were all distracted by Mayhem's smoke and mirrors.

Should Scotland be an independent country? (BMG)

Yes 49% (+1)
No 51% (-1)

Slow and steady wins the race...

TrickyTree83

Line Chart over time:

http://whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/how-would-you-vote-in-the-in-a-scottish-independence-referendum-if-held-now-ask#line

Bar Chart categorised ordered by time:

http://whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/how-would-you-vote-in-the-in-a-scottish-independence-referendum-if-held-now-ask#bar

Data Table:

http://whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/how-would-you-vote-in-the-in-a-scottish-independence-referendum-if-held-now-ask#table

Slow and steady has won nothing since Jun 2016. Yes is trending downwards, No is trending upwards.