stocky Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Toepoke said: She nearly decapitated that wee girl! All the SNP's Fault you know...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 14 hours ago, stocky said: All the SNP's Fault you know...... "When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end, never growing tired of it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Scunnered said: "When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end, never growing tired of it." From the guy who never grows tired of greetin about the SNP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 7 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: From the guy who never grows tired of greetin about the SNP. Baaaaaaaaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 7 minutes ago, Scunnered said: Baaaaaaaaaaa! I should actually have said 'bleatin' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 15 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: I should actually have said 'bleatin' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 The conservatives must be putting a lot of resources into banff and buchan,, thats two letters adressed to my wife and myself this week,, we have had 3 party letters also through the door,,,there has been one from the labour party and nothing from the snp,,, i hope the snp have not became complacent in their banff and buchan strong hold,,,seems there has been a resurgence of vocal tory voters of late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Car covered in SNP stickers parking in the only disabled bay with no badge today, I'll just assume it was Fiona Hyslop motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 46 minutes ago, phart said: Car covered in SNP stickers parking in the only disabled bay with no badge today, I'll just assume it was Fiona Hyslop motor. Maybe it got covered in SNP stickers because it was in a disabled bay with no badge? Unlikely, I know, but not impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 2 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said: The conservatives must be putting a lot of resources into banff and buchan,, thats two letters adressed to my wife and myself this week,, we have had 3 party letters also through the door,,,there has been one from the labour party and nothing from the snp,,, i hope the snp have not became complacent in their banff and buchan strong hold,,,seems there has been a resurgence of vocal tory voters of late We have each had two letters from Labour all delivered by Royal Mail. If they are going to every house in Scotland, that must be costing a fortune. I wonder where all their money is coming from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Maybe it got covered in SNP stickers because it was in a disabled bay with no badge? Unlikely, I know, but not impossible. That's a joke, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, Parklife said: That's a joke, right? Or, it could be Scunny driving round Scotland deliberately parking in disabled bays to give the SNP a bad reputation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 33 minutes ago, Orraloon said: We have each had two letters from Labour all delivered by Royal Mail. If they are going to every house in Scotland, that must be costing a fortune. I wonder where all their money is coming from? Well , the main parties all get one paid for by the Govt, I think, and the other would have been paid for by London. The Unions still have a few bob, they also had quite a few new members .......There are also elections in Wales and London which Labour are standing in, so a few leaflets will be generic stuff. But Labour in Scotland is Skint......... And leaderless, they used to get cash and Direction from their MPS... Our Local Brianch, Which was Wee Doogies, only has 4 auld guys in it now (regularly campaigning) , along with the 2 Councillors,and 2 MSP.'s, ( Henry and Bibby) it is one of the stronger Labour Branches... nearly 1 in every 9 voters in our Village is now an SNP member.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 39 minutes ago, Orraloon said: We have each had two letters from Labour all delivered by Royal Mail. If they are going to every house in Scotland, that must be costing a fortune. I wonder where all their money is coming from? They did it for the General Election last year too. Fat lot of use that turned out to be!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 21 hours ago, Orraloon said: Or, it could be Scunny driving round Scotland deliberately parking in disabled bays to give the SNP a bad reputation? I'm sad... Sad enough to send a picture of Kenny Gibsons car parked on double yellows to the local paper... But not THAT sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgowmancity Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 On 21/04/2016 at 11:52 AM, hampden_loon2878 said: The conservatives must be putting a lot of resources into banff and buchan,, thats two letters adressed to my wife and myself this week,, we have had 3 party letters also through the door,,,there has been one from the labour party and nothing from the snp,,, i hope the snp have not became complacent in their banff and buchan strong hold,,,seems there has been a resurgence of vocal tory voters of late In Glasgow East, I've had 3 generic SNP leaflets (all delivered on the same day), 2 generic Tory leaflets & 2 Generic & 2 local Labour leaflets along with a knock on the door from Labour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Might be useful for the tactical voter: https://rollingpolling2016.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/survation-15th-20th-of-april/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Stapes said: Might be useful for the tactical voter: https://rollingpolling2016.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/survation-15th-20th-of-april/ Tactial voting is unlikely to work as people intend with a relatively proportional voting system. Voting Green on the second vote will either replace an SNP list MSP with a unionist MSP or maybe an SNP list MSP with a Green MSP. To be specific, it won't increase the number of indy-supporting MSPs, but is likely to reduce that number. Which is precisely why the idea is being pushed by the mainstream media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Alibi said: Tactial voting is unlikely to work as people intend with a relatively proportional voting system. Voting Green on the second vote will either replace an SNP list MSP with a unionist MSP or maybe an SNP list MSP with a Green MSP. To be specific, it won't increase the number of indy-supporting MSPs, but is likely to reduce that number. Which is precisely why the idea is being pushed by the mainstream media. Why are all those Greens second and third on the regional list then? It's because they're not being weighed down by the SNP's massive constituency vote. Look at the North East - even a projected 51.84% of the regional vote doesn't gain the SNP a single extra MSP. The Greens, with 9.64% of that vote, get list seats 2 and 7. If that combined total 60% of the vote had gone to the SNP it would not have yielded two list MSPs. edit : Even looking to one of the few places where the SNP don't hoover up all the FPTP, e.g. Highlands & Islands. Assuming two Lib Dems in the Oslo West constituencies and almost 50% of the regional vote for the SNP, we are down to picks 6 and 7 before they squeeze in. In a nutshell - 60% of the regional vote spread over two parties will get you more seats than 60% for one party. Edited April 25, 2016 by adamntg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 47 minutes ago, adamntg said: Why are all those Greens second and third on the regional list then? It's because they're not being weighed down by the SNP's massive constituency vote. Look at the North East - even a projected 51.84% of the regional vote doesn't gain the SNP a single extra MSP. The Greens, with 9.64% of that vote, get list seats 2 and 7. If that combined total 60% of the vote had gone to the SNP it would not have yielded two list MSPs. edit : Even looking to one of the few places where the SNP don't hoover up all the FPTP, e.g. Highlands & Islands. Assuming two Lib Dems in the Oslo West constituencies and almost 50% of the regional vote for the SNP, we are down to picks 6 and 7 before they squeeze in. In a nutshell - 60% of the regional vote spread over two parties will get you more seats than 60% for one party. See my comment on the tactical voting thread but that analysis looks like a load of bollocks to me. One thing I would point out, in 2011, the SNP won all constituencies in the North East and still picked up a list seat on 52.7%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 5 hours ago, Stapes said: Might be useful for the tactical voter: https://rollingpolling2016.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/survation-15th-20th-of-april/ Or this? http://scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/one-week-on-have-sunday-herald-learned.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 The main tactic of the unionist parties, backed by a compliant media, seems to be to persuade SNP voters to give their list vote to the Greens or RISE. This will not result in more independence minded MSPs. It will more likely result in more unionist MSPs. The SNP message needs to be very simple "If you want more MSPs who are in favour of independence, then the SNP needs both of your votes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 My prediction is I will not give a shit. Don't vote for the SNP is my feeling. It is for their own good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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