Orraloon Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 He has denied the charges. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Get him reinstated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It is interesting that this alleged offense happened last May and yet the still chose him as a candidate. maybe they are not as daft as we think? This is the seat that Alex Johnstone (Tory) is trying to win from SNP. Eilidh Whiteford had a 4000 majority in 2010. If a fair chunk of the 5000 Labour votes from last time go to Tory and coupled with some of the 4000 LibDem votes from last time, this could turn out to be a very close seat. The Labour gut will still be on the ballot paper though. When this happened in Scunnered's neck of the woods last time, the disowned Tory geezer still got 7000 votes. Mind you that was before they dreamed up the idea of tactical voting. I could see SNP losing this seat. I wonder if there is any dirt to be dug up on this Alex Johnstone fella? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 They will be annoyed they couldn't blame the SNP's new drink driving limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I am starting to panick about this, it has been snp my whole life, saying that the snp vote may well rise, fraserburgh which has the 2nd largest population in the seat returned 70% yes in the referendum so heres hoping.... I couldnt handle being a tory seat It is interesting that this alleged offense happened last May and yet the still chose him as a candidate. maybe they are not as daft as we think? This is the seat that Alex Johnstone (Tory) is trying to win from SNP. Eilidh Whiteford had a 4000 majority in 2010. If a fair chunk of the 5000 Labour votes from last time go to Tory and coupled with some of the 4000 LibDem votes from last time, this could turn out to be a very close seat. The Labour gut will still be on the ballot paper though. When this happened in Scunnered's neck of the woods last time, the disowned Tory geezer still got 7000 votes. Mind you that was before they dreamed up the idea of tactical voting. I could see SNP losing this seat. I wonder if there is any dirt to be dug up on this Alex Johnstone fella? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It is interesting that this alleged offense happened last May and yet the still chose him as a candidate. maybe they are not as daft as we think? This is the seat that Alex Johnstone (Tory) is trying to win from SNP. Eilidh Whiteford had a 4000 majority in 2010. If a fair chunk of the 5000 Labour votes from last time go to Tory and coupled with some of the 4000 LibDem votes from last time, this could turn out to be a very close seat. The Labour gut will still be on the ballot paper though. When this happened in Scunnered's neck of the woods last time, the disowned Tory geezer still got 7000 votes. Mind you that was before they dreamed up the idea of tactical voting. I could see SNP losing this seat. I wonder if there is any dirt to be dug up on this Alex Johnstone fella? Surely the Labour voters won't vote Tory!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilly71 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Well played Labour Seriously? I'd have thought there'd be many labour voters more than a tad pwe'd aff that they can't vote labour now, they're hardly going to vote Tory are they? ( or is that Red Tory thing applicable to their voters now too?) I'd have thought that any labour voter who'd have been prepared to tactically vote Tory ( if they were that way inclined) would have been doing that anyway. Mibbe the SNP or Greens will pick up some votes from this. Edited April 24, 2015 by neilly71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Seriously? I'd have thought there'd be many labour voters more than a tad pwe'd aff that they can't vote labour now, they're hardly going to vote Tory are they? ( or is that Red Tory thing applicable to their voters now too?) I'd have thought that any labour voter who'd have been prepared to tactically vote Tory ( if they were that way inclined) would have been doing that anyway. Mibbe the SNP or Greens will pick up some votes from this. They can still vote for this Labour guy. His name will still be on the ballot paper. He is still a candidate. It is the timing of the Labour party decision which is important here. They decide to withdraw support half way through an election campaign. He probably wasn't getting much support anyway as he is standing for an unwinnable seat. It's a straight fight between SNP and Tory. This alleged (he is pleading not guilty) incident happened almost a year ago. The Labour party should have known about it long before he was selected. The candidate certainly did. His trial isn't until next month. He hasn't been proved guilty of anything yet. We should be asking the question "Why have they withdrawn support now instead of waiting until after the trial?" If they think that just being charged with these offenses is bad enough then why did they select him in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Better Together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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