Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 10

[Pastor Of Muppets]

ellipsis said:

I know the choices are poor but there has to be a better tactical vote proposition that we could all adhere to. I’d suffer a spineless any-of-the-rest coalition over the current shambolic cabal. If only for a reset in Scottish politics.

The page you want to look at for best tactical voting in order to defeat the scourge of the SNP is here, scroll
through them to find your constituency.

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/with_replies

[hidetheelephants]

TheJimi said:

irc said:

And if the SNP was a majority govt most of this stuff would never have seen the light of day.

Tactical voting this May.

Yup.

I'm going with green.

Are they the best placed to win the constituency? By all means vote green on the list but green for constituency is a waste; Scotland isn't Brighton, the best placed green constituency candidate in 2016 was Patrick Harvie who polled a respectable 24% to the SNP drone's 38%. If your objective is to harm the SNP's chances of forming a majority govt hold your nose and vote for whoever is best placed to beat the SNP in your constituency, unless you live in Glasgow Kelvin it's not green.

[Quisling]

TheJimi said:

Yup.

I'm going with green.

Green party

AKA the SNP gardening division

also

I give you a wee challenge

Go to twitter

Find a Green MSP

Do a search of their tweets for the following words

Green
Environment
recycling
wind turbine
EV
carbon
sustainable

Count the results

now do the same exercise for the following words

Tory
independence
LGBTQ
gay
racism
equality
white

See what they ACTUALLY care about

[ellipsis]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

ellipsis said:

I know the choices are poor but there has to be a better tactical vote proposition that we could all adhere to. I’d suffer a spineless any-of-the-rest coalition over the current shambolic cabal. If only for a reset in Scottish politics.

The page you want to look at for best tactical voting in order to defeat the scourge of the SNP is here, scroll
through them to find your constituency.

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/with_replies

Thanks, found mine.

I sincerely hope this gains traction. Is effective. And is realistically calculated. I’m in, but...

Where are we at when I’m following the advice of a man who crawled on all fours, on TV, pretending to be a pussy cat?

And this in order to oust a nigh on communist institution.

He is a skilled orator though.

It beggars belief.

[TheJimi]

hidetheelephants said:

TheJimi said:

irc said:

And if the SNP was a majority govt most of this stuff would never have seen the light of day.

Tactical voting this May.

Yup.

I'm going with green.

Are they the best placed to win the constituency? By all means vote green on the list but green for constituency is a waste; Scotland isn't Brighton, the best placed green constituency candidate in 2016 was Patrick Harvie who polled a respectable 24% to the SNP drone's 38%. If your objective is to harm the SNP's chances of forming a majority govt hold your nose and vote for whoever is best placed to beat the SNP in your constituency, unless you live in Glasgow Kelvin it's not green.

Unfortunately, my constituency is a very safe SNP seat.

So either I vote green, or spoil the ballot.

[hidetheelephants]

Quisling said:

Green party

AKA the SNP gardening division
<snip>

See what they ACTUALLY care about

Ross Greer has had a lot of mileage recently because of the Flamingo Land stushie at Balloch; he posted about how terrible it was and that it would ruin the environment. It's a brown field site in a National Park; the owners are Scottish Enterprise, who are run by the minority govt that he helps to prop up. Hypocrite much?

[Lim]

WackyWeaver said:

What time is Sturgeon meant to be appearing before the committee tomorrow?

About 5 mins after Rishi starts I think

[sherman]

Lim said:

WackyWeaver said:

What time is Sturgeon meant to be appearing before the committee tomorrow?

About 5 mins after Rishi starts I think

Handy. Hide behind all the budget news.

[Roderick Spode]

sherman said:

Lim said:

WackyWeaver said:

What time is Sturgeon meant to be appearing before the committee tomorrow?

About 5 mins after Rishi starts I think

Handy. Hide behind all the budget news.

Hence why there was a sudden announcement last week during the Daily Sturgeon Show regarding COVID, which was guaranteed to be focused on by all the media, at or around the time when Mr Salmond started his six hour marathon. Time-served PR firms could learn much from the SNP.

[Lim]

More seriously I am seeing 9am being the consensus on twitter. Can't see anything official though.

[Quisling]

hidetheelephants said:

oss Greer has had a lot of mileage recently because of the Flamingo Land stushie at Balloch; he posted about how terrible it was and that it would ruin the environment. It's a brown field site in a National Park; the owners are Scottish Enterprise, who are run by the minority govt that he helps to prop up. Hypocrite much?

Ross Greer mentioned the enviorment

Must be a tuesday

I could never cope with tuesdays

I'm off for a lie down

[ant1973]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19129534.prose...

Game On.

[sherman]

Lim said:

More seriously I am seeing 9am being the consensus on twitter. Can't see anything official though.

The time hardly matters.
If she doesnt admit guilt in her opening statement or kung fu punch the entire committee it will be burried in the and finally bit of the news as soon as Rishi starts talking.

[Ridgemont]

ant1973 said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19129534.prose...

Game On.

article said:

The Crown Office handed over the material - described by Mr Salmond as “probably the most shocking thing I have seen in my life”,

And this from someone who knows what shocking looks like...

[Earthdweller]

ellipsis said:

Pastor Of Muppets said:

ellipsis said:

I know the choices are poor but there has to be a better tactical vote proposition that we could all adhere to. I’d suffer a spineless any-of-the-rest coalition over the current shambolic cabal. If only for a reset in Scottish politics.

The page you want to look at for best tactical voting in order to defeat the scourge of the SNP is here, scroll
through them to find your constituency.

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/with_replies

Thanks, found mine.

I sincerely hope this gains traction. Is effective. And is realistically calculated. I’m in, but...

Where are we at when I’m following the advice of a man who crawled on all fours, on TV, pretending to be a pussy cat?

And this in order to oust a nigh on communist institution.

He is a skilled orator though.

It beggars belief.

My enemies enemy is my friend !

[ant1973]

Ridgemont said:

ant1973 said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19129534.prose...

Game On.

article said:

The Crown Office handed over the material - described by Mr Salmond as “probably the most shocking thing I have seen in my life”,

And this from someone who knows what shocking looks like...

He has now built this up to such an extent that he is in for a very hard time if he has been gilding the lily.

Of course, he is a politician. So no risk of that, then....

I think the Crown have essentially grown a pair and have recognised that they are being drawn into areas that have nothing to do with them. It is healthy and encouraging that they have now belatedly complied with the SP's request.

I still cannot quite fathom why the LA was sitting watching the Brexit hearing before the Supreme Court with all of the politicians.

Bizarre.

[Callum43]

Ridgemont said:

And this from someone who knows what shocking looks like...

Well whatever he’s proposing she’s got the shoes on for it.

[irc]

TheJimi said:

Unfortunately, my constituency is a very safe SNP seat.

So either I vote green, or spoil the ballot.

Sort sighted view. Seats change. If people vote non SNP for a 2nd placed party from previous election it may not matter this time but next time that seat may no longer be a safe seat.

If the Greens policies float youe boat then a Green vote on the list is the way to go. If stopping the SNP from imposing a one party state counts then tactical voting for the constituency is the way to go.

If George Galloway i8s voting Tory ...............

[is-uk]

This website might be of interest to anyone looking to do tactical voting in their seat. If you go to your region then click on the dots below each map they bring up the individual constituencies within that area and show which party came second last time around.

http://ballotbox.scot/scottish-parliament/maps

Edited by is-uk on Tuesday 2nd March 17:34

[Ridgemont]

ant1973 said:

He has now built this up to such an extent that he is in for a very hard time if he has been gilding the lily.

Of course, he is a politician. So no risk of that, then....

I think the Crown have essentially grown a pair and have recognised that they are being drawn into areas that have nothing to do with them. It is healthy and encouraging that they have now belatedly complied with the SP's request.

I still cannot quite fathom why the LA was sitting watching the Brexit hearing before the Supreme Court with all of the politicians.

Bizarre.

Because there are/were some lines best not blurred which NS has been blurring like mad.

If anything positive comes out of this mess it will be serious constraints around politics and the LA in future.