SNP in England

[wellyman]

Is it possible to have SNP candidates stand for Westminster in England ?

If yes would it not be a good exercise on behalf of the SNP to put up candidates in Newcastle, Liverpool  &  Corby for example.

At least it would be a change from the mainstream parties and add something new to the political scene.

[aaid]

It's perfectly possible but I suspect it would backfire.  No candidate would come anywhere close to being elected and it would be spun as being a failure.  

Interestingly the constituency of Liverpool Scotland had a nationalist MO from 1885 until 1929.   Despite the name however it was an Irish Nationalist rather than a Scottish Nationalist.   The name of the constituency derived from it being the area around Scotland Road in Liverpool.

Those days were very different though as there was a highly concentrated Irish immigrant community there.  That's never really been the case for Scots and even in somewhere like Corby - which probably comes closest - there isn't anything like the concentration of Scots that would make it feasible.

[virus-with-shoes]

Corby wouldnt vote SNP anyway, even if it was only Scots polled!

[hunchy]

Corby isn't as Scottish as it once was now. There has been a massive influx of eastern Europeans and the Scots there are all older generations. Most younger folk there just say they are of Scottish ancestry

[Denny's Yard]

I used to work with a guy from Corby.  His parents were Scottish.  A bigger arsehole you are never likely to meet.  And he was more BNP than SNP.

Edited May 12, 2017 by Denny's Yard