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I think they only put candidates that were contesting seats if they had a lead of less than 5%(ish).

The SNP did boot her out of her seat, but she's on the Lothian list.

Best possible candidate for Labour or for everyone else?

Gordon Brown will not run as Labour's spokesman in Scotland: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/27/scottish-labour-gordon-brown-leadership-contest

Police: No firearms involved.

Fire in the Pentlands too now, apparently...

Supposedly, someone has been shot on the Royal Mile. My question is, where have they got this gun from?

I think it's time we look at where Salmond has gone after his resignation.

Lamont's resignation is the third most important thing on the BBC News website.

Give it to Jim Murphy...

He could become the leader of Scottish Labour, but with someone else being the Holyrood leader until 2016. I hope Brown doesn't go to Holyrood...

How old is your son? I think there is some sort of minimum age in which you can vote. I think ages 16+ can vote - if your below 16(?) you're an associate member (or something along those lines).

Are you referring to the Gordon seat? 13.8% swing required if that's the case. That's doable.

It's not volatile at all...

That's why I said "that's effectively what's being voted on". If the winner is a MSP, that's the recommendation of the SNP members that that person should be DFM. Every UK Parliament has seen the party's deputy leader as the deputy leader of the government - expect in the situation of a collation. The DFM role was only created for the collation between Labour and Lib Dems between 1999 and 2007. In 2007, Salmond appointed his depute as the DFM. In the event of the FM being unavailable for a prolonged period of time - the DFM becomes leader of the Parliament. If the SNP haven't appointed a DFM, then it goes to the depute of the party.

That's how I voted. I feel that Brown would be the best of the three for the job, as I would like the depute to be at Holyrood. Constance not wanting to be DFM is slightly confusing, as that's effectively what's being voted on...

Several shots have been fired at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, just steps from the nation's parliament. Witnesses reported seeing a man running toward the government buildings, where more shots were fired inside, according to witnesses. A soldier has been wounded in the attack, Canadian media report. The incident came hours after Canada raised its terror threat level from low to medium. A soldier was killed in a hit-and-run earlier in the week in Montreal.

YouGov (excluding Don't Knows): - http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/dmv27pn9yn/YG-Archive-Pol-Sun-results-161014.pdf SNP - 41% (48 seats) CON - 20% (4 seats) LAB - 19% (5 seats) LIB - 9% (2 seats) UKIP - 6% GRN - 5% Populus (Turnout Weighted): - http://www.populus.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/OmOnline_Vote_17-10-2014_BPC.pdf SNP - 35% (32 seats) CON - 24% (9 seats) LAB - 21% (12 seats) LIB - 10% (6 seats) UKIP - 4% GRN - 4% AVERAGE: SNP - 38% (40 seats) CON - 22% (6 seats) LAB - 20% (9 seats) LIB - 9.5% (4 seats) UKIP - 5% GRN - 4.5% Labour starting to be destroyed.

40.29%

ScotGoesPop Poll of Polls (http://scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/ok-london-broadcasters-so-tell-us-just.html): SNP - 42.8% (+22.9% on 2010) LAB - 27.0% (-15.0%) CON - 15.7% (-1.0%) LIB - 7.0% (-11.9%) UKIP - 4.3% (+3.6%) GRN - 2.1% (+1.4%) Using Scotland Votes: SNP - 43 seats (+37) LAB - 12 seats (-29) LIB - 3 seats (-8) CON - 1 seat (+0)

http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2014/oct/ukips-european-parliament-group-collapses What a shame!

That's what I meant, but I think it will be to stay too.

I reckon that they could get up to 15 in the East/South East England - from what I'm seeing down here - and up to 5 others elsewhere. 20 would've been enough to prop up the last government... I'm just looking at the most recent constituency opinion polls - 16 have been completed, with 8 where UKIP are polling ahead of the others or are within 3% of the lead party. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_individual_constituencies#Constituency_Polls): Boston and Skegness (East Midlands) - 20% UKIP lead over CON Clacton (East England) - 21% UKIP lead over CON (for General Election) Eastleigh (South East England) - 4% UKIP lead over CON Folkestone and Hythe (East England) - 3% CON lead over UKIP Great Yarmouth (East England) - 1% CON lead over UKIP Rochester and Strood (South East England) - 9% UKIP lead over CON South Thanet (South East England) - 4% UKIP lead over CON & LAB Thurrock (East England) - 6% UKIP lead over LAB Although. I really hope they don't do well...

I should probably reword what I said. SNP MPs already refrain from voting on exclusively English, Welsh and Northern Irish matters, which do not impact on Scotland. I can't find the last time that the SNP did vote on a matter exclusively English, Welsh or Northern Irish - so it may have never happened.