Search the Community

Would a loose Yes Alliance with strong local candidates from the whole Yes movement be a good idea? Sure there are differences, but a lot can unite them e.g a run on an a devo max option for 2015? The SNP could probably win a lot of seats alone, but even though the Yes vote was huge in the strong traditional Labour areas, maybe needed is something more 'radical' for the Yes voting areas that would eat in to the Labour vote? This debate has brought us a lot of strong people seen in debates and hustings who are not SNP members, and suppose we have no idea if the likes of Robin McAlpine, Patrick Harvie, Jonathan Shafi would fancy standing as MPs in the first place You could have the SNP keeping their Heartlands, winning the Liberal seats they won in 2011. Even a major comeback for Eck in his old Gordon seat? A cobbled together idea right now, but considering all these Yes movements seem to want to keep going, the SSP/Greens/SNP's numbers going through the roof and many of these groups are holding meetings/conferences in the next month. Sure, UK media we would get squeezed for air time with a Milliband v Cameron battle and the likes of UKIP getting a ton of publicity. Yet up in Scotland we'd fight on this Enhanced Powers/Proper Change for Scotland ticket, and whilst they would also all eat in to each others vote and with a much reduced turnout than a Yes/No referendum.