Scottish Parliament Election: 7 May 2026

[StirlingEgg]

3 hours ago, Ally Bongo said:

You would be surprised 

The orange yoonatic mentality is strong and they would rather see Holyrood shut down 

Yep. Please go with Westminster and take a slightly lower level of tax then provide much less for it. Totally worthwhile 🙄

[Hertsscot]

4 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said:

Yes I read that. Any Scot voting Reform must have a serious mental imbalance.

So, don't trust your neighbours, don't trust your family, don't trust your friends, don't trust your work colleagues but trust a grifter and chancer like Nige.

[Caledonian Craig]

3 hours ago, Hertsscot said:

So, don't trust your neighbours, don't trust your family, don't trust your friends, don't trust your work colleagues but trust a grifter and chancer like Nige.

And a proven loser. Swore blind we would be in Shangri-la after Brexit. Are we f**"? And his beloved Brexit has created all the boat trips too. Utterly exasperated by those that cannot see this. And those voting for them as Tories let them down well holy crap the party is Crammed full of failed Tory MPs.

[scotlad]

Speaking of Brexit, I see Sadiq Khan reckons Labour should make negotiating to re-join the EU part of Labour's next GE manifesto. That would probably secure them a fair few votes, tbf, as Brexit, so far, has frankly been a bit of a disaster.

As far as Scotland is concerned it would also make their "once in a generation" dismissal of any future independence referendum ring very hollow indeed, given the last indyref happened before the Brexit vote. Then again, in that scenario, they could also say "we're re-joining the EU; you wouldn't be able to join without us", and that could be significant. I believe part of the reason for the increase in support for independence has been because Scotland is out of the EU - would that erode if rUK was in a position to re-join?  Either way, Brexit was an opportunity the SNP failed completely to exploit.

[exile]

George Galloway U-turns on Scottish independence for 2026 elections

Says he's not a nationalist. But ‘When the facts change, so do my opinions.’ (Marx, Groucho)

[Ally Bongo]

Nonsense on stilts 

[kumnio]

Never, ever, ever trust George Galloway. 

The sluttiest biggest prostitute of a politician, he will swing anyway for money and attention. A bigger cunt than even Nigel Farage could ever be.

[exile]

I agree, how can anyone trust a guy who was an avowed Unionist, scourge of 'nationalists'* and 'separatists', last time around even saying he favoured the Tories, to court the Unionist vote. Now suddenly pro independence. 

I seem to recall when once a journalist flattered him by asking if he could imagine being leader of an independent Scotland, he didn't say no. 

 

* Unless Irish nationalism, or independence for any other country.

[Ally Bongo]

 

[scotlad]

Galloway is up to something, as is, I suspect, his fanboy Craig Murray.

Following the demise of Alba the latest venture to hit the skids is the Alliance to Liberate Scotland grouping of small pro-independence parties and independent candidates. Seemingly the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP), which was part of the grouping, took umbrage at evacuees from Alba such as the aforementioned Craig Murray and the odious Tommy Sheridan being parachuted straight onto the list ahead of candidates who had already been selected, and are now standing candidates under their own banner instead. Frankly, I don't blame them.

(How many parties is that Sheridan has wrecked now?)

I didn't expect the Alliance to register any more than a blip at this election but now that the pro-indy list vote has been split further that blip is likely to be even fainter. And now it seems Galloway, five years after he attempted to lead a pro-unionist block of independent candidates into HR, is claiming his latest party is pro-independence!

[Ally Bongo]

 

Edited March 24 by Ally Bongo

[Malcolm]

On 3/20/2026 at 6:22 PM, Caledonian Craig said:

Yes I read that. Any Scot voting Reform must have a serious mental imbalance.

not sure about that.  Sweeping changes to tax system would be good.

[Ally Bongo]

2 hours ago, Malcolm said:

not sure about that.  Sweeping changes to tax system would be good.

[Squirrelhumper]

On 3/22/2026 at 7:29 PM, kumnio said:

Never, ever, ever trust George Galloway. 

The sluttiest biggest prostitute of a politician, he will swing anyway for money and attention. A bigger cunt than even Nigel Farage could ever be.

The fact he changed his team from Dundee Utd to Celtic should be enough reason not to trust the grifting cunt. 

[Squirrelhumper]

2 hours ago, Malcolm said:

not sure about that.  Sweeping changes to tax system would be good.

Not for the ordinary working man it won't be. 

The likes of Richard Tice actually paying tax would be good. 

[Malcolm]

33 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said:

Not for the ordinary working man it won't be. 

The likes of Richard Tice actually paying tax would be good. 

as far as I am aware, he doesn’t live in this country so why would he pay tax here?

[kumnio]

53 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

as far as I am aware, he doesn’t live in this country so why would he pay tax here?

He is currently the Deputy Leader of Reform and the MP for Boston & Skegness. He should only be able to hold both of these positions if he lived in this country. I dont think that is controversial.

As an aside, every tax dodging Brit wank who pisses off to some shithole like Dubai should lose their voice over British issues. He can ask the UAE if he can become involved in their political system.

 

[Malcolm]

25 minutes ago, kumnio said:

He is currently the Deputy Leader of Reform and the MP for Boston & Skegness. He should only be able to hold both of these positions if he lived in this country. I dont think that is controversial.

As an aside, every tax dodging Brit wank who pisses off to some shithole like Dubai should lose their voice over British issues. He can ask the UAE if he can become involved in their political system.

 

 

i dont see why they should?  It shouldn’t matter a jot where someone lives as long as they fulfil their obligations and the electorate are happy to elect them.

 

surely you don’t believe that you need to live and work in the same country?  

 

[StirlingEgg]

20 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

 

i dont see why they should?  It shouldn’t matter a jot where someone lives as long as they fulfil their obligations and the electorate are happy to elect them.

 

surely you don’t believe that you need to live and work in the same country?  

 

Working and governing are quite different though in this context. If you are responsible for implementing certain policies or awarding contracts then surely you should be contributing to those costs in the same way as those living here affected by those decisions are? Reform walked out of parliament yesterday in a huff so not sure how they are fulfilling anything right now apart from all the warnings made about them. 

I suspect you know all this though and are just being deliberately awkward as usual. 

[Caledonian Craig]

31 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

 

i dont see why they should?  It shouldn’t matter a jot where someone lives as long as they fulfil their obligations and the electorate are happy to elect them.

 

surely you don’t believe that you need to live and work in the same country?  

 

Utter nonsense. To govern or represent a constituency you need to live there and be on call to be ready assist with enquiries and know exactly what is going on and how you can help change things in your constituency. That absolutely cannot be done remotely from afar. No way. And for one not paying any tax it is utter hypocrisy to be part of a party whose policy is to urge the common people to pay more tax.

[Squirrelhumper]

2 hours ago, Malcolm said:

as far as I am aware, he doesn’t live in this country so why would he pay tax here?

You'd think somebody who is Vice Chair of a major political party would want to live and pay taxes in that country.

He's a fucking MP, if you want to be an MP then you should live in the country.  

[Squirrelhumper]

40 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

 

i dont see why they should?  It shouldn’t matter a jot where someone lives as long as they fulfil their obligations and the electorate are happy to elect them.

 

surely you don’t believe that you need to live and work in the same country?  

 

How can you fulfil your obligations as an MP if you are never in the country?

[Squirrelhumper]

16 minutes ago, StirlingEgg said:

 

I suspect you know all this though and are just being deliberately awkward as usual. 

Malcolm doesn't care about anyone other than Malcolm. 

[Squirrelhumper]

6 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:

Utter nonsense. To govern or represent a constituency you need to live there and be on call to be ready assist with enquiries and know exactly what is going on and how you can help change things in your constituency. That absolutely cannot be done remotely from afar. No way. And for one not paying any tax it is utter hypocrisy to be part of a party whose policy is to urge the common people to pay more tax.

To add even more hypocrisy, his party want to abolish WFH. 

It's unbelievable that morons vote for these folk. I can understand why folk like Malcolm would as they'll drop taxes for higher tax payers, whilst shafting lower earners but they prey on the uneducated and those exact people will be the ones who find out they are grifting scumbags when it's too late. 

[Malcolm]

Disagree with you all.  People live in entirely different countries to where they work and travel for business as required.  It’s normal. Some things can be done remotely, some in person.

In one of my previous organisations we employed someone in the UK business that lived on an island in the Caribbean.  I spend most of my working week in a country other than where I live.

MP is a job just like any other.