Toepoke Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sounds like a username on here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32433723 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Utter idiot. No doubt one or two on here will claim it is perfectly acceptable to call people "quislings" and that they have no intention of moderating their language when campaigning. But here's an example of what happens when that mentality is deemed acceptable. Someone always gets caught. After all the decent polls, and the slight lead in this particular seat, I think the SNP can kiss it goodbye and the opposition parties and media will ensure it's beamed across the country undermining all the good work being done. No doubting the hypocrisy of Labour, etc, but that's beside the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 You would think that anyone standing for public office would do a bit of retrospective cleaning up on social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Silly sausage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 I wonder if Ian Murray has friends on the SNP selection committee? If the SNP do lose a few seats best to be the ones with rubbish candidates though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPROAR Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 approximately zero voters will care or change their vote because of nonsense like this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 still a complete fud though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 approximately zero voters will care or change their vote because of nonsense like this.... Trust me. Voters care about the "quisling " nonsense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm not sure how Nicola is supposed to go about sacking him though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm not sure how Nicola is supposed to go about sacking him though? In a Vince McMahon style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 In a Vince McMahon style! I widnae want to be the guy who had to sack him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm not sure how Nicola is supposed to go about sacking him though? She can't - he's on the ballot paper so there's no real going back now unless she decides to punt him after the election and if he won, he'll remain as an independent. It changes little with respect to the election. I have no problem with the voters deciding. Seems pretty fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 She can't - he's on the ballot paper so there's no real going back now unless she decides to punt him after the election and if he won, he'll remain as an independent. It changes little with respect to the election. I have no problem with the voters deciding. Seems pretty fair. In 2010 the conservative candidate here was sacked 3 weeks before the election for homophobic abuse. Can't remember if they had issues getting a replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I suspect this won't be the last case we see of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boynze Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Storm in a tea cup, won't affect the votes in any way. Nothing to see here, good response from Nic and typical over reaction from opponents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Daft man and unacceptable comments. However it does smack of desperation from the SNPs opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 In 2010 the conservative candidate here was sacked 3 weeks before the election for homophobic abuse. Can't remember if they had issues getting a replacement Do you have a link? Ballots would already have been sent out to postal voters so I dont see how it's possible to select a replacement. There's a dead guy "standing" in London! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Storm in a tea cup, won't affect the votes in any way. Nothing to see here, good response from Nic and typical over reaction from opponents The fact you think any reaction is an over reaction says it all. There's a hideously ugly side to the SNP support as it is, the last thing you want is your candidates embracing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Do you have a link? Ballots would already have been sent out to postal voters so I dont see how it's possible to select a replacement. There's a dead guy "standing" in London! The local paper article which goes into more detail appears to be missing, I can't for the life of me remember who they stood, but the conservatives were definitely on the ballot: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7642032/General-Election-2010-Tory-candidate-Philip-Lardner-sacked-over-gay-comments.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) There is a numbers game with quality. A party with just a few elected members tends to have the brightest and best. We all like Patrick Harvie but imagine the Greens had 50 MSPs, there would bound to be some zoomers banging on about banning private cars and imported fruit. Maybe that is a part of what is wrong with Labour, they have passed the numpty threshold. The worry I suppose is that the SNP do the same. Time will tell. Edited April 23, 2015 by Armchair Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 They can't withdraw him from the ballot, they could withdraw support. It would still say SNP against his name in the ballot paper but essentially he'd be standing as an independent. In the grand scheme of things what he's actually done isn't that major, and it isn't exactly what is being reported, i.e., I don't think he's called *all* No voters quislings. It might be enough for him not to win the seat though, depending on what the voters think of it. Doesn't Deputy Dug have a bit of previous here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Fifi Le Bonbon you mean?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Rumours that Dugdale posted as Fifi Le Bon on Scotsman site. Guess the charge isn't being anonymous but the content. Would be pretty awkward if anyone had some screenshots of questionable comments being made back on the Scotsman site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Fifi Le Bonbon you mean?... .. i used to battle Fifi's Havers on a regular basis... The reason she didnt want Scotland at the olympics is because it would mean places like Texas and California and Ontario would have to go as well , was one of my favourites.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 From a brief conversation with a friend I think aaids assessment is correct. The 2010 candidate for conservatives was sacked just before the election and although he still appeared as conservative on the ballot, he was actually an independent as the party had withdrawn support for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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