Holyrood 2016 Election - Polls Ahoy. - Page 2 - Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere - Tartan Army Message Board Jump to content

Holyrood 2016 Election - Polls Ahoy.

Guest Extreme0

By Guest Extreme0
in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

 Share

Recommended Posts

Auld_Reekie

Auld_Reekie

Posted
Posted

Tactical voting has feck all to do with anything. Ill be voting Green's in the regional list as I want more Green MSPs in parliament, even at the expense of SNP MSPs. Guys like Andy Wightman would be great addition to the parliament.

IMO, the SNP have to up their game. Handing them another majority, never mind a bigger one, will harm the independence cause to be honest.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 60
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

aaid

aaid

Posted
Posted

No UKIP would make me happy.

I hope I'm not wrong but I can't see that they've got a cat in hell's chance. They picked up 140000 votes in the European elections and only 47000 in the General election.

Different elections and different voting methods but I think that the publicity they got in Scotland in the General Election has shown them up to the electorate for what they are. I suspect that a lot of the people who voted for them in 2014 had never heard of David Coburn let alone seen him in action.

No chance whatsoever of them winning in any constituencies and even on the left, I would imagine that people who might be minded to give them a "second" vote would be more likely to give that to one of the other Unionist parties.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
scotlad

scotlad

Posted
Posted

It's an internal matter for members so hasn't been advertised, it is in the public domain due to some members voicing their opinion on it so I don't think I'll be murdered in the dead of night for telling folk about it :lol:. Info in the link below.

http://tommyballgovan.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/why-ssp-members-should-vote-against.html

I've no idea how the vote will go, definitely out of the loop :lol:. The members who I've spoken out against it are the "Old Guard", I like Tommy Ball, he speaks out against Colin Fox's moronic rhetoric, but he's been around long enough not to get turfed out for it. :wink2:. I'm agree with Tommy in this instance, caution always caution.

Thanks for that.

I follow Tommy on Twitter and he's usually good form, although not always when he tweets about football (he's a Celtic fan very much of the paranoid, 'it's all a conspiracy' variety).

I can see his logic here though. It would be foolish for the SSP to vote itself out of existence to link up with a group who seem to be very much at the nascent stage, especially with an election to be fought next year. The SSP do look in dire need of a reboot but I think there probably needs to be more discussion about how this proposed new entity might look, how it is going to be structured and what its actual aims and policies might be.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
scotlad

scotlad

Posted
Posted

I hope I'm not wrong but I can't see that they've got a cat in hell's chance. They picked up 140000 votes in the European elections and only 47000 in the General election.

Different elections and different voting methods but I think that the publicity they got in Scotland in the General Election has shown them up to the electorate for what they are. I suspect that a lot of the people who voted for them in 2014 had never heard of David Coburn let alone seen him in action.

No chance whatsoever of them winning in any constituencies and even on the left, I would imagine that people who might be minded to give them a "second" vote would be more likely to give that to one of the other Unionist parties.

UKIP are essentially an anti-EU and anti- immigration party. That's their USP. Since the Scottish parliament's has no control over either area, I can't see them securing too many votes next year either.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Clyde1998

Clyde1998

Posted
Posted

When Salmond did that, wasn't it to put them at the top of the ballot paper, alphabetically?

Maybe they should put the "Almighty Nicola Sturgeon for First Minister" - that'll put the SNP at the top of the ballot paper.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Scunnered

Scunnered

Posted
Posted

Thanks for that.

I follow Tommy on Twitter and he's usually good form, although not always when he tweets about football (he's a Celtic fan very much of the paranoid, 'it's all a conspiracy' variety).

I can see his logic here though. It would be foolish for the SSP to vote itself out of existence to link up with a group who seem to be very much at the nascent stage, especially with an election to be fought next year. The SSP do look in dire need of a reboot but I think there probably needs to be more discussion about how this proposed new entity might look, how it is going to be structured and what its actual aims and policies might be.

Don't get him started on the Offensive Behaviour bill :lol:... Actually, do! :lol:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Charlie Endell

Charlie Endell

Posted
Posted (edited)

And then when you quote someone who has said it it changes to Honeypot.... The mods are really going out their way to make me feel unwelcome :(

Yes, I suspected cyberbullying when I innocently included 'com_rade' in a post yesterday :angry:. Edited by Charlie Endell
Link to comment
Share on other sites
scotlad

scotlad

Posted
Posted

Thanks for that.

I follow Tommy on Twitter and he's usually good form, although not always when he tweets about football (he's a Celtic fan very much of the paranoid, 'it's all a conspiracy' variety).

I can see his logic here though. It would be foolish for the SSP to vote itself out of existence to link up with a group who seem to be very much at the nascent stage, especially with an election to be fought next year. The SSP do look in dire need of a reboot but I think there probably needs to be more discussion about how this proposed new entity might look, how it is going to be structured and what its actual aims and policies might be.

Going by Twitter, the SSP have voted to enter into open talks with the Scottish Left Project.

Looks like they are still taking the cautious approach without closing the door on the SLP completely, which is sensible. I guess it is now a case of 'watch this space'.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Toepoke

Toepoke

Posted
Posted

Sorry, I have researched and I am still unclear. Is this correct? Is it better for me to vote for another indy supporting party in my list vote than voting twice for SNP? #cannaegetmyheidrouindit http://blog.independencelive.net/dont-be-mean-in-se16/

I think the difference in 2016 will be that the SNP will win most, if not all, the constituency seats. This will change the parameters of the list vote, making it less of a necessity to keep Sturgeon as FM...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing


×
×
  • Create New...