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6 minutes ago, windae cleaner said:

The reason i mentioned that group is

They are in no man land

The Tories with Johnston and Ross are making a pigs ear of things(Their words)

SNP no go ,a vote for Republicism

Labour starting to look favourite but don't like the look of the leader

Decisons

Keir Starmer isn't really my cup of tea but the new Scottish labour guy, Sarwar, comes across to me as pretty bright and personable. 

Obviously a long way to go after they, Labour, have dropped over the years but he can take them in the right direction, comparatively speaking. 

I'm unsure TBH, I'll take a coin with me next week, that's always the way to cast my vote. 

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1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

Lots of reasons that not everybody who has seen Braveheart wants to leave the UK, pointing a a few groups is pretty pointless as EVERYBODY, no matter what team they follow, is entitled to a vote.

Anyhow, it seems the recent euphoria by some, slavering about "free in 23" :lol: is petering out......................

Nicola Sturgeon has backed away from her threat to hold a new independence referendum this year as a new poll showed support for leaving the UK had fallen to its lowest level in 18 months.

 

Yeah that's all a bit disappointing, I blame it mostly on the way Sturgeon mishandled the the Salmond affair - I'm still confident at worst we'll be Separate by 28:P

As long as Tory hegemony at Westminster continues it's just a matter of time - even though people get more conservative as they get older I still reckon demographics are on our side too. Tactically I expect a pro-Independence majority at Holyrood next week to call for a second referendum within the timescale of the next Scottish Parliament followed by Johnson blocking all moves towards IndyRef2 which will be counterproductive. If Johnson had the balls for it I reckon his best move would be to agree to an early second referendum which really would derail any further moves for independence for 20 years if NO won.

The most damaging outcome for independence would be Alba getting 5-10 seats and the toxicity surrounding Alex Salmond leading to a loss of focus, which is a pity because a left-wing pro-Independence party standing on the lists only is a good idea.

Slavering - at least I'm not frightened about the future.

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Oh and @windae cleaner the SNP republican - if only!

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17 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:

Yeah that's all a bit disappointing, I blame it mostly on the way Sturgeon mishandled the the Salmond affair - I'm still confident at worst we'll be Separate by 28:P

As long as Tory hegemony at Westminster continues it's just a matter of time - even though people get more conservative as they get older I still reckon demographics are on our side. Tactically I expect a pro-Independence majority at Holyrood next week to call for a second referendum within the timescale of the next Scottish Parliament followed by Johnson blocking all moves towards IndyRef2 which will be counterproductive. If Johnson had the balls for it I reckon his best move would be to agree to an early second referendum which really would derail any further moves for independence for 20 years.

The most damaging outcome for independence would be Alba getting 5-10 seats and the toxicity surrounding Alex Salmond leading to a loss of focus, which is a pity because a left-wing pro-Independence party standing on the lists only is a good idea.

Slavering - at least I'm not frightened about the future.

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Oh and @windae cleaner the SNP republican - if only!

Who's frightened? :blink:

No possible outcome of any election has even remotely made me frightened.

The continued union gives me hope the future is bright, certainly for people who want it to be.

It seems the Bravehearts are the one's who are frightened/running scared. :lol:

As for the slaverers, they can slink into their dark places and think of something else to drag everyone else down with. 

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1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

Keir Starmer isn't really my cup of tea but the new Scottish labour guy, Sarwar, comes across to me as pretty bright and personable. 

Obviously a long way to go after they, Labour, have dropped over the years but he can take them in the right direction, comparatively speaking. 

I'm unsure TBH, I'll take a coin with me next week, that's always the way to cast my vote. 

A bit like the guy that sold me my last car.  Too many platitudes for my liking. However, I do believe that his leadership will see an increase in the labour vote.

It's a pity for Labour that they couldn't find someone in Scotland, even approaching the presence of Starmer, who has impressed me so far.

Although, to be fair, for the leader of the opposition, it's like taking candy from a clown at Westminster of late. 

Unfortunately, the pool of competent politicians in the UK in all parties is sadly lacking.

Nicola Sturgeon will go eventually and, at present, there's no clear successor. Which must be a worry for the SNP.

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3 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Keir Starmer isn't really my cup of tea but the new Scottish labour guy, Sarwar, comes across to me as pretty bright and personable. 

Obviously a long way to go after they, Labour, have dropped over the years but he can take them in the right direction, comparatively speaking. 

I'm unsure TBH, I'll take a coin with me next week, that's always the way to cast my vote. 

It was Sarwar they were talking about

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5 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Lots of reasons that not everybody who has seen Braveheart wants to leave the UK, pointing a a few groups is pretty pointless as EVERYBODY, no matter what team they follow, is entitled to a vote.

Anyhow, it seems the recent euphoria by some, slavering about "free in 23" :lol: is petering out......................

Nicola Sturgeon has backed away from her threat to hold a new independence referendum this year as a new poll showed support for leaving the UK had fallen to its lowest level in 18 months.

 

Who told you that... Andrew Neil or Jacob Rees Mogg :lol: 

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From down here Labour need to start making inroads as shockingly most of Cumbria turned blue last gen election😯, for me I would rather stick pins in my eyes than vote that way. The poll tax did it for me being chased for 87p some things you don't forget. It's rather a better situ to have up north imo.

 

In saying that my dad is still as SNP through and through as he was years ago in paisley, keep having to remind him there isn't much call for them in cumbria 😂😂

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5 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Keir Starmer isn't really my cup of tea but the new Scottish labour guy, Sarwar, comes across to me as pretty bright and personable. 

Obviously a long way to go after they, Labour, have dropped over the years but he can take them in the right direction, comparatively speaking. 

I'm unsure TBH, I'll take a coin with me next week, that's always the way to cast my vote. 

Me too I'm still undecided, 

Not sure who'd be the best choice to take us forward and make the right decisions for Scotland and it's people 🤔 

It's a tough choice

Nicola Sturgeon Scotland GIF by The SNP

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Keir Starmer isn't really my cup of tea but the new Scottish labour guy, Sarwar, comes across to me as pretty bright and personable. 
Obviously a long way to go after they, Labour, have dropped over the years but he can take them in the right direction, comparatively speaking. 
I'm unsure TBH, I'll take a coin with me next week, that's always the way to cast my vote. 
"Sir" Keir Starmer to the likes of us, never forget the "Sir" part. "Sir" anything in charge of the Labour Party, think about that for a minute. The original Labour Party Keir will be spinning in his grave.

Sarwar in Scotland, the millionaire whose family don't pay their workers minimum wage. Wonder if they think he's "bright and personable"? Never mind, I'm sure he has the founding values of Labour at his core and sending his children to private school is a reflection of those values.

Is it any wonder we refer to Labour as Red Tories these days?
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Thinking about all of this, has there ever been a time in living memory where the quality of politicians to choose from has been so dire?

Other than Sturgeon, there isn't a single leader of any other major party worth a button. Maybe Patrick Harvie would escape that criticism but that's it. Then you add in Trump, Biden, Macron, Putin and that prick in charge of Brazil to the mix globally. Then chuck in a pandemic and these were/are the people we have trying to fix it all. It's all pretty depressing if you let it get to you.

If there's been a time where we've had worse politicians than this lot then I'm all ears.

Will be interesting to see what turnout we get next week. I expect it to be low.

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58 minutes ago, salmonbuddie said:

"Sir" Keir Starmer to the likes of us, never forget the "Sir" part. "Sir" anything in charge of the Labour Party, think about that for a minute. The original Labour Party Keir will be spinning in his grave.

Sarwar in Scotland, the millionaire whose family don't pay their workers minimum wage. Wonder if they think he's "bright and personable"? Never mind, I'm sure he has the founding values of Labour at his core and sending his children to private school is a reflection of those values.

Is it any wonder we refer to Labour as Red Tories these days?

You'd prefer if everybody was poor? 😂

If I could have afforded it I'd have sent my children to private school as I believe it would have given them a better education and a better chance in life, my bad. 🙄

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23 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

Thinking about all of this, has there ever been a time in living memory where the quality of politicians to choose from has been so dire?

Other than Sturgeon, there isn't a single leader of any other major party worth a button. Maybe Patrick Harvie would escape that criticism but that's it. Then you add in Trump, Biden, Macron, Putin and that prick in charge of Brazil to the mix globally. Then chuck in a pandemic and these were/are the people we have trying to fix it all. It's all pretty depressing if you let it get to you.

If there's been a time where we've had worse politicians than this lot then I'm all ears.

Will be interesting to see what turnout we get next week. I expect it to be low.

The turnout in the last few Scottish election had been just over 50%.

Don't expect this 1 to be any different. 

Half the voters in the country don't vote, so i expect half the country shouldn't moan about the running of the country. 

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23 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

You'd prefer if everybody was poor? 😂

If I could have afforded it I'd have sent my children to private school as I believe it would have given them a better education and a better chance in life, my bad. 🙄

Well I'll jump in here...

1. No I'd prefer it if everyone was paid a fair wage, and in the case of Sarwar's company not an illegal & unfair one.

2. It's a fair POV but you can't hold it and say you believe in levelling up society - which is the charge levelled against Sarwar, who is the leader of a political party that is, the last time I looked, notionally Socialist.

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5 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:

Well I'll jump in here...

1. No I'd prefer it if everyone was paid a decent wage, not an illegal & unfair one..

2. It's a fair POV but you can't hold it and say you believe in levelling up society.

What, exactly, do you want me to do to level up society?

What do you actually do to level up society? 

Life's hard, harder for some, I look after my own, there's too many issues for me to be worrying about every day of my life. 

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9 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

What, exactly, do you want me to do to level up society?

What do you actually do to level up society? 

Life's hard, harder for some, I look after my own, there's too many issues for me to be worrying about every day of my life. 

Vote for a progressive party.

I'll vote SNP (constituency) & Green (List) next week - I'd vote Green at Constituency level too if they had a chance of winning.

You worry enough to comment about it and complain about policies that might cost you money but would arguably be a benefit to society as a whole like free broadband. 

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30 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:

Vote for a progressive party.

I'll vote SNP (constituency) & Green (List) next week - I'd vote Green at Constituency level too if they had a chance of winning.

You worry enough to comment about it and complain about policies that might cost you money but would arguably be a benefit to society as a whole like free broadband. 

Aye arguably.

You conveniently, forgot free bikes. 

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2 hours ago, salmonbuddie said:

"Sir" Keir Starmer to the likes of us, never forget the "Sir" part. "Sir" anything in charge of the Labour Party,

Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 New Year Honours for "services to law and criminal justice". The knighthood entitles him to be styled as "Sir Keir Starmer"; however, he prefers that people do not use the title "Sir".

think about that for a minute. The original Labour Party Keir will be spinning in his grave.
You mean this (racist) guy?

Keir Hardie, in his evidence to the 1899 House of Commons Select Committee on emigration and immigration, argued that the Scots resented immigrants greatly and that they would want a total immigration ban. When it was pointed out to him that more people left Scotland than entered it, he replied, "It would be much better for Scotland if those 1,500 were compelled to remain there and let the foreigners be kept out... Dr Johnson said God made Scotland for Scotchmen, and I would keep it so." According to Hardie, the Lithuanian migrant workers in the mining industry had "filthy habits", they lived off "garlic and oil", and they were carriers of "the Black Death".[26]

In 1908, when visiting South Africa, he said the Socialist movement stood for equal rights for every race but that "we do not say all races are equal; no one dreams of doing that"

Sarwar in Scotland, the millionaire whose family don't pay their workers minimum wage. Wonder if they think he's "bright and personable"? Never mind, I'm sure he has the founding values of Labour at his core and sending his children to private school is a reflection of those values.

Is it any wonder we refer to Labour as Red Tories these days?

 

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30 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Aye arguably.

You conveniently, forgot free bikes. 

What's wrong with free bikes for poor kids?

A huge step forward in social fairness and a great incentive towards living a healthy life-keeping some cars from doing the meaningless school run to boot.

It's a great idea.

To argue against free access to the internet, greatest benefit  of which will be to connect poorer families up to a wealth of information and support, would be the same as arguing against free books for schoolchildren and free libraries when they were the main access route to life-changing information and education.

The modern world is moving fast and it is right that we take steps to make sure that poorer kids don't get left behind.

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You'd prefer if everybody was poor? [emoji23]
If I could have afforded it I'd have sent my children to private school as I believe it would have given them a better education and a better chance in life, my bad. [emoji849]
Where did I say that?

Socialism, which this pair is supposed to represent, isn't hard or complicated (to me anyway), it's the battle to attain four things:

Equal access to education for all (get rid of private schools)
Equal access to healthcare for all
A roof over everyone's head (that wants one)
No-one going hungry

I'm not blaming him for using private schools, I get it, I understand it, I might have done it myself for my son if I could've. It's the hypocrisy of doing that and leading Labour I don't have any time for.
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