ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
Gnomes!
Here's a question that I was thinking over last night, and some Wikipedia-ing suggests it may be a valid thought (to a degree). The presumption is that in Scotland, the election is going to be a straight SNP/Labour fight. Conservatives of course don't have a real presence there, 1 seat in 2010. However, 17% of the vote and some wealthy constituencies where that will be higher.
Yeah this is a debate I've been having with myself. The only two or three seats the Tories have a chance of realistically winning are the those in the borders. They currently have Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, but latest polling indicates they might lose that one, but maybe pick up Berwickshire & Roxburgh and Berwick.
But they're all extremely marginal seats so anything could happen there. Theoretically the Tories could net four seats in Scotland, more than they've had in quite some time.
Where I am though there's no chance my vote would be anything more than pissing in the wind, and my seat was previously a semi-marginal Lib Dem/Labour toss-up with the SNP polling at 10% in the last GE. The incumbent Labour MP has been in since 2001, and it seems like the smart move is to vote for him. Of course, I don't want to, but when given the choice between that guy and an SNP twat that's hell bent against the Tories getting into power in any circumstances, I'll choose Labour. Also securing the seat makes it slightly less likely Labour will be forced to do any kind of deal with the fucking nationalists, and I'd rather have a Labour majority than some kind of informal pact perversion.
All that said the battle for Westminster won't be won in Scotland - the Tories need those seats in England more than anything else. Plus or minus three seats in Scotland probably won't end up making the critical difference.
I am more than a little disgusted at the SNP, a mere 7 months ago were hurling hateful rhetoric against the notion of staying in the UK, have now turned around to say they'll be doing things for the benefit of people of the wider United Kingdom.
Fuck off, you despicable arse-faced cunt. How anyone can believe such shit said with a straight face is truly fucking beyond me.
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Pretty much everyone agrees with Gnomes,
really, it's just some are too right on to admit it.