| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? 10:49 - Jun 9 with 1300 views | m14_blue |
Didn't see that coming, is this a crisis for Sturgeon?
Is it people reacting against another independence referendum or a reflection on their recent performance ? [Post edited 9 Jun 2017 10:49]
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 10:51 - Jun 9 with 1279 views | J2BLUE |
Bad night for Sturgeon although she will spin it as a good night. In her ideal world it would have been an SNP landslide in Scotland and a Tory landslide in the rest of the UK. That would have been best for gaining support for independence. |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:17 - Jun 9 with 1242 views | Ftnfwest |
lost more seats than May which takes some doing with only a fraction of the number of seats in the first place |  | | |
| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:18 - Jun 9 with 1239 views | giant_stow |
Did I hear correctly that Salmond lost his seat? Was half asleep... |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:20 - Jun 9 with 1229 views | chicoazul |
| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:18 - Jun 9 by giant_stow |
Did I hear correctly that Salmond lost his seat? Was half asleep... |
and Angus Robertson. |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:20 - Jun 9 with 1226 views | Pendejo |
| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:18 - Jun 9 by giant_stow |
Did I hear correctly that Salmond lost his seat? Was half asleep... |
Yes he did - lost to the Tories!!!!!!!!!!!!! |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:21 - Jun 9 with 1223 views | GlasgowBlue |
I've been saying it for some time. Sturgeon isn't as popular as she was.
Ruth Davidson has pitched herself very well as the voice of unionism up here and definitely detoxified the brand.
If May hadn't fcuked up the manifesto we may have been looking at having 20 seats. |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:22 - Jun 9 with 1205 views | GlasgowBlue |
| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:20 - Jun 9 by chicoazul |
and Angus Robertson. |
Angus Robertson losing his seat was the only prediction I got right. | |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:30 - Jun 9 with 1201 views | Darth_Koont |
Both, I suspect although I think there is clearly a real resistance to indyref2 in the near future. After pretty much 7 solid years of Scottish and General elections plus Indyref and Brexit, I expect they want to see an end to the campaigning. So Sturgeon misjudged the mood irrespective of whether independence is or isn't the logical answer towards a long-term future.
There also is more of a split in the centre-left/left vote with Labour's resurgence under Corbyn, which unfortunately opened the door for the Tories in a number of constituencies. That's annoying on one hand given how unpopular right wing politics are in Scotland overall, but on the other hand it's confirmation that if a party on a UK scale can reflect Scottish political values then independence becomes much less of an issue. As I've tried to say repeatedly on here, the driver behind the SNP's rise isn't ethnic nationalism as much as political self-determination. If a new UK political landscape brings that and the left is pushing the agenda as opposed to the right and even far right, then I'm definitely up for that as I suspect are many other Scots. |  |
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| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:31 - Jun 9 with 1191 views | chicoazul |
| GB/DK - What's craic with the SNP? on 11:22 - Jun 9 by GlasgowBlue |
Angus Robertson losing his seat was the only prediction I got right. |
One more than me I think haha! | |
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