| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature 11:29 - Jun 9 with 670 views | wkj |
In the past couple of elections we've seen Scotland go from a significanly Labour supporting area, to the SNP, and low and behold something I would never have thought to see was that amount of seats turning blue
I realise there was a bitter falling out between Labour and Scotland, so am I to assume that Scotland was merely trying to vote tactically to keep labour out, or are they genuinely growing Tory support? |  |
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| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 11:30 - Jun 9 with 659 views | Steve_M |
People don't like living in a one-party state where they are taken for granted; the SNP having to actually govern couldn't just fall back on blaming Westminster for everything. And also a large number of Scots don't want another referendum.
In short, more normal politics. |  |
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| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 11:36 - Jun 9 with 642 views | Darth_Koont |
The Unionist or anti-indyref2 vote was clearly the biggest factor. Sturgeon needs to take that off the agenda.
The Tory wins came in the more rural areas which are more conservative relatively so they were the tactical vote for stopping indyref2, with Labour and the LibDems also splitting the centre-left/left vote on top of that.
So overall, I severely doubt there's any real growing appetite for Conservative policy in Scotland. |  |
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| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 11:49 - Jun 9 with 616 views | WeWereZombies |
| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 11:36 - Jun 9 by Darth_Koont |
The Unionist or anti-indyref2 vote was clearly the biggest factor. Sturgeon needs to take that off the agenda.
The Tory wins came in the more rural areas which are more conservative relatively so they were the tactical vote for stopping indyref2, with Labour and the LibDems also splitting the centre-left/left vote on top of that.
So overall, I severely doubt there's any real growing appetite for Conservative policy in Scotland. |
You don't think there is an anti-austerity element to it then? Not that the SNP are doing much more than running a tight budget (maybe an SNP / Tory coalition would be logical, apart from the independence issue they are closer than they have ever been) but Nicola has been abrasive when she could have been conciliatory. And then there is the 'everything gets spent on the Central Belt' perception that loses votes outside the cities, whether it is true or not. |  |
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| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 12:01 - Jun 9 with 600 views | Darth_Koont |
| Understanding Scotland's Political Stature on 11:49 - Jun 9 by WeWereZombies |
You don't think there is an anti-austerity element to it then? Not that the SNP are doing much more than running a tight budget (maybe an SNP / Tory coalition would be logical, apart from the independence issue they are closer than they have ever been) but Nicola has been abrasive when she could have been conciliatory. And then there is the 'everything gets spent on the Central Belt' perception that loses votes outside the cities, whether it is true or not. |
Possibly, but I really don't believe that anyone thinks the Tories are an anti-austerity vote in Scotland.
And the only reason that they are close is that the SNP has to manage UK Tory funding while trying to show they are fiscally responsible too.
On a side note, Ruth Davidson deserves huge credit. I disagree with her politics, although we might hear how much she offers a far more centre-right conservatism in the wake of the overall Tory failure, but there's no doubt that she's trustworthy and personable which on its own pays huge dividends. | |
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