> The Survation survey was commissioned by True North Advisors and published on January 15, with a seat prediction showing the SNP with 61 MSPs and Labour and Reform tied in second place with 18 each. The Tories were shown with 12 seats, the Lib Dems on 11 and the Greens on nine.
> Crucially, this outcome would mean a pro-independence majority of 70 MSPs and would also allow John Swinney (or his successor as SNP leader) to govern with relative ease at just four seats short of an overall majority. It prompted dismay among some pro-UK supporters, with Andrew Neil declaring that “Scotland has a death wish”.
> However, a different analysis of the same poll figures tells a very different story. It was calculated by podcaster and poll-watcher Dean M Thomson…
Alright man…
Optimaldeath on
Even assuming it happens like am I supposed to believe Sarwar is going to vote with Reform?
Hufflepuffins on
speaks volumes about the SNP that, after however many decades, the furthest the right-wing media can grasp – and a grasp it is – for a so-called vote “collapse” would have them win 55 seats in Holyrood
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I live in Scotland and I’m not sure I believe this. The area that I live in is still widely pro-SNP, and so are most of the areas I travel to. It was emergency SNP council funding stepping in and prevented the organisation I work for from having to close multiple, essential public libraries in the region. People don’t forget that, and I doubt Labour would have committed to the same support. They’d have just shrugged their shoulders and let them close.
Let’s say Labour were actually successful and were voted in, or any other pro-union party got in, what would be the actual plan here? I imagine a lot of people in England wouldn’t be happy with the quality of life disparities between the nations, so what is Starmer going to do? Remove our water being bundled in with our council tax? Rip away our free university education? Start forcing us to charge for prescriptions? Take away the free bus travel for 22’s and under? Start making people pay to park in hospitals?
They’ll never bring the same to England because ultimately England doesn’t have a true nationalist party that’s demonstrated a clear desire to really work for the benefit of the country and its people.
Say what you want about the SNP, it’s not a perfect party, not by far, but nobody can deny that they’ve not done a lot to improve Scotland.
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I’ll vote strategically to keep Reform out, be that Labour or SNP. I advise anyone who hates Russia to do the same.
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don’t worry, England will turn that around when they vote Reform in.
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Scotland lost faith in SNP after stealy wee thieving nyaff nicola
Joga212 on
Not sure why the media continue to make a fuss about a majority in the Scottish elections.
It uses the Additional Members System that makes a majority nigh on impossible and was set up for that very reason. The original idea was to be more of a European style system and foster collaboration across politic parties.
The SNP managed it in 2011 because the stars aligned and Labour were still popular enough to win seats on the constituency level, which meant SNP picked up some lost seats too.
Also 61 MSPs (when you need what 65 for a majority) is pretty impressive. Normal hyperbole from the Daily Express.
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> The Survation survey was commissioned by True North Advisors and published on January 15, with a seat prediction showing the SNP with 61 MSPs and Labour and Reform tied in second place with 18 each. The Tories were shown with 12 seats, the Lib Dems on 11 and the Greens on nine.
> Crucially, this outcome would mean a pro-independence majority of 70 MSPs and would also allow John Swinney (or his successor as SNP leader) to govern with relative ease at just four seats short of an overall majority. It prompted dismay among some pro-UK supporters, with Andrew Neil declaring that “Scotland has a death wish”.
> However, a different analysis of the same poll figures tells a very different story. It was calculated by podcaster and poll-watcher Dean M Thomson…
Alright man…
Even assuming it happens like am I supposed to believe Sarwar is going to vote with Reform?
speaks volumes about the SNP that, after however many decades, the furthest the right-wing media can grasp – and a grasp it is – for a so-called vote “collapse” would have them win 55 seats in Holyrood
I live in Scotland and I’m not sure I believe this. The area that I live in is still widely pro-SNP, and so are most of the areas I travel to. It was emergency SNP council funding stepping in and prevented the organisation I work for from having to close multiple, essential public libraries in the region. People don’t forget that, and I doubt Labour would have committed to the same support. They’d have just shrugged their shoulders and let them close.
Let’s say Labour were actually successful and were voted in, or any other pro-union party got in, what would be the actual plan here? I imagine a lot of people in England wouldn’t be happy with the quality of life disparities between the nations, so what is Starmer going to do? Remove our water being bundled in with our council tax? Rip away our free university education? Start forcing us to charge for prescriptions? Take away the free bus travel for 22’s and under? Start making people pay to park in hospitals?
They’ll never bring the same to England because ultimately England doesn’t have a true nationalist party that’s demonstrated a clear desire to really work for the benefit of the country and its people.
Say what you want about the SNP, it’s not a perfect party, not by far, but nobody can deny that they’ve not done a lot to improve Scotland.
I’ll vote strategically to keep Reform out, be that Labour or SNP. I advise anyone who hates Russia to do the same.
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don’t worry, England will turn that around when they vote Reform in.
Scotland lost faith in SNP after stealy wee thieving nyaff nicola
Not sure why the media continue to make a fuss about a majority in the Scottish elections.
It uses the Additional Members System that makes a majority nigh on impossible and was set up for that very reason. The original idea was to be more of a European style system and foster collaboration across politic parties.
The SNP managed it in 2011 because the stars aligned and Labour were still popular enough to win seats on the constituency level, which meant SNP picked up some lost seats too.
Also 61 MSPs (when you need what 65 for a majority) is pretty impressive. Normal hyperbole from the Daily Express.