Scotland: The John Swinney Years

[ZenGiraffe]

 

[octophone]

We're going straight for "Years" ?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

We're going straight for "Years" ?

I can't see him not making it to the 2026 elections but thread titles can and will be edited

 

[ZenGiraffe]

The new deputy first minister here unable to address LGBT people

 

[ZenGiraffe]

No idea who he is, but at least he is not the outwardly homophobic one that stood

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Scottish parliament elections could lead to a complete inability to form a government, and I can't wait to see it.

The next election is in two years, but there's no guarantee the SNP will be able to pass their upcoming budget which means an extra (not early) election, when the polls look like that. MESS!

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Scotland continues to be fun.



A pro-indy majority, all the major parties losing seats, and reform getting a decent chunk of seats too. I have just been assuming we'd have a labour led administration after the next election but it's possible that might not end up happening after all if this holds for the next year and half (or few months if the budget falls)

 

[octophone]

Labour's arrogance about Scotland completely unchanged after the last 10 years.

 

[Finn]

Oh Scotland, not Reform. I really thought they'd get short shrift north of the border

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Oh Scotland, not Reform. I really thought they'd get short shrift north of the border

I mean they're doing worse. They're at ~12% here rather than the UK wide ~24%. We just have a sensible voting system up here.

 

[octophone]

Oh Scotland, not Reform. I really thought they'd get short shrift north of the border

Scotland has always had Tories. Even in the early 80s, Thatcher had no difficulties staffing the Scottish Office (as was). Plus, Scotland has a lot of rich landowners who hate the working class.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

An interesting tactic to try in the country of "Trump is a Cunt"

 

[octophone]

Clueless arsehole.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Good luck getting a referendum.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Good luck getting a referendum.

I think the best case scenario for that is a hung Westminster parliament. Labour will probably be a little less "Now is not the time" but I am not holding my breath that a majority government of any party will grant a section 30.

 

[straightorbroken]

I find the idea of a yes victory at even that margin rather chilling. However, I'm much more interested in voting yes now than I was then.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

We have a by-election coming up as well, which will be interesting to see how things are looking under a Labour Westminster government. Labour would have been expected to run away with it until recently.

It is a constituency seat so FPTP rules apply.

 

[straightorbroken]

Do not get those stubborn blue parts at all. The staines never shift. I also don't quite get the upper North East obsession with the colour orange.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Do not get those stubborn blue parts at all. The staines never shift. I also don't quite get the upper North East obsession with the colour orange.

Shetland had HOT TOM in 2021 and squandered the opportunity