#scotpol — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scotpol, aggregated by home.social.
-
RE: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116566670629164409
It's just Racism, White people freaking out that The Other has been Seen and Heard....some are absolutely terrified!
They should get over themselves, the fucking losers. -
RE: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116566670629164409
It's just Racism, White people freaking out that The Other has been Seen and Heard....some are absolutely terrified!
They should get over themselves, the fucking losers. -
RE: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116566670629164409
It's just Racism, White people freaking out that The Other has been Seen and Heard....some are absolutely terrified!
They should get over themselves, the fucking losers. -
RE: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116566670629164409
It's just Racism, White people freaking out that The Other has been Seen and Heard....some are absolutely terrified!
They should get over themselves, the fucking losers. -
RE: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116566670629164409
It's just Racism, White people freaking out that The Other has been Seen and Heard....some are absolutely terrified!
They should get over themselves, the fucking losers. -
the scottish greens have called for the resignation of electoral commission chief over spoiler party, independent green voice (which was founded by ex-UKIP holocaust denier & manky jaiket wearer, alistair mcconnachie), being allowed on the ballot. it's thought that confusion was the main reason that the IGV gained ~20,000 votes.
#scottishGreens #scotpol #scotland #election #mankyJaiket
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26095678.greens-call-electoral-commission-chief-resign/ -
@thecommongreen #ScotWind has been one of the major scandals of the last decade, far worse than the #ferries which the media have made so much fuss about; but no one had been made to carry responsibility for it. This looks similar, if not on the same scale.
There is clear malfeasance here. Someone is not acting in the public interest, who should be doing so. Whether it's bankers or ministers, someone needs to be made to answer for it.
-
"The people of Wales turned away from #Labour to support a genuine left-of-centre political party that very clearly puts people firmly at its heart. That is something the #SNP would be wise to note" -- @RichardJMurphy
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26095728.election-show-rejection-english-colonialism/
-
"The people of Wales turned away from #Labour to support a genuine left-of-centre political party that very clearly puts people firmly at its heart. That is something the #SNP would be wise to note" -- @RichardJMurphy
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26095728.election-show-rejection-english-colonialism/
-
"The people of Wales turned away from #Labour to support a genuine left-of-centre political party that very clearly puts people firmly at its heart. That is something the #SNP would be wise to note" -- @RichardJMurphy
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26095728.election-show-rejection-english-colonialism/
-
"The people of Wales turned away from #Labour to support a genuine left-of-centre political party that very clearly puts people firmly at its heart. That is something the #SNP would be wise to note" -- @RichardJMurphy
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26095728.election-show-rejection-english-colonialism/
-
"The people of Wales turned away from #Labour to support a genuine left-of-centre political party that very clearly puts people firmly at its heart. That is something the #SNP would be wise to note" -- @RichardJMurphy
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26095728.election-show-rejection-english-colonialism/
-
All this #Burnham chat assumes both that #Starmer will go quietly and that Burnham can win a #Labour seat in the current climate. Neither strikes me as self-evident.
Also, isn't the whole media coronation thing part of the reason Lab are in this mess?
In other news, Anas Sarwar is clinging to his role in order to (checks notes) keep the party together. Just one more YouTube ad, and a little more #transphobia and he'll have cracked it.
Oh my.
-
@drgeraint we could all imagine the #SNP WANTING that, but wanting isn't the same as winning, and a triumphant #ReformUKLtd government wouldn't pay a blind bit of notice anyway.
This is a 'kicking the can down the road towards the oncoming tanks' strategy.
-
@drgeraint we could all imagine the #SNP WANTING that, but wanting isn't the same as winning, and a triumphant #ReformUKLtd government wouldn't pay a blind bit of notice anyway.
This is a 'kicking the can down the road towards the oncoming tanks' strategy.
-
@drgeraint we could all imagine the #SNP WANTING that, but wanting isn't the same as winning, and a triumphant #ReformUKLtd government wouldn't pay a blind bit of notice anyway.
This is a 'kicking the can down the road towards the oncoming tanks' strategy.
-
@drgeraint we could all imagine the #SNP WANTING that, but wanting isn't the same as winning, and a triumphant #ReformUKLtd government wouldn't pay a blind bit of notice anyway.
This is a 'kicking the can down the road towards the oncoming tanks' strategy.
-
@drgeraint we could all imagine the #SNP WANTING that, but wanting isn't the same as winning, and a triumphant #ReformUKLtd government wouldn't pay a blind bit of notice anyway.
This is a 'kicking the can down the road towards the oncoming tanks' strategy.
-
@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.
How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.
-
@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.
How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.
-
@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.
How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.
-
@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.
How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.
-
@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.
How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.
-
@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?
That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?
-
@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?
That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?
-
@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?
That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?
-
@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?
That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?
-
@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?
That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?
-
@drgeraint this is true. But they won't get an #IndyRef2 that way. The reason I think the SNP *should* bring #ScottishLabour into government is that by throwing a few plums to them in terms of ministerial jobs they could get serious pressure applied to #Westminster to get the referendum agreed.
Mind you, I suspect #Swinney doesn't really want another indyref anyway, and that that is what was behind the stupid 'only SNP votes count' nonsense.
-
The media are telling us the SNP failed to get a majority, and indeed they did.
BUT.
The system was set up to prevent majorities/encourage co-operation (pick one).
The SNP won 57 out of 73 seats in the constituency vote. If a party won that proportion in a Westminster election they would get 507 out of 650 seats. Yet we’re told this is a failure. -
The media are telling us the SNP failed to get a majority, and indeed they did.
BUT.
The system was set up to prevent majorities/encourage co-operation (pick one).
The SNP won 57 out of 73 seats in the constituency vote. If a party won that proportion in a Westminster election they would get 507 out of 650 seats. Yet we’re told this is a failure. -
The media are telling us the SNP failed to get a majority, and indeed they did.
BUT.
The system was set up to prevent majorities/encourage co-operation (pick one).
The SNP won 57 out of 73 seats in the constituency vote. If a party won that proportion in a Westminster election they would get 507 out of 650 seats. Yet we’re told this is a failure. -
The media are telling us the SNP failed to get a majority, and indeed they did.
BUT.
The system was set up to prevent majorities/encourage co-operation (pick one).
The SNP won 57 out of 73 seats in the constituency vote. If a party won that proportion in a Westminster election they would get 507 out of 650 seats. Yet we’re told this is a failure. -
The media are telling us the SNP failed to get a majority, and indeed they did.
BUT.
The system was set up to prevent majorities/encourage co-operation (pick one).
The SNP won 57 out of 73 seats in the constituency vote. If a party won that proportion in a Westminster election they would get 507 out of 650 seats. Yet we’re told this is a failure. -
@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.
So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.
(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).
-
@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.
So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.
(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).
-
@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.
So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.
(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).
-
@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.
So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.
(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).
-
@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.
So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.
(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).
-
We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:
1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses? -
We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:
1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses? -
We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:
1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses? -
We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:
1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses? -
#AndrewTickell is an exquisitely subtle, precise writer on Scottish politics. His elegant, wistful style reminds me of the #TheObserver's late columnist Alan Watkins, but without Watkins's pretentiousness.
So when facing the political carcass of #AnasSarwar, Tickell doesn't put the boot in. Instead, he takes ornate surgical knives, and dissects #Sarwar with cold precision. Delicious, and much more satisfying than a boot.
Tickell's column in #TheNational https://archive.is/9p9xh
-
My view on the #Holyrood2026 election? The #SNP came first because enough people in Scotland have a settled will in favour of #ScottishIndependence, not because very many people feel that the SNP have done a good job in government.
Mind you, I don't feel that the unionist party even tried to persuade the electorate that they would provide better governance for Scotland: they were all relentlessly negative.
The SNP did not earn their win — but neither did any other party.
-
Scotland confirmed to have it's first trans MSP (Scottish MP) I hear.
Congratulations Iris Duane! Scottish Green Party 💚 :flag_transgender:
Update: now confirmed that there are two trans MSPs, as Q Manivannan is non-binary
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26091897.first-two-transgender-msps-elected-scottish-parliament/
Archive: https://archive.ph/282yf
-
Robertson out! 👏🍺🥂👏🍺🥂 ❤️
#LornaSlater of the Scottish Greens has won #EdinburghCentral from the #SNP's #AngusRobertson. Robertson is a party grandee of the old sort, a hardcore centrist, pro-NATO, pro-Israel, neoliberal.
Slater pushed Robertson into third place. #GoodRidance
-
Well that's the news I've been waiting for. @lornaslater has taken Edinburgh Central for @ScottishGreens. I'm very pleased; she's the only genuinely inspirational member of #Holyrood in this generation, in my opinion.
Hopefully a future #FirstMinister.
Also, although Angus Robertson would make a fine ambassador for Scotland, we do not need yet another machine politician.
-
-