Granny Danger Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 If your of a certain political persuasion 2015 had many highlights and points of interest despite the Tory majority. I'll start the ball rolling. 1. First we'll start with oor Jum. "I want to end that period of losing Labour here in Scotland, starting with the UK general election in 2015, where I'm confident we can hold all the seats we currently have but pick up one or two on top and also win that election in 2016 for the Scottish Parliament." Oh how we laughed. 2. Then of course the event that showed how daft the prediction was - 56 seats. Even the most optimistic of us where unwilling to be so bold as to think we could achieve that. I doubt in any modern democracy there has been such a significant shift; massive percentage swings and MPs that previously had huge majorities turfed out. The Curran moment, the Sarwar moment, the Alexander moment(s), and of course the Murphy moment. It was a joy to behold. 3. Kezia Dugdale. I actually feel sorry for her but her election to the SLab leadership is indicative of the problems they have and the paucity of talent in their ranks. The bile that was evident from some like Curran in the aftermath of the defeat and the ongoing SNPbad shows Labour haven't even began to address the issues of why they were so comprehensively rejected by the Scottish Electorate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1) Jeremy Corbyn elected leader of Labour 2) Death of Leon Brittain 3) And, as mentioned above, 56 SNP seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hahn Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1. The main labour clowns losing their seats almost brought me more pleasure than the SNP gaining them. Sarwar in particular was one I dislike immensely but for Alexander to get ousted by a 20 year old student and Murphy by a single mum was unbeatable. Great stories all around. 2. Kezia Dugdale getting a hilarious stoney silence from a BBC Question Time audience I thought was classic. 3. Carmichael getting exposed in a court of law for being the dirty lying bell-end he is and then somehow trying to take possession of the moral high ground afterwards. Shame he wasn't punished for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1. Scotland finally telling the careerist wankers of SLAB to do one, and they'd actually prefer a more, eh, people-centric strategy. Kind of focussing more on social aspects, if you like. What might such an outlook be called? 2. The Labour Party as a whole telling the PLP the same - while Corbyn may not be the Messiah, there's potential for him to be a John the Baptist figure. It may be too late, but if X-Factor could get its collective head round the idea that this particular voting system is for policies, not personalities, there may be some hope of ousting the Bastárds in four years' time. 3. Those aforementioned privileged wankers showing how fucking clueless they are. From the tax credit u-turn, to the inability to explain why a few extra bombs to add to the many already dropped would be the ones to mobilise the Ghost Battalions to regain control in Syria, it is becoming blatantly obvious to even the most blinkered, tabloid-reading morons that our lords and masters don't actually have much of a clue what they're doing. It may not be as difficult to horse the fuckers out as we feared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1 - being there in person to witness the labour meltdown - the tears, anger and bewilderment of labour activists that have sneered, belittled and fought me for decades were a joy to behold. I turned to my labour councillor who was having a rant about how it was so unfair and very calmly went 'we've taken Holyrood, we've taken Westminster and we are going to take the council' - his face went white with a mixture of fear and rage. Revenge is a dish best served cold. 2 - helping Brocky get over the finish line in Leith. Singing 'there's only one Jim Murphy' as the results came in on the telly just outside the counting hall. I was nearly chucked out for that... 3 - not much else springs to mind. It was also a bit crap for me, we never won Edinburgh South (although where I canvass in voted for Neil), the campaign wasn't a very happy one at the end, a few things have happened since and I'm no longer a member of the party for the first time in 19 years. I'm sure I will rejoin though, it gets into your blood and I'm sure I won't want to miss another slaughter of labour in the summer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1. 56 seats 2. Mairi Black's maiden speech 3. Nicola's performance during the election campaign - unbelievably strong. And an honourable mention to the Salmond swagger in the Hoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1) The moment when big Ben struck 10 and the exit poll had oor nic on 58 seats.... fuk that was good 2) Salmonds there's a lion roaring across Scotland 3) Watching everyone of these careerist Liebor party members looking their seats... especially duggie, Jum, Curran and Sarwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 SNP's glorious Scottish landslide breaking the BBC's swingometer, and the reaction of many of the ousted wankhammers Trump engaging in a much-needed ruffling of feathers, and the resultant hysterical tantrums International Men's Day overcoming bigoted feminists' opposition to be given a first debate airing in parliament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1.Same as most watching the rout in may,i was up in aberdeen and had a massive exam the next morning but the evening before still got out to help get the last of the vote out and finally fell asleep at around 5 ish after watching it unfold and getting told repeatedly to bugger off and go to bed (got my highest pass mark in my exam aswell) 2.The utter meltdown of labour,same as mr r bumped into a local lab type who had sneered at me during the campaign( in a not nice manner) and i blew a kiss at him and he went mental.Id also told him during the indy ref he was selling his soul 3.Hearing a lab candidate getting booed and jeered in fife at 1 of the hustings and the tory getting clapped was just plain crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yeah, a few labour councillors came up to us at the count at the referendum and were shaking hands and going 'hard lines, better luck next time'.... I replied in kind in May. I'm not going to lie, it felt really, really good..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1. Wee Douglas Alexander entering the hall for the count, cheeks puffed out as he knew he was history and his career had fallen apart. 2. Curran, Sarwar, Murphy and the rest going was incredible viewing on TV. Sturgeon cheering as the news came in for another SNP win 3. SNP parading their new MP's was a delight and will long live in the memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The bitterness the Snp supporters on this page continue to show is my top highlight and is very pleasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 The bitterness the Snp supporters on this page continue to show is my top highlight and is very pleasing. ^^^^ can't count to three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Kev, do you support a fitba team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The bitterness the Snp supporters on this page continue to show is my top highlight and is very pleasing. You're certainly a special highlight kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The bitterness the Snp supporters on this page continue to show is my top highlight and is very pleasing. Cmon kev point out the bitterness in a non link to newspaper kinda way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Cmon kev point out the bitterness in a non link to newspaper kinda way? Bitterness about sept 2014 vote Bitterness that we are still part of the uk Bitterness that people still vote for other parties than the Snp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Bitterness about sept 2014 vote Bitterness that we are still part of the uk Bitterness that people still vote for other parties than the Snp Point it out then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1/ SLAB losing Murphy, Curran Alexander et al. 2/ Nicola Sturgeons performance in the leaders debates, in elections she was not taking part in. 3/ The meltdown of the Scottish political press. They cannot understand, we don't need them anymore. Or their lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 1. The main labour clowns losing their seats almost brought me more pleasure than the SNP gaining them. Sarwar in particular was one I dislike immensely but for Alexander to get ousted by a 20 year old student and Murphy by a single mum was unbeatable. Great stories all around. Not really a big thing but Kirsten Oswald isn't a single mum, she's married! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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