Reynard Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 In fact right through her reign as PM she utterly trounced the nationalist vote up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1420899207.203038.jpg No policies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 No policies? Exactly what I thought. My guess is they're only appealing to the hardcore perthshire Tories, which is hardly going to buy them votes these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 How about my Gran, who had voted Unionist or Conservative all her life? In her case, Thatcher made a speech explaining why she was making a cold-weather payment to pensioners, but not in Scotland because "they were used to it" She got up, walked round to Brothock Bridge & joined the SNP that afternoon. She was a card carrying member until her death. Is that the sort of disaffected Tory you mean? No, but a nice story all the same, glad you felt the need to share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthEnclosure Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Scots voters are stuck between a rock and a hard place, vote SNP you get less Labour seats, more chance of a Tory government. Vote Labour and if those idiots get in again they will probably bankrupt the country this time. I predict a Tory UKIP coalition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 No, but a nice story all the same, glad you felt the need to share It was a real tearjerker wasn't it? I think he completely made it up all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullane No 4 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Except that during her first two years as PM, Scotland lost a fifth of it's entire workforce to the dole queue as a direct result of her policies. It wasn't the SNP who put her in power though (they only had 11 votes out of 650-ish in the No-Confidence ballot) it was the electorate in England. I think that was more to do with the unions than Thatcher. I was managing a group of 15 outdoor manual workers [all union members] at that time and every one rejected Michael Foot/ Callaghan and voted for Maggie. All voted for Blair a decade+ later though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think that was more to do with the unions than Thatcher. I was managing a group of 15 outdoor manual workers [all union members] at that time and every one rejected Michael Foot/ Callaghan and voted for Maggie. All voted for Blair a decade+ later though!! Foot won in Scotland. He's the last Labour leader. Labour died with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Foot won in Scotland. He's the last Labour leader. Labour died with him. Foot lost nearly 400k Labour voters in Scotland. Labour had about 180k more votes than the Tories in '83. Obviously this gave them nearly double the amount of seats than the tories, but thats the way it goes. The nationalists were a complete irrelevance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Foot lost nearly 400k Labour voters in Scotland. Labour had about 180k more votes than the Tories in '83. Obviously this gave them nearly double the amount of seats than the tories, but thats the way it goes. The nationalists were a complete irrelevance. Neil Kinnock did worse. And they became Tories too. Across the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Neil Kinnock did worse. And they became Tories too. Across the UK. Kinnock increased the Labour vote over Foot by quarter of a million votes. You really aren't very good at this are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Scots voters are stuck between a rock and a hard place, vote SNP you get less Labour seats, more chance of a Tory government. Vote Labour and if those idiots get in again they will probably bankrupt the country this time. I predict a Tory UKIP coalition. I'd suggest you read the newest article on this site http://www.betternation.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Scots voters are stuck between a rock and a hard place, vote SNP you get less Labour seats, more chance of a Tory government. Vote Labour and if those idiots get in again they will probably bankrupt the country this time. I predict a Tory UKIP coalition. What is this prediction based on? How many seats exactly do you think they'll get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 What is this prediction based on? How many seats exactly do you think they'll get? The tories will be the biggest party. I guess they can do a deal with whoever they like. But at least it won't be the useless SNP. The SNP dont work with Toreeeeeesssssss unless they happen to be propping up their minority government at Holyrood between 2007 and 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The tories will be the biggest party. I agree with that, I just can't see UKIP winning more than 3 maybe 4 seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I agree with that, I just can't see UKIP winning more than 3 maybe 4 seats I would think so. Theyll hold the two they have now (Carswell is a cert anyway) probably, and maybe a couple more . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Scots voters are stuck between a rock and a hard place, vote SNP you get less Labour seats, more chance of a Tory government. Vote Labour and if those idiots get in again they will probably bankrupt the country this time. I predict a Tory UKIP coalition. That would only happen if the Westminster elections were held under PR. And even then they would probably need someone else to come on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkinFighter Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I can't believe people continue to entertain Hb and Romney. A pair of tedious trolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I can't believe people continue to entertain Hb and Romney. A pair of tedious trolls. Remind everyone what stellar contribution you make? You have to post whiny pish like the above just to remind people you are a registered poster don't you? "Oh aye,,,,,,him.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 How about my Gran, who had voted Unionist or Conservative all her life? In her case, Thatcher made a speech explaining why she was making a cold-weather payment to pensioners, but not in Scotland because "they were used to it" She got up, walked round to Brothock Bridge & joined the SNP that afternoon. She was a card carrying member until her death. Is that the sort of disaffected Tory you mean? nice anecdote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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