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6 minutes ago, Crùbag said:

I think seeing Baillie and arseCole-Hamilton lose their seats would trump that Portillo loss years ago.

As to what's happening in England... Christ on a crutch. The likes of Hartlepool and Sunderland voting Tory.

Let's get Indyref2 a.s.a.p.

Think they voted 70% leave in 2016, despite warnings that all the local car manufacturing plants would need to relocate to mainland Europe.  It's very right wing there.

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9 minutes ago, Crùbag said:

I think seeing Baillie and arseCole-Hamilton lose their seats would trump that Portillo loss years ago.

As to what's happening in England... Christ on a crutch. The likes of Hartlepool and Sunderland voting Tory.

Let's get Indyref2 a.s.a.p.

The next prime minister Jo Swinson lose was always a favourite of mine.

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8 minutes ago, Double Jack D said:

Not sure a record return of postal votes in Edinburgh is a good sign!

It's not necessarily bad.  Three of us in this house had postals for the first time and to the best of my knowledge all 3 were SNP Constituency and Green on the list. 

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1 hour ago, Highland Capital said:

If the SNP win 63 again, it could be even more than 70 - the pro-referendum seats could even be as high as 75 but apparently that won't be enough for some people...

Nothing ever will be. They will constantly move the goalposts.

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28 minutes ago, Enigma said:

I did almost feel like a ballot from 1920s or 30s Weimar Germany - especially with all the fringe loony parties standing. That said I’m all for PR.

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Think I’ve also discovered where the Penman family found the font for their sponsorship of the South Stand at Stark’s Park.

Ah yeah, those wacko national socialists. 

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Aberdeenshire is going to f**k this up isn't it?
Journalists know nothing about election counts. If they did, and they schmoozed the right people, they'd be telling us the results of most seats in about an hour.
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1 hour ago, Donathan said:

Hearing whispers that the SNP are confident that the worst case scenario is 1-2 seats shy of a majority and they have every chance to sneak past 65 (although not expecting more than 66-67)

Also hearing that the Tories have comfortably beaten Labour into second place

Don't tell anyone but I've heard the Lib Dems aren't going to do very well. Keep that under your hats though.

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Baillie sounds like she's shiting herself. Increased turnout in a marginal seat is not good news for her. 
I disagree, her vote is middle class and increased turnout in this election might very well mean greater differential turnout this time All those folk who usually commute to Glasgow are working from home, and middle class people are always more likely to get postal votes. I think she'll win by a couple of thousand.
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There's a picture of AS at the count sampling votes so it looks like we should start to hear something soon.
 
Are they validating regional ballots already? Sampling those would be hard going.
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1 minute ago, GordonS said:
6 minutes ago, DC92 said:
Aberdeenshire is going to f**k this up isn't it?

Journalists know nothing about election counts. If they did, and they schmoozed the right people, they'd be telling us the results of most seats in about an hour.

With the caveat that I don't know how far through they are, and I don't know whether "pleased" translates to "winning easily" or just "keeping it close", it's pretty rare to get a declaration without already having a decent idea of what the result looks like.

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17 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said:

Not really that arsed about the overall result, I just want Alex Cole-Hamilton to lose his seat and end up living in a bin for the rest of his life. Is that really too much to ask for? 

 

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