tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post2954343400264118232..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Nicola Sturgeon’s personal disaster: heavy losses, big hitters like Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson taken out, and the second referendum is now in serious doubt, 2015, SNP get 56 seats, 2017, SNP get 35 seats, and many others hang by a thread, the SNP cult waking up to the fact that an idiot at Westminster will have consequences Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-67053759002742573642017-06-11T14:10:42.274+01:002017-06-11T14:10:42.274+01:00SOME GOOD POINTSSOME GOOD POINTSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-66626629044977051392017-06-11T03:01:27.873+01:002017-06-11T03:01:27.873+01:00Was a good night George another 2000 votes or so w...Was a good night George another 2000 votes or so would have made it a lot worse for them. I doubt Sturgeon will change that much in approach, and if she does I doubt anyone will believe her. Might have to do it all again in under a year or so at least the DUP wont put the union at risk :) Scottish Labour need to get their act together though and keep the pressure on Sturgeon.Freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010469973490025453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-15632102886447433022017-06-10T22:55:16.982+01:002017-06-10T22:55:16.982+01:00If Theresa May successfully negotiates brexit, it&...If Theresa May successfully negotiates brexit, it's hard to imagine her being sacked by her party for an election lost years earlier. Also, Boris Johnson cannot replace her. He's a clown who'll give the declining SNP a new lease of life. It has to be Amber Rudd or David Davis.Aldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385445471036440872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-20237203967644929712017-06-10T18:03:15.384+01:002017-06-10T18:03:15.384+01:00The Tories and DUP will form a coalition until Bre...The Tories and DUP will form a coalition until Brexit is completed, but I doubt there will be an election before then. I also doubt that Theresa May will be allowed to lead her party into the next election. Even if she dismissed the "advisers" who got her into this mess, that she behaved so rashly and squandered such a rare opportunity so fully is politically unforgivable. At the moment emotions are running high. Labour are indulging in a bit of hubris. This isn't a good idea. Had anyone but Corbyn been leading the party they would have been returned with a majority. As it stands, they gained thirty seats -- many with only very narrow majorities. Even a slight improvement by the Conservatives would return them to power with a majority. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222745859621158058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-44892503118039907652017-06-10T16:52:10.364+01:002017-06-10T16:52:10.364+01:00Personally I was pretty happy with the outcome, wh...Personally I was pretty happy with the outcome, which is great because I was feeling really pessemistic about the choice on offer. But the result? <br /><br />1) The SNP with the smile wiped off their faces and their position and independence dreams weakened. <br /><br />2) The narrative that Scotland's vote counts for nothing. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland proving crucial to the result and showing that they matter (despite the faults of the DUP) <br /><br />3) A decent opposition to hold some of the nonsense cooked up by the Tories to account (foxhunting, dementia tax, no free school meals, i.e. insanity) and hopefully help rein in austerity, which in my opinion, has gone on far too long. We've been missing a good opposition in this country for years.<br /><br />4) At the same time, the Tories are in position to hopefully deliver Brexit successfully. Personally, I don't like them, but I prefer them to be in charge of exit from the EU, though their manifesto was quite clearly an embarrassment.<br /><br />I'm hoping there's not another election, because I'm utterly sick of them, but perhaps a lot of people feel this way.<br /><br />Question is, if Labour got in, would this have weakened Brexit and/or strengthened Sturgeon? Also, do you think that this result weakens Brexit as well, or does it just make no difference?THE INVISIBLE MANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300169798315384245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-2517568180304519872017-06-10T16:40:14.861+01:002017-06-10T16:40:14.861+01:00George…….. The SNP cult waking up to the fact that...George…….. The SNP cult waking up to the fact that having an idiot as leader will have consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-91740005427348223062017-06-10T15:22:35.709+01:002017-06-10T15:22:35.709+01:00Hi Aldo
You maybe right about another election, s...Hi Aldo<br /><br />You maybe right about another election, some people think we will be back out in six months, time will tell.<br /><br />Personally, I feel May needs to get Brexit done first.<br /><br />GeorgeG Lairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634338820731652821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-33040496891399800062017-06-10T15:14:06.730+01:002017-06-10T15:14:06.730+01:00The newly elected Tory, Labour and LibDem MPs in S...The newly elected Tory, Labour and LibDem MPs in Scotland will need to do a very good job for their constituents. I would hate to think that all of this will be reversed in 6 months or a year when the government collapses and there is a fresh election. Never again can unionist MPs take voters for granted.Aldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385445471036440872noreply@blogger.com