XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish   
   XPost: soc.culture.irish   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Sat, 05 May 2007 12:57:21 GMT, StormWind   
    wrote:   
      
   >Ian wrote:   
   >> On 5 May, 13:08, StormWind  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> When you look at where many Lib Dem constituencies are located such   
   >>> opposition would be folly for the Lib Dems. They'd get wiped out next   
   >>> election !!!   
   >>   
   >> Oh yeah? Bearing in mind that they have just been standing on a   
   >> platform which explicitly opposed a referendum on independence they   
   >> are more likely to be punished by the voters if they change their   
   >> position to support.   
   >>   
   >> Ian   
   >>   
   >   
   >The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) was the ONLY winner and it did do   
   >magnificently - the others lost seats including the Lib Dems. The   
   >electorate has spoken !!!   
   >   
   >                      Gain/Loss Total Seats   
   >SNP  	21  	26  	+20  	47   
   >LAB 	37 	9 	-4 	46   
   >CON 	4 	13 	-1 	17   
   >LD 	11 	5 	-1 	16   
   >Others 	0 	3 	-14 	3   
      
   I still fear that the SNP vote may simply be the Scots telling Labour   
   that they're pissed off by all the overspending, crime and the war.   
      
   Old loyalties die hard and come the next election they may switch   
   back, unless Brown really puts in the boot to punish them for not   
   voting Labour this time round. Personally, I'm amazed that anyone   
   voted for their re-election instead of for mass hangings outside   
   Westminster Hall.   
      
   The nationalists may well yet rue the day they lost Blair to hammer   
   home the message that Westminster thinks of Scotland as a resources   
   hinterland and beyond that, just anothe bloody nuisance like Northern   
   Ireland.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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