XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish
XPost: soc.culture.irish
From: gailleann@teinntreach.net
The Highlander wrote:
> 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.
And still a source of cannon-fodder too !
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