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StormWind laid this down on his screen :
> The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <463E1599.2000105@teinntreach.net>,
>> StormWind wrote:
>>> 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 !
>>
>> The Scots are not happy with Labour nor Conservative!
> They want to be able to vote on independence in a referendum fair and square,
> that's it. They have spoken through the ballot boxes. The LIb Dems did as
> badly as any other party except the SNP who shone so magnificently as to
> reveal to the world the wishes of the Scottish people !
Then they can go cap in hand to the "Committee of the Regions" like
Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Poland. The English will end up
subsidizing them whether they remain in the union or not.
--
Count Baldoni
BALDONI REX ROMANORUM
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