SNP leadership election (2023)

[danny la rouge]

What do folk think of this new cabinet?

Nobody outside Scotland will know any of them except Angus Robertson.

I knew Shona Robinson’s Dad, Robbie, and remember her as a lassie. Robbie was a stalwart of the anti poll tax campaign, and served on Stirling trades council. I slightly knew Michael Matheson years ago, too.

As for what they’ll be like, nothing much has changed. It’s the same names pretty much. Couple of new faces. I’m not expecting much tbh.

 

[Sue]

The Lib Dems barely exist outside of NE Fife, the posher bits of Edinburgh where Tories fear social disapproval of being openly Tory, Orkney & Shetland, and muscle memory votes from older folk in the Highlands.

The party doesn't have the membership, infrastructure or reach to break out of those areas and is not seen as any sort of credible alternative by any significant demographic. No one knows what their policies are on anything, which are pretty much "Tell Us What you want to hear and We'll say it", anyway.

They're still widely hated for 2010 by the sorts of groups they'd need to convince to vote for them now, no one beyond real obsessives has heard of any of their Holyrood politicians and UK leader Ed Davey is utterly unknown in Scotland.

Hard to see their monorail to electorial oblivion slowing down anytime soon.

Apart from that ^ though, it's going pretty well.

Winning here!!!

 

[pogofish]

What do folk think of this new cabinet?

I have an extremely compromising photo of one of them. Think - "large bag of..!"

 

[Sue]

I have an extremely compromising photo of one of them. Think - "large bag of..!"

There's absolutely nothing wrong with salt and sauce FFS.

 

[pogofish]

Just remembered that another has a very elegant tattoo somewhere.

 

[pogofish]

My diary just got even more interesting! It seems that he upshot of this election means that it will be "Pogo goes to Holyrood" soon..!

 

[bluescreen]

Just in

A 58 year old man, eh?
“The matter is active for the purposes of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and the public are therefore advised to exercise caution if discussing it on social media.”

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The BBC aren't being shy about it

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe

Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[danny la rouge]

New ALBA leader in Holyrood?

Reader, she did.

 

[Fedayn]

Reader, she did.

I for one am shocked, shocked I tells ya....

 

[gosub]

The BBC aren't being shy about it

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe

Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.

www.bbc.co.uk

Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement in SNP probe

The husband of Nicola Sturgeon had been re-arrested in connection with the SNP finances investigation.

www.bbc.co.uk

Get a feeling they might charge now.

 

[gosub]

SNP financial woes set to worsen

Back to Scotland, where the Nats are still reeling after their general election defeat. The national poll left the SNP with just nine seats and the exodus has rocked the secessionists. It transpires that while Stephen Flynn has remained leader of the Westminster group, Pete Wishart is now his...

www.spectator.co.uk

Ouch