tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post495246286591625861..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: Sturgeon bolsters the Scottish Greens glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-53860987299428346942016-01-18T13:00:23.175+00:002016-01-18T13:00:23.175+00:00Er if anyone has 'sold out' helena it was ...Er if anyone has 'sold out' helena it was the snp to the right wing millionaire owner of stage coach brian souter. He gave them a whacking big donation and they dumped their policy to reregulate buses in scotland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-65472049504338965252016-01-17T20:10:56.987+00:002016-01-17T20:10:56.987+00:00The regional vote problem for the SNP is also face...The regional vote problem for the SNP is also faced here in Wales in the three southern regions. Those that vote Labour in these regions votes are wasting their votes. Labour has never had a regional AM elected in these three regions in the history of the Assembly. With Labour begining to recognise the threat that UKIP poses this may begin to bring this issue into sharper focus. The other factor to consider is that the AMs that are elected in the regions are often elected on very small margins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-26568879498825884442016-01-17T17:52:22.957+00:002016-01-17T17:52:22.957+00:00My impression is that most people voting SNP for t...My impression is that most people voting SNP for the Constituency will also vote SNP for the Region. Many voices are trying to persuade people to vote Green, SSP etc but the fear is that we MUST have a strong Majority of SNP members with Scotland's interest paramount. Sorry but even with my green leanings I just do not trust them. They would sell out for a windfarm or one less road if you see what I mean. Wings have been discussing this and Stuart did a good analysis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934836123529194653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-12076733018926704782016-01-17T17:01:52.337+00:002016-01-17T17:01:52.337+00:00"So it looks like some SNP voters are intendi..."So it looks like some SNP voters are intending yo vote Green in the Regional lists "<br />True up to a point, but it makes more sense the other way around: many Greens/ socialists/ non-aligned Left will vote SNP in constituences where there is no decent Left choice i.e. the vast majority.agentmancusohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508548709799933800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-38563395479251485922016-01-17T10:27:29.321+00:002016-01-17T10:27:29.321+00:00The Information of the Greens fighting are only th...The Information of the Greens fighting are only three seats comes from the National and whilst I agree its only an assumption but its does look rather stark in the correlation between the drop in the SNP vote and rise in Green vote for the regions. It might well be coincidence of course.glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-56745761373966644052016-01-17T09:50:37.042+00:002016-01-17T09:50:37.042+00:00{Pardon me saying so Glynn, but some of your assum...{Pardon me saying so Glynn, but some of your assumptions are not 100% correct. Constituency SNP voters figures switching to the Greens on the lists are but estimates at present, and vary a lot depending on the source. <br /><br />Also the Greens present candidates in many more than three. I haven't counted them, mind. See here: https://yournextmp.com/election/2015/party/party:130/scottish-green-party<br /><br />The reason why SNP goes down to 42% from 52% is the much bigger amount of TOTAL voting in the lists compared to constituencies, which is estimated to be 30%, mainly greens, ukipers, libdems and others. <br /><br />Aprox 94% of the SNP voters in the cons, will be voting SNP in the lists too.}<br /><br /><br /><br />Scot by choicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562795027510478258noreply@blogger.com