May 6, 20169 yr Author Can't really draw a consistent picture across Scotland right now other than Ruth Davidson has performed a minor miracle. Like Edinburgh Southern just went Labour, their first gain of the night bucking the vote across the rest of the country.
May 6, 20169 yr Author As Labour win, they get demoted to 3rd in Glasgow Kelvin by the Greens!! Such a strange election this one.
May 6, 20169 yr The Lib Dems have won the PCC election in Wiltshire :o They didn't even manage to come second anywhere last time these pointless elections took place.
May 6, 20169 yr The Lib Dems have won the PCC election in Wiltshire :o They didn't even manage to come second anywhere last time these pointless elections took place. That result appears to have been a mistake :lol: It did seem rather unlikely.
May 6, 20169 yr I seem to have missed a rather significant change in the rules of arithmetic. Chris Grayling has just claimed that the Tories are ahead of Labour in the number of seats won tonight. According to the BBC website, Labour have won 761 to the Tories' 440, but apparently 440 is now more than 761. Or perhaps Grayling really is as dim as some journalists say he is.
May 6, 20169 yr Predictably enough Labour won the mayoral election in Liverpool. They gained a little over 50% of the vote to win in the first round. The Lib Dems came second with the Green candidate third. The Tory candidate came sixth :lol:
May 6, 20169 yr Predictably enough Labour won the mayoral election in Liverpool. They gained a little over 50% of the vote to win in the first round. The Lib Dems came second with the Green candidate third. The Tory candidate came sixth :lol: We need PR. Tories do not represent the north or Wales or (usually...) Scortland. Being ruled by them is like not having representation.
May 6, 20169 yr Green Party contesting Ruth Davidson's constituency certainly granted her the seat instead of the SNP. Curious.
May 6, 20169 yr Highland and Island result means UKIP are still absent in Scotland which is beautiful.
May 6, 20169 yr Author Probably the most important result of the night that one. Crucial we kept the scumbags out of Holyrood, especially given which item of toxic waste was top of their list. Great to see the Greens look to take 4th, even if they are indirectly responsible for us dropping a seat in Edinburgh. The sharp increase in Tory votes is concerning though.
May 6, 20169 yr Yeah, it's concerning to see that the Tories are the second biggest party in Scotland now
May 6, 20169 yr The sharp increase in Tory votes is concerning though. The Tory votes are ex-Labour voters who categorically won't vote for a pro-independence party. I'm not sure how many more there could be for future elections, assuming that Labour's vote could fall further - could the unionist vote gravitate a bit more towards one party or will it remain very split between Labour, Lib Dem and the Tories?
May 6, 20169 yr We need PR. Tories do not represent the north or Wales or (usually...) Scortland. Being ruled by them is like not having representation. Well, it's the additional member system up here that is returning most of the Tory MPs...but that wouldn't usually be the case. Definitely do need a PR system for Westminster though, it's practically the only house anywhere that uses FPTP now isn't it? Be careful campaigning for alternative electoral systems though - the shitty AV referendum is practically all the Lib Dems got from Cameron for propping him up and they lost immeasurably for doing that.
May 6, 20169 yr Author 2 shy of a majority with one list left to declare. We will probably pick up a seat on the NE List but I doubt we will get two so a SNP-Green coalition it is! To come so close to a second majority in an electoral system that was purposely set up to deny the SNP ever having a majority is a great result. Top three order is set as there's no way Labour get 6 seats on the NE list. Greens could still be knocked into 5th
May 6, 20169 yr Well, it's the additional member system up here that is returning most of the Tory MPs...but that wouldn't usually be the case. Definitely do need a PR system for Westminster though, it's practically the only house anywhere that uses FPTP now isn't it? Be careful campaigning for alternative electoral systems though - the shitty AV referendum is practically all the Lib Dems got from Cameron for propping him up and they lost immeasurably for doing that. It's very noticeable that precisely none of the post-Soviet Union states chose to adopt FPTP when they established democracy.
May 6, 20169 yr 2 shy of a majority with one list left to declare. We will probably pick up a seat on the NE List but I doubt we will get two so a SNP-Green coalition it is! To come so close to a second majority in an electoral system that was purposely set up to deny the SNP ever having a majority is a great result. Top three order is set as there's no way Labour get 6 seats on the NE list. Greens could still be knocked into 5th SNP are reluctant to go into coalition with Greens no?
May 6, 20169 yr I think SNP would go with a slight minority, wouldn't they? Greens would back them on quite a few policies anyway. The NE list is a f***ing embarrassment. Four Tories returned from my area - and it turns out both my votes were wasted as I went Green on the list.
May 6, 20169 yr It doesn't make a great deal of sense for the SNP to go into coalition when they can just run it as a minority. They have an easy argument if they ever get defeated in a vote.
May 6, 20169 yr So with Labour largely holding its ground (outside of Scotland anyway), "unelectable" Corbyn has proven to be just as much (or as little) electable as the "centre-ground" numpties who ran the show for the previous five years
May 6, 20169 yr We need PR. Tories do not represent the north or Wales or (usually...) Scortland. Being ruled by them is like not having representation. Yeah that's not what PR is.
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