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Scottish Labour anyone to support?

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WouldBeGood · 17/01/2021 22:47

And would you vote for them, as a possible lesser evil?

I’m struggling

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ArabellaScott · 19/01/2021 15:07

That is a good plan.

I might draw up a template laying out my concerns and asking questions and then

www.writetothem.com/

  • although, that's not going to get to potential candidates ,is it? Bugger. Well, a template will still be useful.
vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 19/01/2021 14:53

I don't understand why politicians can't figure this bit out -

females = 51% of the population.

We tend to vote more too. So, why piss of the majority of voters?

I am assuming that other women are as pissed off as me. I met with my Lib Dem MP about this issue - he conceded privately that trans women aren't female but said that they should be treated as if they are female because they believe they are female.

Meanwhile, actual females are being murdered at a rate of about 3 a week.

Who cares about them, though? Certainly not the Lib Dems.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 19/01/2021 14:50

Arabella Scott Have my first actual LOL.

Fucking idiots.

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WouldBeGood · 19/01/2021 14:49

Yes. I think that’s a good plan. They need to know how serious this issue is

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fatblackcatspaw · 19/01/2021 14:48

and make it clear to SNP and Labour that you will vote Tory if there are unsatisfactory answers.

fatblackcatspaw · 19/01/2021 14:48

I think the elections are a good place to start questioning EVERY candidate on this issue. Make it an election issue for every party.

ArabellaScott · 19/01/2021 14:45

[quote WouldBeGood]@ArabellaScott brilliant from the Lib Dem’s 😂[/quote]
Honestly, I almost feel sorry for them.

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WouldBeGood · 19/01/2021 14:37

Random apostrophe

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WouldBeGood · 19/01/2021 14:36

@ArabellaScott brilliant from the Lib Dem’s 😂

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WouldBeGood · 19/01/2021 14:36

I like independence of thought. He looks good.

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ArabellaScott · 19/01/2021 14:35

Lib dems just delivered me their election communication for Caithness, Moray and Sutherland.

I don't live there.

ArabellaScott · 19/01/2021 14:35

I always thought Wightman was wasted on the Greens, to be honest. I think someone who has that amoutn of independence of thought is always going to struggle to toe the party line (of any party).

littlbrowndog · 19/01/2021 14:06

Lib Dem’s and greens voted against johanna Lamont amendment six words

So they can do one as well

fatblackcatspaw · 19/01/2021 13:59

oh it is he was their only intellectual IMHO

OvaHere · 19/01/2021 13:47

[quote littlbrowndog]Link

www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,finding-the-words-interview-with-andy-wightman[/quote]
That's a really good interview. I could really sense his struggle, with both himself and his party. He sounds like a very decent and principled man. I imagine he's a big loss for the Greens.

littlbrowndog · 19/01/2021 13:31

Link

www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,finding-the-words-interview-with-andy-wightman

littlbrowndog · 19/01/2021 13:31

Will link to article

Scottish Labour anyone to support?
fatblackcatspaw · 19/01/2021 12:26

@vivariumvivariumsvivaria

Andy Whightman might stand as an indie.

Which won't help labour, but I'm hoping he might be vote-able.

At this point I think I'll vote for anyone who is prepared to say TWATW and protect my rights to single sex spaces. And I do mean anyone - if Rees Mogg went GC I'd vote for him.

I feel dirty.

I'm tending towards your view ... and I'd actively campaign AGAINST Lennon - she is a full on Maiden
vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 19/01/2021 11:59

Andy Whightman might stand as an indie.

Which won't help labour, but I'm hoping he might be vote-able.

At this point I think I'll vote for anyone who is prepared to say TWATW and protect my rights to single sex spaces. And I do mean anyone - if Rees Mogg went GC I'd vote for him.

I feel dirty.

fatblackcatspaw · 18/01/2021 21:45

remember a week is a long time in politics....

littlbrowndog · 18/01/2021 21:43

I met her in the wee Sainsbury’s next to her office and went up to her to say thanks for supporting women

She got a right fright off me. I think she was afraid. So sad that a female politician has to feel afraid

But was good in the end. As we had a chit chat. My kids were running about so hope she thought that violent people don’t take their kids on a spree

Much as I like her I can’t vote snp to split up my country

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WouldBeGood · 18/01/2021 21:37

I know @BlackForestCake just a light hearted dream

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BlackForestCake · 18/01/2021 21:32

Joanna Cherry is not going to defect to Labour any more than Jacob Rees-Mogg is. She is on the wing of the SNP that thinks Sturgeon is not pushing hard enough for independence.

fatblackcatspaw · 18/01/2021 21:27

we need stickers and badges!

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WouldBeGood · 18/01/2021 21:26

Yes, I’m in!

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