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Scottish GC voters

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GoodyWoolf · 03/02/2021 08:23

I was thinking about writing to Nicola Sturgeon to express how I feel about recent events with the SNP and it occurred to me to say that I will vote for whichever party in my constituency has the best chance of keeping out the SNP, not because I agree with that party but because it will have the best chance of forcing the SNP to compromise.
Is this a good idea or am I being too simplistic? If enough of us did that could it have an impact?

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shorelinemaker · 03/02/2021 10:11

I am becoming frantic with everything that's going on within the SNP.

My new (female!) SNP MSP is not GC. I attended the (virtual) hustings for my constituency a few months ago and they were all asked their views on this. I found her response the most blasé and, frankly, ignorant to GC women's concerns.

Needless to say, I didn't vote for her. I voted for a man who at least admitted he didn't know enough about the subject (quelle surprise) but he was willing to listen our concerns. He seemed genuine. The others were all firmly on the TWAW side.

I no longer know where to turn. I can't talk to anyone apart from my husband. Most of my immediate family are lifelong SNP supporters/members. But they are "SNP at all costs". As was I until the scales started to fall. They will not hear anything said against them even when they it's blatant hypocrisy.

I have been an independence supporter for years but feel myself questioning myself with the SNP at the helm.

I'm still a paying member. I want to see how this whole shitshow pans out esp with the Salmond enquiry. And it's also a bit of "keep your friends close...".

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I feel like a fish out of water.

malloo · 03/02/2021 09:11

I was thinking of doing the same thing OP, but wasn't sure what approach would have the most impact.

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GoodyWoolf · 03/02/2021 08:51

Great thank you both! Can we all write to them and tell them that this is what we will do - it seemed to make a difference when the TRAs made their intentions clear. If we all do it en masse before the election hopefully they will listen.

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Whatdoyoudowhendemocracyfails · 03/02/2021 08:33

Sorry, x-posted there.

Whatdoyoudowhendemocracyfails · 03/02/2021 08:33

If you are pro-Independence take a look at the ISP - their intention is to contest list seats only, not FPTP Holyrood ones.

The prospect of another pro-Independence party taking votes from them may focus SNP minds.

NecessaryScene1 · 03/02/2021 08:32

Is this a good idea or am I being too simplistic? If enough of us did that could it have an impact?

I think it could now have an impact, simply because there IS now a direct competitor to the SNP directly targetting the GC vote as well as the independence vote.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4153294-New-pro-women-pro-independence-Scottish-political-party

Like the Conservatives with UKIP, they're now liable to lose a chunk of their core vote (those who feel the SNP aren't being serious enough about independence), and a load of voters fed up with Woke/authoritarian/anti-women stuff, or general party corruption.

If the ISP wasn't there, or if it was an anti-Woke anti-independence party, I suspect they'd be a bit more blasé.