The Fall Out Continues - thread 6

[TheShadowyFeminist]

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Struggling to read The Herald editorial position atm. Headline exclusive is that over 1/3 of SNP MPs have confirmed that they are NOT defecting to Alba (17 from all 44 asked directly). Can't see the whole article but it doesn't really sound like a unanimous endorsement from Blackford's posse.

@SempreSuiGeneris

Struggling to read The Herald editorial position atm. Headline exclusive is that over 1/3 of SNP MPs have confirmed that they are NOT defecting to Alba (17 from all 44 asked directly). Can't see the whole article but it doesn't really sound like a unanimous endorsement from Blackford's posse.

Ooft! That's quite brutal!

Not exactly a ringing endorsement! 1/3 of their own party's MPs are committed to the SNP.

I agree, I think Blackford & his juvenile colleagues are badly misreading the room, as s Sturgeon.

Hah! This is what they meant by the ‘big hitter’: twitter.com/gracebrodie/status/1376565526114271237?s=21

No idea what on earth that will add to the mix!!

Oh dear god

This gets more Monty Python by the minute

And the ISP have stood down in favour of Alba. Poor things, they’ve worked so hard - I hope some of them can stand for Alba, &/or that they can take on some of their worked-out policies.

We've been duped!

This is the 'big hitter' 😂

Tweet

"ALEX ARTHUR, the Commonwealth Gold Medallist and former WBO Champion of the World will make a sensational switch from the arena of boxing to enter the ring as an Alba Party Candidate for the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections."

@OhBuggerandArse

Hah! This is what they meant by the ‘big hitter’: twitter.com/gracebrodie/status/1376565526114271237?s=21

No idea what on earth that will add to the mix!!

Crossed posts!

@OhBuggerandArse

And the ISP have stood down in favour of Alba. Poor things, they’ve worked so hard - I hope some of them can stand for Alba, &/or that they can take on some of their worked-out policies.

I think they're probably the ones who should feel most aggrieved. They were working for months I think to get to stand candidates & it all crashed in only 72hrs.

It's turning into the Hunger Games!

Just had to google superfeatherweight. He weighs 59kg so more Asterisk than Obelix assuming he's in fighting shape.

So the indy list vote now simplifies down to
-SNP
-SNP Cabbages
-SNP Escapees

De-light-ful

I thought it was said earlier that there was another SNP MP coming (i.e. I saw that specifically rather than just the big hitter comments)

Loving the Alba mind games.

A good list of reasons why women are prepared to consider Alba here: twitter.com/HotchkissRhona/status/1376545958402605056

@StatisticallyChallenged

So the indy list vote now simplifies down to -SNP -SNP Cabbages -SNP Escapees

De-light-ful

I thought it was said earlier that there was another SNP MP coming (i.e. I saw that specifically rather than just the big hitter comments)

Makes it 'less noisy' I think.

I know from my POV the cabbages can feck right off.

Stolen from the tiers thread.

go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/2083186/exclusive-swinney-deletes-covid-breach-evidence-as-snp-minister-spoken-to-by-police/

I've just mixed up my threads as that link went wonky on me so went to direct source 😳

Anyway.

Wonder if Sturgeon still thinks it's a good idea to make the election all about Covid?

I was also just thinking - wonder if Margaret Ferrier will sign up to Alba?

Alex Arthur from the old Yes campaign: t.co/vfHMmGccA8?amp=1

That is not the kind of voice that is very prevalent in the new SNP. I can see why they thought it might be a good idea.

He comes across quite well. If Alba get more people up front & talking, to drown out the Salmond noise a bit, they could cut through to the wider public.

@TheShadowyFeminist

This is the latest from Wings - effectively a party political broadcast for Alba - but the information disclosed by Irshad Ahmed about the SNP's refusal to allow him to see the list election results is I think the most interesting part of this.

Ahmed was on the same list as Graeme Campbell, SNP MP Anne McLaughlin's partner & current Glasgow councillor with a poor attendance record. We'd (I think) previously discussed the leaked 1st round STV votes where Campbell was able to leapfrog the list off the back of a tiny % of the vote based on the BAME criteria imposed & Ahmed was the other BAME candidate on the list. Campbell was able to vote for the mechanism that he personally benefited from to be able to get No.1 spot on the Lothains List.

So it's interesting (to me at least) that Ahmed has now followed suit & jumped ship to Alba.

Link to Wings piece

I checked with a friend who knows how this works in another party and list candidates would normally (in their party at least) get to see the vote tallies.

If there were 2 candidates both eligible for the BAME top spot how on earth can you justify not declaring the totals!

The SNP are really panicking aren't they? You'd think they'd be really pleased that another Indy party has a chance of picking up some votes. 🤔

@Graffitiqueen

The SNP are really panicking aren't they? You'd think they'd be really pleased that another Indy party has a chance of picking up some votes. 🤔

They've been caught so off guard that their heads are spinning.

This is a tweet by the charming Mr Arthur. On Romanian beggars.

Alba could make Margaret Ferrier transport spokesperson, she’s got form for jumping trains

@WouldBeGood

This is a tweet by the charming Mr Arthur. On Romanian beggars.

Oh dear, not good at all.

But why on earth haven't they gone through everyone's past, including social media, ahead of time and cleaned things up? It looks amateurish.

@HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee

Alba could make Margaret Ferrier transport spokesperson, she’s got form for jumping trains

@HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee yes!