Shall we have a Scotsnet general election thread?

[JennyLake]

This WILL be interesting. Even if it doesn’t rid us of the SNP from Holyrood, it will provide a good barometer of public opinion on the recent exploits of the SNP.

Farewell Blackman and Black!

Can you please rephrase “free” to taxpayer funded.

We’re middle income and are now higher rate tax payers and it’s absolutely killing us as we just tip into the higher tax bracket

To be fair I think most used to.
Ours finish on 3rd July, so I expect a massive queue for the ferry on 4th July!

I have no idea whether my local MP is good or not. She won the seat from Jo Swinson last time round and although to be fair she has been unwell, she ran on a ticket of “local girl for local issues” but has been completely invisible. Would not be able to pick her out in a line up. I also don’t agree with the Lib Dem definition of a woman but they are a lesser evil than the SNP.

@kikisparks I agree the child poverty target is well chosen (although, what’s taken them so long?), and, the SNP have done more here than other parties. However…children from poorer backgrounds are massively failed by Scottish education, this is squarely the fault of the SNP, the IFS report I linked makes it clear that they have a huge problem with educational outcomes.

young adults are looking forward to a poorer future too due to educational failures. Poverty will endure due to poor educational outcomes.

Scotland needs the coalition it’s supposed to have, for too long the SNP have had too much power - and Westminster too.

No party is all bad but we need policy held to more scrutiny than it has been, from any governing party.

I think if you are incapable of working out how to arrange a postal vote you really shouldn’t be allowed to vote. It’s really, really not hard!

Do we think a catastrophic loss of SNP seats at Westminster could force an early Scottish election?

As if. They will just carry on as long as they possibly can.

Oh and, silly me, I forgot to add, Scottish children are being failed by mh and other NHS waiting lists…all of these being critical to poor outcomes and enduring poverty.

frankly I’m done with any one party being the answer, it’s clear all around the world that too long with too much power is bad…better, balanced policy that is improved from debate would be nice.

We can only hope, but I think they’d cling on like grim death…see Michael Matheson…

It’s all about the money money money… can you really see anyone in the Scottish govt commanding the equivalent of a mp or msp salary in the private sector?

Just joining this thread!

So what if its in the school holidays? Having lived in Scotland for the best part of 60 years I wasnt aware the entire country shut down and went abroad the minute the schools shut. Must have missed that.

I believe the referendum also took place during the October school holidays and dont remember an outcry.

The referendum was in September.

Also, just saying that most of my circle of family and friends are away on holiday that week. Up to them if they register for a postal vote or just don’t bother voting. None of my business what they do but plenty of people are away.

We always go away just as the schools finish (sometimes a few days before) as its cheaper to go then rather than when the English schools have finished for summer

No one said it was hard, I was just saying some people might just say fuck it and not bother voting.

@Hedjwitch the big thing about it being in the school holidays is that many people are actually on holiday and either May decide not to vote or forget to register. Ask any Scottish travel agent and they will tell you the first two weeks of Scottish school holiday are the busiest for people going on holiday.

Yeah, but what percentage of people go away away in the first two weeks of school holidays? It is probably a middle class problem…

Does anyone know if SNP are still going to use their outcome of this GE on whether they have a mandate for a 2nd referendum?
I thought that was just a policy of Humza's but John Swinney interview today was all about benefits of an independent Scotland so I guess he's sticking with it

I mean, I’m sure us naice mumsnetters know a lot of folk on holiday in July but the actual impact on people with kids on a holiday to a place they can’t vote at…

Mine probably is. I may vote Tory for the first time in my life as my current SNP MP is the worst type of misogynist who I could never vote for (again- I have done previously).

Many people do. If you’re doing uk holidays or abroad it’s cheaper. I do Butlins with my kids and we get term time prices because the English schools are not off.

And this is the issue with lack of data, I bet whilst inconvenient it’s not many people being hit by a holiday voting issue. Data matters.

I think the point about how the election wouldn’t be called in the first few weeks of English school holidays is relevant regardless of how easy it is to do postal votes. We’ll see if voting goes down although I imagine there will be lots of people not voting because they’re disillusioned so will be hard to tell.

The proposed second indy ref last year ( which didn't happen) was meant to be in October - during the school holidays.

I can't bring myself to vote Tory. It goes against all my core values. Particularly because they are just so bloody awful in every respect other than knowing what a woman is and saving Scotland from GRR. Still can't vote for them though. Won't vote SNP, Labour, Green or Lib Dem either. Hoping for a decent independent or I'll be spoiling my ballot.

Well I think it’s got to be Tory for me, I have voted SNP for about a decade, but I’m finish with them. STEPHEN FLYNN is a arse so unless I think someone else can beat him then it John WHEELER . I’m not voting for Mohammad Tauqeer Malik ( who seems to have drop the Mohammad part of his name on the ballot papers) so if he can’t even tell the truth about his name or who he is then I can’t trust him, he is also a councillor in the city and the mess that have made with bus gate and ULEZ he wont be getting vote.