Scottish Elections who do you think will take the majority of Seats?

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As a Scot I genuinely have no idea who to vote for.

I dont trust the SNP and find John Swinney completely incompetent. I wouldnt trust him to run my household budget let alone the countries so he is out for me. I cant stand labour, the tories well are not my cup of tea, lib dems and green would never get my vote.

However i dont seem to be alone in having no idea who to vote for which leaves me wondering who will take the majority of seats across Scotland. What do others think will happen?

Justice & sentencing guidelines, and Democratic participation are not one and the same thing, so there is no cogent reason to treat everyone in exactly the same manner for both based on nothing but age.

So you fling the book at 24 year old rapists, throw away the key if you like, what relevance does this have to the matter of whether perfectly law-abiding, tax-paying 16 year olds should be permitted to vote?

None whatsoever

Very likely to happen given the consultations on such issues as the age for being able to marry -

https://www.gov.scot/news/proposed-reforms-to-marriage-age/

Age of eligibility to vote/become an MSP seems to be going the other way strangely - not old enough to marry or to be held accountable for serious, violent crimes they have committed but old enough to set legislation for everyone living in that country.

Anyone might think it’s because they thought the youth would vote for them

How insulting to teachers.

Exactly @Helpmaboa - get them well before their executive functions have fully matured.

There’s a few on here whose “executive functions haven’t fully matured” and they’re not teenagers.

You would know about that, I'm sure.

It is quite strange though, the dichotomy

Defence, is massive, least SNP have shut up about scrapping trident after Russia flexed their muscles.
If Russia was to invade Scotland what could we do about it - not a blinking lot!

Heavy "Salmond has no plan to protect us from alien invasion!" vibes here.

Absolutely

Perfectly ok though to continue permitting half-senile geriatrics to trot down to the polling station and vote Tory/Labour like they have in every single election since 19'oatcake, for no other reason than that's what their parents were doing before them in the 1950s.

If you are going to question the fitness of the electorate to make appropriate choices, let's do it across the entire age spectrum.

Are the two angry dudes on this thread the same person?

Yes

I’d make voting between 18 and 75

Sorry you've got the wrong end of the stick. I'm absolutely not blaming teachers for the Curriculum for Excellence that they are forced to teach.
That lies 100% with Scot Gov / SNP

They're not happy, are they? The lack of a majority and the rise in Reform support must sting.

Well how well do you think an independent Scotland would cope if Putin decided to have a go?
5m vs 140m
I think we might be a wee bit out numbered.

There seems to be a thinking that Putin wouldn’t invade because we’re too nice for that. It’s so naive.

Oh yes, I'm totally devastated at a 5th successive SNP government, a landslide victory, an increase in pro-indi MSP's, corresponding decrease in right-wing MSP's, and the fact my idiot Constituency MSP has been punted into the ether, hopefully never to be heard of again.

Cried myself to sleep every night since.

😂

Please explain the mechanics of a Russian invasion of Scotland

Should be entertaining seeing what totally implausible nonsense you conjure up.

” A landslide “ ? No it was an incredibly low turn out

58 SNP Msps is a landslide no matter how you try to spin it.

Landslide? They lost seats and didn't get the majority they wanted 😂

For someone who is as happy as they claim to be, you seem very angry.

Totally raging he is 😂

Grasping at straws.

58 msps, 56 unionist msps, 55 if McArthur is PO. They don't even need Green support to govern.

What makes you think I'm angry? Genuine question, because I've been feeling pretty chuffed since Friday night, and the toys out the pram histrionics on here and predictability of trying to paint yet another dominant election win as some sort of disaster for the SNP is just adding to my amusement.