Fighting Talk From Wee Jimmy......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50219725
I think she and Blackford have done untold damage to the SNP and they'll get punished by the electorate.

[New Judge]

//"Scotland has been ignored and treated with contempt by Westminster,...//

So have I.

//... and this election is an opportunity to bring that to an end.//

I'm not holding my breath.

[THECORBYLOON]

A Yougov poll in September suggests otherwise.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/17887226.tories-lose-seats-snp-general-election-study-finds/

[ToraToraTora]

TBH I'm not on the ground up there but it seems to me that a lot of Scots are getting annoyed by her 2 issue only politics. 1) hate the English. 2) attain dependence on someone other than the English. Maybe you are correct TCL let's see.

[Spicerack]

//Maybe you are correct TCL let's see.//

That'll be a first.

[ichkeria]

Not if the polls are to be believed. The SNP are riding high and the Tories look set to lose most of their seats.
Not much wonder Johnson is courting “Workington Man”
Personally I think he should be after Piltdown man ..

[ichkeria]

Sorry Corby you beat me to it - not for the first time

[Old_Geezer]

IMO continually elect a party uninterested in the fortune of the whole nation but only in the local area and one will effectively transform party & area into a backwater that can't agree with national parties. It's all very well hoping to hold the balance of power in order to get an unfair share of benefits, but the most common likely outcome is to get sidelined. Mind you, if the SNP cause that it'd be something else to pretend supports their attitude and ideology.

[ToraToraTora]

bang on OG, BA

[ichkeria]

Is there a truly “National” party any more?
Has the electoral success of the SNP turned Scotland into a “backwater”
Anything but I’d suggest.
The fear north of the border is that that is what Brexit will do.

[cassa333]

When the Tory’s lose seats this election it won’t be on their policies it will be because they have ballsed up Brexit and got nothing done for three years.

So it won’t necessarily be because the Scots want independence from the UK but are simply fed up with the Tory’s.

And that is no reason for Sturgeon to get excited...... but she will.

[ToraToraTora]

cassa, alternatively when they gain seats it'll be because the public can see that the government has been continually thwarted by the HOQ.

[Jackdaw33]

The Tories will not lose many seats, if any, because they have been hamstrung by the remainers. It is the latter who will lose seats.

[anneasquith]

Here we go again, she hates the English. Even if you repeat it often enough ttt, doesn’t make it true . You are sounding pathetic .

[Old_Geezer]

Pretty much on it's way ich. Sturgeon just needs to spout more nonsense and it's rightly ignored (save by the media) or mocked. The Scots deserve a better, more respected voice. Well, everyone does.

[ichkeria]

Yes I really admire the SNP MPs in parliament. They get a lot of votes from people who don’t necessarily support independence.

[naomi24]

//Here we go again, she hates the English. Even if you repeat it often enough ttt, doesn’t make it true .//

You’d seriously have to forgive anyone who gets the impression she hates the English. She comes across to me as an obsessive doing a freaky impersonation of William Wallace in drag – and that’s no slight on William Wallace who, unlike Nicola, had, in my opinion, a cause worth fighting.

[anneasquith]

Whether we like/agree with N S or not, no one can accuse her of not putting her country first.

[naomi24]

Nicola isn’t putting her country first. She’s putting Nicola first – seeking a place in history as the ‘saviour’ of the Scots. Given the opportunity her irrational ego will be Scotland's downfall.

[davebro]

The Scots will vote for the SNP but not for independence - there's pragmatism for you. Screw the English taxpayers for all you can. I despise them.

[cassa333]

TTT I’m talking specifically Scotland. They don’t have much representation by party really. SNP, Tory, Labour. Any others are also ranks north of the boarder and if you are disgusted with your preferred party’s antics over Brexit what is left?