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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:47 AM
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27. Agree about Scotland.
The S.N.P. were given a taste of government, the people perceived that they performed well and they've been rewarded (as it were) with a majority government. As you say, the people voted with Holyrood concerns in mind.

I don't think that an independence referendum will be their top priority, but if they do hold one I predict that Scotland will vote for the union but with a large minority in favour of separation...which will strengthen any attempts to strengthen devolution.
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  -Local Government, Scottish Parliament & Welsh Assembly elections on 5 May T_i_B  Mar-31-11 06:44 AM   #0 
  - No local elections in Oxford  LeftishBrit   Mar-31-11 11:02 AM   #1 
  - Well long time posters on the UK forum...  T_i_B   Apr-01-11 06:32 AM   #2 
  - No elections in Northumberland, sadly ...  non sociopath skin   Apr-01-11 07:49 AM   #3 
  - The District Councils in Oxfordshire all do have some seats up  LeftishBrit   Apr-01-11 09:59 AM   #4 
  - It will be interesting to watch the Tory vs. LibDem areas  tjwmason   Apr-02-11 06:11 AM   #5 
  - Indeed, tjw.  non sociopath skin   Apr-02-11 02:44 PM   #6 
     - A Lib Dem collapse would have all sorts of effects at local elections  T_i_B   Apr-06-11 06:46 AM   #7 
  - Since all THREE major parties have problems in Oxfordshire  Ken Burch   May-05-11 02:22 AM   #10 
     - Unfortunately the Tories don't have problems on the Oxfordshire district councils  LeftishBrit   May-05-11 03:03 AM   #11 
        - Ugh, the Tories did take over Vale of the White Horse. And the others just stayed ultra-Tory.  LeftishBrit   May-06-11 04:36 PM   #22 
  - So....anyone seen much going on with local elections?  T_i_B   May-03-11 06:40 AM   #8 
  - I live in Gateshead now  Anarcho-Socialist   May-04-11 11:57 PM   #9 
  - Anybody have any theories about how the Scottish Parliament election will go?  Ken Burch   May-05-11 06:55 PM   #12 
  - Looks like a pretty spectacular collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote  fedsron2us   May-05-11 08:16 PM   #13 
  - Lib Dems lost control of Sheffield  T_i_B   May-05-11 10:33 PM   #14 
     - On the other hand...  T_i_B   May-06-11 06:33 AM   #15 
     - Lib Dem vote seems to have held up better in the South than the North  fedsron2us   May-06-11 08:24 AM   #16 
        - Wouldn't disagree with any of that, Feds.  non sociopath skin   May-06-11 10:50 AM   #17 
           - Cameron' governments freedom to drive through its policies  fedsron2us   May-06-11 12:44 PM   #18 
              - The below blogpost is interesting  T_i_B   May-06-11 02:29 PM   #19 
                 - Calling a snap General Election would be a high risk strategy  fedsron2us   May-06-11 03:37 PM   #21 
                 - Could they be thinking that, if it worked in Canada, it would work for them?  Ken Burch   May-06-11 04:53 PM   #25 
     - And in my council (North East Derbyshire)......  T_i_B   May-06-11 05:32 PM   #26 
  - Scotland and Wales voted for social democracy  Anarcho-Socialist   May-06-11 02:59 PM   #20 
  - Agree about Scotland.  tjwmason   May-07-11 06:47 AM   #27 
  - I hate the Tories. I just hate the Tories.  LeftishBrit   May-06-11 04:44 PM   #23 
     - They won't do better until they make a clear and final break with Blairism  Ken Burch   May-06-11 04:51 PM   #24 
 

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