alanjjohnstone
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I know i should be ashamed of myself for not following the EU referendum debate bits , but am i correct in understanding that it will now be the Party's next big campaign?What is the likely time-table for it ? Does anybody know?
I should also say that the members in Scotland have a slightly different task ahead of them now, in that, we must go all out against the nationalists and their left nationalist fellow-travellers, even if most merely voted SNP tactically in the hope that a coalition would be made with Labour and Labour pushed leftward in its anti-austerity. That ploy doesn't seem to have worked out. It will be more Tory V Scotland in spending allcations and budgets etc which will polarise the division more. Another referendum on Independence is more than likely in 5 -10 years.
As been said , we never expected the unimaginable of ground-breaking votes, despite all the hard work put in by our candidates and supporters, but hopefully see some concrete results in the subscriptions to the Standard, and mail contacts for future ventures.As it stands now, the Tories have narrowly won but perhaps they will be defeated in some vote or other and another election called fairly soon. We should now have the experience to be quick out off the starting line the next time around. As others have posted, my personal thanks to the candidates, the election agents and all those who helped in the campaign. Next time around – 20 candidates
Steve Colborn, 146 votes, 0.4% of a 56% turnout Robert Cox, 165 votes, 0.3% of a 64% turnoutMike Foster, 66 votes, 0.1% of a 72% turnout Brian Johnson, 49 voters, 0.1% of a 60% turnout Danny Lambert, 82 votes, 0.2% of a 59% turnout Bill Martin, 112 votes, 0.2% of a 67% turnoutKevin Parkin, 50 votes, 0.1% of a 64% turnoutHoward Pilott, 88 votes, 0.2% of a 71% turnoutJacqueline Shodeke, 73 votes, 0.2% of 67% turnout Andy Thomas, 68 votes, 0.1% of a 66% turnout So we have a total of 826 votes from 10 candidates.0.19% of the poll (which moreorless matches the 0.2% we usually accomplish)And i also make that not counting any expenses such as advertising or leaflets or travelling expenses and sundry and only including the 500 pound deposit, that's 6 pounds a vote.
The latest justification by Brandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdQVDpqBgiE&feature=youtu.beMake it as you will, i was not convinced.But, of course, he called for the SNP vote, a vote endorsed by Rupert Murdoch who supports the SNP, a fact conveniently overlooked by Brand and the left nationalists
