Nicola Sturgeon

Ban-jani said:
The difference is that 3rd Way Centrists of the past have overseen periods of economic mass success, she’s absolutely useless if she is 3rd Way.

Scotland is suffering economically and she needs to go.
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Are we, don't feel like we are. Thing is they have been in power for 10 years now and they have reduced in popularity as any sitting government would but they are still at over 40% and will be the biggest party after the next election too. Even in 2016 they returned the majority of Scottish mps, only a couple of years after returning 53 of 56..
If Scotland was suffering as much as you sayi they wouldnt be as popular as they are. For comparison of where they have come from the first parliament they had 35 of 129 seats and the system was set up to try and prevent perpetual Labour dominance.
 
blueparrot said:
Are we, don't feel like we are. Thing is they have been in power for 10 years now and they have reduced in popularity as any sitting government would but they are still at over 40% and will be the biggest party after the next election too. Even in 2016 they returned the majority of Scottish mps, only a couple of years after returning 53 of 56..
If Scotland was suffering as much as you sayi they wouldnt be as popular as they are. For comparison of where they have come from the first parliament they had 35 of 129 seats and the system was set up to try and prevent perpetual Labour dominance.
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Yep, GDP slowed down massively, now the slowest in the UK, the standards of the NHS are only slightly bettering England’s and we have the Tories and 10x as many people.

It’s not been successful domestically at all.

She talks a good talk and will stay in power due to the Scottish nationalist sentiments in the country but losing so many seats to the Tories is a result of the SNP failing to do the basics.
 
Ban-jani said:
Yep, GDP slowed down massively, now the slowest in the UK, the standards of the NHS are only slightly bettering England’s and we have the Tories and 10x as many people.

It’s not been successful domestically at all.

She talks a good talk and will stay in power due to the Scottish nationalist sentiments in the country but losing so many seats to the Tories is a result of the SNP failing to do the basics.
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No it isn't they get the nationalist vote to a point but they lost the referendum because they get votes from those that voted no in the referendum, I'm one of them . Then again depending on Brexit outcome I am very close to being a yes voter. And even if Scotland was independent they would still win elections because nationalist or not people wouldnt vote for them if they thought they'd be better off under Labour,we know that because in the early elections when we had a decent Scottish Labour Scotland voted Labour, SNP had to win trust first in coalition with Liberals and since then alone.
She may not be perfect but IMO is the best current party leader.
 
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blueparrot said:
No it isn't they get the nationalist vote to a point but they lost the referendum because they get votes from those that voted no in the referendum, I'm one of them . Then again depending on Brexit outcome I am very close to being a yes voter. And even if Scotland was independent they would still win elections because nationalist or not people wouldnt vote for them if they thought they'd be better off under Labour,we know that because in the early elections when we had a decent Scottish Labour Scotland voted Labour, SNP had to win trust first in coalition with Liberals and since then alone.
She may not be perfect but IMO is the best current party leader.
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They have the nationalist vote and the vote of “who else is there”. The fact they’re losing votes to the Tories is quite poor and it’s a result of poor policy from them.

She’s popular as she talks well, people go for that rather than actually looking into the statistics.

Scottish Labour is dead, the Tory’s are doing better.
 
Interesting developments north of tge border with the Scottish government, Sturgeon and Salmond and his alleged sexual misconduct. I get the feeling a carpet has been lifted. Lol
 
See she’s down Westminster stirring the cauldron. You’d think she’d be better served sorting out the mess she’s creating in her day job.
 
blueparrot said:
Are we, don't feel like we are. Thing is they have been in power for 10 years now and they have reduced in popularity as any sitting government would but they are still at over 40% and will be the biggest party after the next election too. Even in 2016 they returned the majority of Scottish mps, only a couple of years after returning 53 of 56..
If Scotland was suffering as much as you sayi they wouldnt be as popular as they are. For comparison of where they have come from the first parliament they had 35 of 129 seats and the system was set up to try and prevent perpetual Labour dominance.
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Our education system and health service both have big issues that need addressed. Economic growth is less than the rest of the UK. Compared to what we see in Westminster, they come across as pretty competent but the volume of new bills going through Scottish Parliament is worryingly low.
 
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