Very much nothing to report on Scottish leaders debate on the beeb tonight.
Sturgeon dealt with pretty much everything with ease and she turned Rossā claim that she would hold an illegal referendum on him pretty smartly. If the next referendum happens in like 2024 or whatever then currency is going to remain a difficult issue though as is the border with England; the latter is very much like your toddler shitting themselves after being told to go to the potty and them then claiming you made them do it.
Did a dorky āstill got energyā shuffle thing at the start. Followed by an over-egged pleading for them not to talk over each other. I said then that he has the vibe of a stand-in teacher.
Started watching late, but from the start, then when I paused it it crashed the TVs app. So I didnāt get to see this.
Hands up, class. And Sturgeon clearly enjoying teasing him on it.
some points on lastās night FUCKING FINAL debate
Nicola skewered Douglas on the just bullshit thought process he has about the referendum. i mean, just like @shinymcshine said, the āthereās no route to a referendumā was flipped into a āhow can there be a routeā pretty nimbly, and she made a great point thatās technically thatās for him to answer, not her.
gary was dogshit, as he always is, but the blabbering he had after Nicola telt him that fucking hands-up was silly was brilliant, he genuinely seemed like he was about to cry
anas again is better but fell again at the indyref hurdle.
why are we debating the ins and outs of Scottish Indy already; the platform isnāt up for debate YET and stop pushing back to the fucking point about the details. SNP/ScotGov havenāt put a manifesto out about it yet.
and yes, SNP has a policy on the currency and thatās a dead fucking horse you plum
Gary asks a question and doesnāt want to give the space for an answer as well
oh willie rennie was there and kept saying āi donāt want to keep discussing the indyrefā and kept crying about it, almost pity him
I will be delighted more than usual to see Tories lose seats this week. For Ross to have one policy and not even be able to defend it competently is quite something.
this is not surprising considering the main mouthpiece for the Alba party is W**ngs and heās aa transphobic-aligned as they come. I mean, he uses the term (CW: language, transphobia) transcult as if itās a recognised thing when itās a made up term for those who find a need to define something opposite to TERF.
"Liberal Democrats are going to spend the next 24 hours stopping the SNP. We want to stop another referendum on independence. Itās divisive and itās not what Scotland needs.
āLiberal Democrats have made the argument - with Willie Rennie leading brilliantly - that we need to put recovery first.ā
(I donāt think Iāve seen a poll in which the Lib Dems donāt lose at least one seat.)
The polls consistently have Alba winning a few seats, unfortunately. They can spin any as a win, so Salmondās smug mug will almost certainly be smirking from a screen for the next few years.
Galloway has no sense of shame, but itās always good to see him forced to disappear until the next election at least.
I got one too (I assume itās the same one). One of the headline things on it is something like ā74% -the number of voters who have heard of George Gallowayā
Went ScotGreens for constituency and region list votes this morning. Partly head, partially heart.
Constituency is a very safe SNP hold. And whilst Iāve not got any real grip with the candidate and would happily vote for them normally, I really like the Green candidate. And I want the Greens to make the jump from just standing in a few seats to being a full-fledged seats and list party, to make the next step and challenge Labour/Cons for third/second place overall, and that needs some sort of base to work from. And I donāt want to see them lose a deposit, either.
List vote is with the intention of helping toward getting a second Green in this region rather than piling less useful (Iām loathe to say wasted) votes into the SNP column.
And, frankly, Iām happier seeing a majority require collaborative work with Green MSPs rather than being outright.
Might have to seriously consider switching party membership at this rate. If I donāt get chucked out in the meantime.
She actually did do the X on one of each of the ballot papers MsWza and I did. We had no choice. There were actual tears on the way to the polling station when we said sheās too young for the real thing.
Watched this in advance, obviously.
In mentioning it, and the very basics involved, we noted that different āteamsā have different colours and logos. She decided that she wants the one with the red rose to win. I said fair enough, but donāt get your hopes up, itās mostly yellow/black ribbon and green/white sunflower territory round here. Just stay away from those blue/white trees.
Didnāt mention party names cos, goodness me, all of the above is plenty for now for a four year old. She was chatting on and on about it on the walk to nursery, though, asking why is it a cross in the box, and why the one with the most votes is the winner, etc. And then repeated the bit about not wanting the trees to win. Kids are so easily indoctrinated!
She also asked about party logos in Russia (one of her favourite shows, Masha and the Bear is based in Siberia). Did a Google image search. There was a bear, the hammer and sickle, a star, and ā¦ a few less savory ones (including a grenade and a s-----ka).
On a similar note, but less divisive and more inclusive, she seems to be a fan of this book we recently got from the Library.