Right, in true TWA fashion, its time for an election poll. Who will our members be voting for this time around?
Votes are anonymous, leave a comment stating who you will be voting for if you wish!
Full Version: Scottish Elections 2007
Just went and voted.
Gav no doubt you'd have voted tories in the local council seat down here considering it's your brother in law running for them
Anyway, SNP all the way
Gav no doubt you'd have voted tories in the local council seat down here considering it's your brother in law running for them
Anyway, SNP all the way
Of course in the local elections you have the option to 'ticket split' and vote for a range of parties, not just one ... 
Plus you can vote for a different party on the List to the party you vote for in the constituency vote.
Needless to say I've already cast my vote(s), was at the polling station at 0715 this morning!
Plus you can vote for a different party on the List to the party you vote for in the constituency vote.
Needless to say I've already cast my vote(s), was at the polling station at 0715 this morning!
QUOTE(Callum Johnstone @ May 3 2007, 08:09 AM) [snapback]25777[/snapback]
Of course in the local elections you have the option to 'ticket split' and vote for a range of parties, not just one ...
Plus you can vote for a different party on the List to the party you vote for in the constituency vote.
Needless to say I've already cast my vote(s), was at the polling station at 0715 this morning!
Plus you can vote for a different party on the List to the party you vote for in the constituency vote.
Needless to say I've already cast my vote(s), was at the polling station at 0715 this morning!
Indeed thats what I done
Alex Salmond for first minister, and my first 2 local votes went to guys from my area. A labour councillor and a Lib Dem councillor.
QUOTE(GKirk @ May 3 2007, 08:33 AM) [snapback]25778[/snapback]
Indeed thats what I done
Alex Salmond for first minister, and my first 2 local votes went to guys from my area. A labour councillor and a Lib Dem councillor.
Alex Salmond for first minister, and my first 2 local votes went to guys from my area. A labour councillor and a Lib Dem councillor.
Sean Marshall running again?
Who's running for the conservatives, I dont have a brother in law, my sister divorced years ago. Is her ex running?
I can't participate in the poll as I voted for representatives of 3 parties (well 2 reps and 1 party).
Early and often!
Early and often!
Jack McDonald
Jock McConnell
Joke McFlannel
Wot'shisnameagain???
Face it if his Labour colleagues down south can't remember his name, how can we have this man as our First Meenister???
SNP for me.
Jock McConnell
Joke McFlannel
Wot'shisnameagain???
Face it if his Labour colleagues down south can't remember his name, how can we have this man as our First Meenister???
SNP for me.
Well said Richard.....
.ive heard our outgoing first minister called every name but his own...and thats from his mats down south...
how silly of them..
.ive heard our outgoing first minister called every name but his own...and thats from his mats down south...
how silly of them..
[size="7"][/size]Can you help us...were looking for BUTE HOUSE 
I went to bed when the problems with the papers became apparant, and it seems to have got worse overnight with various counts, including those in Edinburgh, suspended.
Did anyone here have trouble with understanding how to vote? The only problem I had was finding the SNP on the ballot
I reckon we'll get another Holyrood election by the end of the summer, FWIW.
Did anyone here have trouble with understanding how to vote? The only problem I had was finding the SNP on the ballot
I reckon we'll get another Holyrood election by the end of the summer, FWIW.
Fiasco.
Heads MUST roll.
Heads MUST roll.
A shambles of extraordinary proportions. Edinburgh count a disaster once again, with four of the six seats still to declare. Glasgow count looked more efficient, if a lot rowdier (tut, tut). Still undeclared results in Aberdeen and many other places across Scotland.
Looks like the Nats have had a good night. It remains to be seen whether it's enough. Still very much a case of watch this space.
Looks like the Nats have had a good night. It remains to be seen whether it's enough. Still very much a case of watch this space.
QUOTE
Glasgow count looked more efficient, if a lot rowdier
Rowdier than getting burst up with a gowf bat? Crivvens! There was a right to do in the Kingdom as well according to a pal of my wife.
I'm not going to get sick of watching that wee girl from DRS explaining that things aren't that bad after all
QUOTE(bill @ May 4 2007, 11:36 AM) [snapback]25795[/snapback]
Rowdier than getting burst up with a gowf bat? Crivvens!
That guy might just turn out to be the peoples' hero in this election. His direct action summing up how a lot of Scottish voters almost certainly feel, I would think
And yes, the DRS lassie lacked more credibility than quite a lot of the candidates!
WTF, the SNP have just won a seat in Edinburgh. And it's no other than former forum favourite Wor Kenny!
Yes, indeed. A new platform for him to proclaim his maybes aye maybes no support for trams
Just two more constituency seats to declare in Scotland - both in Edinburgh: North & Leith and West. West should be a comfortable Lib Dem but the results have been so erratic that I wouldn't like to say what's going to happen in N & L.
Just two more constituency seats to declare in Scotland - both in Edinburgh: North & Leith and West. West should be a comfortable Lib Dem but the results have been so erratic that I wouldn't like to say what's going to happen in N & L.
seems like the LD propaganda hasnae worked on us N&Lers, we've voted Chisholm back in.
QUOTE(bill @ May 4 2007, 03:25 PM) [snapback]25797[/snapback]
WTF, the SNP have just won a seat in Edinburgh. And it's no other than former forum favourite Wor Kenny!
Big swing, and a big surprise. First time I've ever voted for somebody who ended up getting in
QUOTE(bill @ May 4 2007, 04:42 PM) [snapback]25799[/snapback]
seems like the LD propaganda hasnae worked on us N&Lers, we've voted Chisholm back in.
I can't imagine to which 'propaganda' you are referring, however the issue of who is second in North & Leith seems to have been settled. Disappointing to have fallen short there and in Edinburgh Central, but good to see Mike Pringle increasing his majority in South.
QUOTE("wangi")
First time I've ever voted for somebody who ended up getting in
The Edinburgh Council results look mighty interesting too. Lib Dems now the largest party (17 seats to Labour's 15) but NOC overall. It'll be interesting to see what 'deals' might emerge over the coming days, both at local and national level.
QUOTE(Callum Johnstone @ May 4 2007, 11:43 AM) [snapback]25796[/snapback]
That guy might just turn out to be the peoples' hero in this election. His direct action summing up how a lot of Scottish voters almost certainly feel, I would think
Surely this can't be right?
:QUOTE
breach of the peace after he allegedly ran amok in a polling station on Thursday evening with a golf club.John Swinburne, 76, had lost his place as the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party's sole MSP.
link: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/localgovern...2072951,00.html
Now that is funny.
QUOTE(Callum Johnstone @ May 4 2007, 09:13 PM) [snapback]25801[/snapback]
I can't imagine to which 'propaganda' you are referring, however the issue of who is second in North & Leith seems to have been settled. Disappointing to have fallen short there and in Edinburgh Central, but good to see Mike Pringle increasing his majority in South.
Just misleading numbers. I was pleased to see that the final leaflet from the candidate had a disclaimer in tiny type confirming the source of the figures that had been stuffing our letterboxes for the last few weeks.
QUOTE
The Edinburgh Council results look mighty interesting too. Lib Dems now the largest party (17 seats to Labour's 15) but NOC overall. It'll be interesting to see what 'deals' might emerge over the coming days, both at local and national level.
I think NOC is a better result for the council than it is for the Parliament to be honest!
Darn it 
being 36 probably debars him from joining the Pensioners Brigade
QUOTE
Tom Aitchison, Returning Officer, The City of Edinburgh Council said:
“There was an incident at Carrick Knowe Parish Church polling station at 8.25pm this evening. Police have reported that a 36 year old local man entered the polling station and damaged a number of ballot boxes with a golf club. The man was detained quickly by police and has been charged with a number of offences including breach of the peace and possession of an offensive weapon. Elections staff are working to assess the damage to voting papers and the potential impact on results in the Edinburgh West constituency.
“There was an incident at Carrick Knowe Parish Church polling station at 8.25pm this evening. Police have reported that a 36 year old local man entered the polling station and damaged a number of ballot boxes with a golf club. The man was detained quickly by police and has been charged with a number of offences including breach of the peace and possession of an offensive weapon. Elections staff are working to assess the damage to voting papers and the potential impact on results in the Edinburgh West constituency.
being 36 probably debars him from joining the Pensioners Brigade
QUOTE(bill @ May 5 2007, 07:28 PM) [snapback]25806[/snapback]
“There was an incident at Carrick Knowe Parish Church polling station at 8.25pm this evening. Police have reported that a 36 year old local man entered the polling station and damaged a number of ballot boxes with a golf club.
Doesn't that sound typically Edinburgh?
..... Golf club?
Anywhere else.... it would be a muckle chib or an ice pick.
At least something offensive.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.