Oh Dear Not Looking Too Good For Our Jim.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-lead-in-latest-poll-as-scottish-labours-jim-murphy-struggles-to-win-over-voters-9993100.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9993128.ece/alternates/w460/ScotPoll.jpg

[mikey4444]

Looking even worse for your dave AOG !

In 1979, the year of Tina's triumph, the Tories managed to get 22 Scottish seats, exactly half of Labours 44. But in 2010, they only managed one, and they may end up with none at all this May.

What has gone so terribly wrong for the Tory Party in Scotland ? .....a bit of disaster it would seem, with no light at the end of the tunnel whatsoever.

[jim360]

True, mikey, but things have been wrong for the Tories in Scotland for coming up to 20 years or more. The Labour fall there is recent, and pretty troubling -- particularly if it translates to the SNP having a very large number of seats, and in the context of their recent "threat" to actually vote on English-only legislation, rather than abstaining in the past.

[jim360]

on English-only NHS* legislation, I should say.

[anotheoldgit]

So sorry Jim, this was meant for mikey, why I put Jim is anyone's guess.

[jim360]

I thought you meant Jim as in Jim Murphy. Also, to be fair, I live in Scotland and Mikey does not, so this has a more immediate impact on me.

[mikey4444]

I agree Jim, but even if the Labour vote does do badly, at least the Party will represented in Scotland, As it stands at the moment, for many years now, the Tory Party is completely unrepresented north of the Border, and the situation is not much better west of Offa's Dyke. So is the Troy Party now being seen as representing only the wealthier English Shires ?

What happened to the One Nation Tories ?

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

The Tories haver not done any good in Scotland since the poll tax was introduced, so nothing new there then, but in Labours case????????

[mikey4444]

AOG ( 14:56) a Freudian slip perhaps ?

[Gromit]

Looks like the SNP will win near 40 MPs. But they have ruled a coalition with the Conservatives after the next election.
Looks like a Labour/SNP Government.

[jno]

so it does, if we discount the possibility that the SNP change their minds (a right all politicians reserve to themselves).

A Tory-Ukip-SNP-Libdem-Green coalition would be a thing of wonder.

[janbee]

Murphy is not a "leader". He has no oomph, no drive, no personality, no charisma. He seems like a genuinely nice man and no doubt, a good person...BUT, that's not enough at the moment. He needs to be OUT THERE and making waves and having some impact. Looks like my Scotland will fall even further into the SNP grasp. Sad times ...

[mikey4444]

Janbee...not sure you are right about Jim Murphy.

I heard him being interviewed on the BBC yesterday ( either the Today Program, or The World at One...can't remember which ) and I thought that he gave a very good account of himself. I must admit to not being terribly familiar with the man, as I live in Wales, but I would have thought that judging by yesterday's performance, he will make a good stab at combatting the SNP.

The difficulty here is that since the SNP were soundly thrashed in the referendum ( only 38% of Scottish adults voted YES ) they appear to think that they can re-run the referendum again this May. They seem to have a head of steam behind them that is going to be difficult to slap down.

[youngmafbog]

You need to take the rose tinted specs off Micky.