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Murrayfield CC is hosting hustings next Wednesday (24th) at Murrayfield Parish Church hall 8pm.
All welcome.
Thanks Frenchy.
For the twitter advice not the restraint in using a valid adjective for the PM.
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Scottish Tories demand exemption from Theresa May’s Winter Fuel Allowance cuts because it’s colder
Scotland has 'different climatic issues', the Conservative Scottish Secretary said
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What's the betting that Mr Mundell is thrown a winter fuel bone to put on his campaign fire thus demonstrating that the Ruth Davidson Party will always stand up for Scotland against the Theresa May Party?
You'd think the poor man would have got a say on the Scottish stuff in the draft manifesto but maybe not....
We should of course read and study the two possible visions for the future of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/manifesto2017/Manifesto2017.pdf
http://www.labour.org.uk/page/-/Images/manifesto-2017/Labour%20Manifesto%202017.pdf
Someone presumably having a laugh with the Tories' URL? If your blood is a bit too warm do a search on 'Scotland' in their manifesto and it'll soon be running nice and cold.
A similar search in the Labour one won't detain you too long.
From the Tory manifesto;
We are a United Kingdom, one nation made of four – the most successful political union in modern history. Its very existence recognises the value of unity – England,Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales achieve less as two, three, or four, than as the United Kingdom together.
You'd almost think the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the vicious civil war that destroyed it in (distant) living memory had never happened. Makes you wonder if these people consider the Poblacht na hÉireann to be a rebel province or not.
I wonder if 'modern history' includes the empire I seem to remember us having at some point?
Ruth Davidson is busy reviving the party’s fortunes north of Hadrian’s Wall
So, like, Northumberland?
Polls now suggest she could take several seats off the Nicola Sturgeon's party when Scots vote in next month's general election.
To blazes with the NSP! Epic lolz etc grandad.
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Around 15% of Scots intend to vote tactically in the General Election to stop a political party they oppose, according to a new poll.
The YouGov survey found that tactical voters are split between keeping the SNP out and stopping the Scottish Conservatives getting in.
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/poll-15-of-scottish-voters-plan-to-vote-tactically-1-4451912
So that's cancelling out, or decisive!?
Deadline to register to vote is today.
In a Westminster general election the "vote Tory to stand up to the SNP" line is a load of rot given that the Tories are the Westminster government. How can you "stand up to" what is in effect a minor party with absolutely limited Westminsterial powers.
Our (Edinburgh East) Tory candidate just got elected as a councillor in Musselburgh. We got a card through the door yesterday. It's a standardise thing that they are sending to every house in Scotland, just swapping out the constituency and candidate names and photos and throwing in a few "local priorities" from what is a generic list. I pointed out to them that 1 of their priorities was for "local town centres" (there are none in Edinburgh East) and another was a reserved issue for Holyrood.
I also pointed out to them that their bar charts showing ONLY THE TORIES CAN STAND UP TO THE SNP HERE were totally fanciful, nay, disingenuous in the presentation.
I'm just off for a wander round to the Joint Valuation Board office to drop in my postal vote form so that I can stand up to the party of my choosing on June 8th.
@Kaputnik - "Our" Conservative Councillor, equally recently elected, is also a Westminster candidate standing against Ian Murray.
I'm inclined to think that local politics would lose out in such a job share...
Robert
There's a theme here. The new Conservative councillor for Porty/Craigmillar is also standing to become an MP (in Falkirk).
I have some sympathy for councillors becoming MPs and double jobbing for a few months, maybe even a year. But if any of these councillors are elected on June 8th, I'd expect a council by-election. I also doubt if any of them are actually planning on being elected.
I also doubt if any of them are actually planning on being elected.
Pretty sure Councilor Smith intends to be elected in Edinburgh South. Previous informal vote-loan very much at an end.
At least you don't have to read the full manifestos for work. Full of devolved issues and some bizarre assertions (Scottish Labour claims it set up the Edinburgh International Festival, which may be news to the head of Glyndbourne at the time who did all the work and the then Progressive Lord Provost.)
"Scottish Labour claims it set up the Edinburgh International Festival"
There are so many Festivals in Ed now maybe they got confused(?)
Labour councillors started Meadows Fest.
I didn't realise it was quite so explicit -
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In the five years following the war, 1945 - 1950, there was relative inactivity at Glyndebourne. But it was not a period of total inertia. In 1947 Glyndebourne founded the Edinburgh Festival.
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http://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-history
Other cities were considered for a 'spirit raising post war European arts event'.
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The Edinburgh International Festival was the inspired idea of Rudolf Bing, then the General Manager of Glyndebourne Opera, Henry Harvey Wood, the Head of the British Council in Scotland, and leaders from the City of Edinburgh. It was established in 1947 as a world class cultural event to bring together audiences and artists from around the world.
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Pretty sure Councilor Smith intends to be elected in Edinburgh South.
She might intend to. I doubt she expects.
More history (for younger readers) - almost relevant today!
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The Progressive Party was a municipal political organisation that operated in several Scottish cities and towns in the 20th century. It was based on tacit anti-Labour co-operation between the Unionist Party, Scottish Liberals and Independents.
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The Conservatives have a bit of a tradition in recent years of standing their favoured councillors high on the regional lists for Holyrood. Jeremy Balfour is one such. I've often imagined it's more to do with a lack of suitable or keen candidates than anything else.
The Edinburgh East candidate who is a new Musselburgh councillor has stoop (and lost) previously in Falkirk for Westminster.
Some think that they can manage being both a list MSP and a councillor. Other's don't and resign one or the other. Our retiring SNP councillor (Stefan Tymkewycz) stood down from Holyrood when he accidentally got in on the list as he was already a councillor.
I don't think there's anything on statute that says you can't do one or the other or both, given many MPs or MSPs leave much of their constituency work up to their staffers to a greater or lesser extent. Given the number of extra jobs with handsome remunerations some senior MPs seem to think they deserve...
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Will tactical votes help Labour win in Edinburgh South?
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Dunno, perhaps the natural Conservative voters will just vote Conservative this time round like they did at the local election for the "anything but the SNP option"?
http://www.portobellocc.org/pccpn/2017/05/20/2017-general-election-hustings/
Porty Community Council are hosting Edinburgh East hustings for the 2017 general election.
Wednesday 31 May, 7:15pm at Portobello Town Hall, EH15 1AF.
· Tristan Grey – Lib Dem
· Somebody – Labour
· Katie Mackie – Conservative
· Tommy Sheppard – SNP
You can submit questions in advance; see: http://portobellocc.org/hustings17
Will tactical votes help Labour win in Edinburgh South?
Canvass returns have, if rumour is to be believed, led all three parties in contention to believe they can win. Makes tactical voting tricky I'd have thought
"all three parties in contention to believe they can win"
So no LD revival expected?
So Lab because enough people think existing MP is doing a good job.
Tory because they are the 'rising Unionist party.
Or the SNP because the other two will each get fewer votes.
It's FPTP...
· Somebody – Labour
Patsy King
Yeah, Patsy King is the Labour candidate for Edinburgh East; but she's got another hustings that night (!)
Oh... If all the other candidates are in Porty, who on earth is she Husting with?!
"who on earth is she Husting with"
Can't be a CEC by-election already(?)
https://mobile.twitter.com/patsyk14nch
Can't find another Twitter a/c
http://www.scotsman.com/news/community-leaders-axed-after-court-row-1-1241011
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