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OpenSeas wrote:
Might be worth us finally having a look at what the political map would look like, should the 'Ruth Davidson revolution' retain its current firepower.
Scotland has become the North of Ireland.
Look away now if you're squeamish.
SNP 37 seats (-19)
Conservative 22 seats (+21)
Labour 0 seats (-1)
Liberal Democrat 0 seats (-1)
Current boundaries
No way would those figures produce anything like that outcome. More likely that Labour will have at least a dead cat bounce once Jez and Kez are gone (both likely by 2020)
IF Corbyn is replaced.
If he isn't, I'd expect the Tories to be utterly merciless, and for the smoothly oiled Milne vote losing machine to be catastrophic during any election campaign.
Scotland has become the North of Ireland
It could get where the best way to keep your seat is to run as if you're a third party candidate, attacking Corbyn and May equally.
We haven't had much policy from Corbyn yet. There's still a big void where deeply unpopular stuff could go and make things worse. He can't really get a hearing for good stuff either.
Perhaps May is the modern manifestation of styling the personification of Imperial Britain, based on the our Roman Imperialists name for our homestead, on British rebel-against-the-romans, Boudicca
Musicians must keep Britain in tune with EU after Brexit, says Ashkenazy
“Music will win in the end,” [Vladimir Ashkenazy] said, speaking publicly on the subject for the first time.
“After all, music is not just an exercise in making sounds. It is a reflection of our joint spiritual endeavours.”