Poll - 2019 Shetland MSP by-election

[Urabug]

Well we all girn and greet about how much tax we pay but that is what funds all our services and freebies.

 

Should we pay more tax to get what might appear more "freebies" some of us would go along with that ,many would not.

 

It is a compromise on how much can be provided from the average tax payer to keep everyone in society happy.

 

If public money was better spent and more accountable I believe we could all be getting a better deal.

 

The way some of our public money has been squandered by "governments" is ridiculous, but thats something our elected MPs should be held to account for .

 

Yes investing in schools ,hospitals,transport ect is good if properly supevised to ensure everything is built to the required standard ,up to government to ensure that .

[Ghostrider]

Blanket freebies run the risk of creating an entitlement culture and a population that have their heads turned by them that knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. They also risk creating governments who get to believe they can pretty much do what they like, if they can afford to buy off enough people with enough freebies.

 

While I'm in no position to comment on the former, the latter risk seems to be largely realised in Scottish Socialists, one glance at both SNP and Labour 'policies' in this by-election's promotions is all you need to prove it. Its all about 'freebies', and bog all about anything else.

[Windwalker]

I see lots of new SNP posters stuck to lampposts around us over the weekend, they must have had a second delivery. Now if the chap who complained that the queens picture in the Irish parliament offended him was awarded a lump of cash, I wonder if I could get the same as these SNP posters on all the lampposts offend me.

 

Perhaps they could have put a proportion of the money they’ve thrown at this by-election towards keeping the Sandwick nursery, now that would have been money well spent.

 

A vote for the SNP is a vote for independence, and if you think Brexit has been a disaster, just wait for the years of upheaval that would follow should the SNP win a future independence vote. I will never understand a party who fights so hard for independence from the uk, yet so desperately wants to be ruled by the conditions of the EU.

 

I can however understand why they are keeping stumm about independence during this election, you don’t see any mention of their top priority wish on any of their posters or leaflets, wonder why.

[Muckle Oxters]

 these SNP posters on all the lampposts offend me.

 

Really? Du is actually offended by posters?

[Windwalker]

 

these SNP posters on all the lampposts offend me.

 

Really? Du is actually offended by posters?

Only if their SNP Edited August 19, 2019 by Windwalker

[George.]

^I've just had a Lib Dem line shoved in my door, with Beatrice Wishart's picture on the front while putting forward some of her claims. I'll vote S.N.P.

 

Again.

 

And again.

 

And yet again.

[Andrew J Hepburn]

Looks like it's a two horse race between the yellow tories(Lib Dems) and tartan tories(SNP).

 

Not being any variety of Tory I'm therefore indifferent with regard to the eventual outcome of this by-election.

Edited August 19, 2019 by Andrew J Hepburn

[ThePMx]

Looks like it's a two horse race between the yellow tories(Lib Dems) and tartan tories(SNP).

 

Not being any variety of Tory I'm therefore indifferent with regard to the eventual outcome of this by-election.

 

Would love to know how you reach that conclusion based on the poll above?

[Andrew J Hepburn]

 

 

Looks like it's a two horse race between the yellow tories(Lib Dems) and tartan tories(SNP).

 

Not being any variety of Tory I'm therefore indifferent with regard to the eventual outcome of this by-election.

Would love to know how you reach that conclusion based on the poll above?

That's not a scientific poll.

 

 

 

 

Anyhoo, vote Labour.

Edited August 19, 2019 by Andrew J Hepburn

[Colin]

Wonder who the "posties" will vote for ?  Poor (insert appropriate word) are just loaded down with "guff" at the moment.

[Frances144]

@Colin - probably the one the least amount of guff they have to put thru' the letterboxes!

[Andrew J Hepburn]

https://labourheartlands.com/beware-of-the-yellow-tories/

[Ghostrider]

The question is, are the SNP pulling out all the stops in this by-election as they truly care, and believe we would be better served by an SNP MSP. Or, are we simply being viewed as a 'notch on the bedpost', so to speak, and they can see the PR and bragging rights mileage in being able to 'stake their claim' on us, a SNP MSP would bring.

[Suffererof1crankymofo]

Anyone else wish some of these independent candidates would withdraw?

[Urabug]

The question is, are the SNP pulling out all the stops in this by-election as they truly care, and believe we would be better served by an SNP MSP. Or, are we simply being viewed as a 'notch on the bedpost', so to speak, and they can see the PR and bragging rights mileage in being able to 'stake their claim' on us, a SNP MSP would bring.

Yes the SNP might well win but with 10 candidates all getting some share of the votes it is unlikely that they will be able to claim a complete victory although we know they will .