Dis-United Kingdom General Election campaign officially kicks off

We're doomed, doomed I tell you!

Express stokes the hysteria ever-higher.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/poll-reveals-snp-are-surging-ahead-of-labour-with-48-of-vote.1430043981

Poll reveals SNP are surging ahead of Labour with 48% of vote

Sunday 26 April 2015
Labour is failing to catch the SNP in Scotland and support for the nationalists is still on the rise, a new poll has suggested.

With Scotland set to play a crucial role in determining the outcome of the General Election, the study suggests Ed Miliband's party could suffer huge losses north of the border on May 7.

Just over a quarter (27%) of Scots say they will be voting for Labour in the election, according to the Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times, a drop of two points from earlier this month.

In contrast, support for the SNP is up by three points to stand at 48%, the research found.

Meanwhile, 16% said they will be voting Conservative, 4% back the Liberal Democrats, 3% support Ukip and 2% will vote Green.

Labour won 41 seats in Scotland in the 2010 election but that could be slashed to just five after May 7, the research suggests.

At the same time, the SNP could see the number of MPs it has rise from six to 53. The Liberal Democrats could lose all but one of the 11 seats they won five years ago, while Scotland could have no Conservative MPs.

Panelbase questioned 1,044 voters in Scotland between April 20 and April 23, with SNP election campaign director Angus Robertson saying the results are a "further indication that the momentum in this campaign is firmly with the SNP".

Mr Robertson said support for the SNP has "risen even further in the last three weeks" while backing for the Labour Party, which is led in Scotland by Jim Murphy, has fallen.......more at link

SLab are in big trouble all round, with one of their biggest Trade Union backers refusing to speak to Murphy. From:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/bitter-feud-between-jim-murphy-and-unite-deepens.124290291

The Unite boss hit back last year during the Scottish Labour leadership contest by funding the campaign of Murphy's rival Neil Findlay.

McCluskey wrote that it was "essential" Murphy did not "seize the reins in Scotland" because of his status as an MP.

He continued: "Murphy is the candidate of the past and the candidate of division. He is an advocate - and, let me acknowledge, a powerful and committed advocate - for the policies which have led Scottish Labour to its present pass. His victory would be all the SNP's Christmases come at once."

McCluskey also cited Murphy's support for austerity, the Iraq war and tuition fees and claimed he would lead his party to defeat:

"At a time when Scottish Labour desperately needs to reconnect with its social democratic roots, he is the candidate of a reheated Blairism which in my view will be a sentence of political death for many Scottish Labour MPs, and for the prospect of a Labour victory next May."

Asked about the jibes, Murphy said at the time: "Shrug of the shoulders really ... I've had bigger and stronger people wanting to have a pop at me."

During his trip to Scotland, McCluskey spoke at an event for left-wing Labour candidate Katy Clark at the Saltcoats Labour Club on Thursday.

Twenty-four hours later, he was in Govan to help Iain Davidson hold on to his seat in Glasgow South West.

Neither Murphy nor McCluskey found time for each other during the union leader's campaigning spree.

Tommy Sheppard, the SNP candidate in Edinburgh East, said:

"Given Len McCluskey previously warned that electing Jim Murphy would be a 'political death sentence' for the Labour party, their poor relationship comes as little surprise. While Labour under Jim Murphy are wedded to the Tories' austerity agenda, the SNP are offering a progressive alternative to austerity that will deliver a fairer future for people in Scotland and across the UK."

They sound petrified.   

It's gone beyond the stage when you can even be offended by it, Lily, it's so hysterical and deranged. And why they think they are helping their own case by repeatedly insulting 50% of the population of Scotland, I do not know.

I saw an interesting point somewhere, I forget where, relating to the fact that UKIP have been receiving rather similar treatment whenever they look as if they are getting anywhere in England...

It's not so much the SNP (or UKIP) they are scared of, because of politics. No, it's the thought of people that aren't in their Old Boys' Club getting sight of the REAL state of the UK economy, the dodgy tie-ups between governments and multi-nationals, the 'lost' files about perverts in Westminster, etc.



The class of '87: Buller men David Cameron (back, second left) and Boris Johnson (front right)

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They know what's best for us peasants, doncha know?

Of course they do, Bonny.  That's what the Establishment is for. 

Or is it......always what is best for them.....

I went up to Oxford .... LL

We know that LL but are you one of those super snobs who cannot stand the little people?  



Don't think so.  

lily wrote:We know that LL but are you one of those super snobs who cannot stand the little people?  



Don't think so.  

Don't be a silly lily! I am surrounded by little people - but if I sit down they ain't quite so little! LL

lily wrote:

I thought you'd like that!! LL

Definitely.  

Sorry, I am an unadulterated Snob. I never went to Oxford, although God forbid Cambridge. But I would have given my eye teeth for the former.
Not ever to be. But there you go.

You can be the poorest person in the land, Sabot, and have more class in your little finger than some drunken, braying Bullington Boy with a rich daddy. It has nothing to do with money......

Absolutely, Bonny.

Speaking of which.....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/ed-miliband-and-boris-johnson-in-angry-clash-live-on-bbcs-andrew-marr-show-10205024.html



Boris seems to have forgotten his loveable clown image and let his inner Bullington Boy escape for once. Cameron does that as well when he starts losing his temper.

The Tories seem to have made an absolute balls-up of this election campaign. I can't think of anything positive they have said, they have just slung abuse at other people.

And this weekend's Tory press has been so dire, it's made people laugh instead of making them scared of Ms Sturgeon and Milliband. The Daily Mail dragging out Andrew Lloyd Webber and casting Millipede as the Phantom of the Opera:



is just beyond parody. Time will tell, but I suspect the Tories have thrown the election away in England and Wales with this ridiculous, hysterical carry-on.

bb1 wrote:You can be the poorest person in the land, Sabot, and have more class in your little finger than some drunken, braying Bullington Boy with a rich daddy. It has nothing to do with money......

Money doth not maketh the man, it merely enables him to assist anyone who is less fortunate. But money doth maketh for greed and the desire to accumulate more and more to the detriment of those around him. Money doth not ensure happiness, it often makes for misery. Scrooge? Midas? Simples! LL

Have you ever seen such a load of desperation in British politics before?

It's the worst I have EVER seen, Lily. I thought the Referendum was bad, but this? It's reached the point when it's an insult to the intelligence.

It is, IMO, also counter-productive, because any fule can see that the Tories aren't actually saying anything positive, they're just going for the opposition like rabid dogs. Which is also starting to suggest that they're running scared.

bb1 wrote:You can be the poorest person in the land, Sabot, and have more class in your little finger than some drunken, braying Bullington Boy with a rich daddy. It has nothing to do with money......

No, of course it doesn't. But there is some deprivation herein. Who knows, I could have proved to be as stupid as I have always been led to believe. I am never going to know. But it was never the end of me.

And believe me, I do know about lack of education. Words that escape me, and ideas left to rot. Often an inability to express myself. Which is why I sold my soul to The Devil for my children and their education. But I don't suppose that they know that. And nor should they.

When I was sort of growing up, during the austerity after The War, I do know that I got an half decent education for an East End Gutter Snipe. All of my teachers cared about what they were dong. And no one in my class of thirty odd couldn't read or write.

I just missed the line between bright and not so bright. But the places at Grammar School were limited, so I don't feel particularly hard done by.

I did mind that Linda next door who was a complete dickhead got a place. But that was Neasden for you. Life ain't fair. And Gillian with her Ice Skates. We all went Ice Skating at Wembly. I just had to hire mine. I bought my own Ice Skate in the end.

Oh Dear, such memories. Neither of their fathers fought in The War. And neither of their fathers were left in such a mess. And he was a mess..

Personally, I think that my father was found wanting. But that is only for me to say. He was in an exempt occupation, so I will never understand.

Not really political, but Ms Sturgeon has been campaigning this weekend - and doing something that would end in catastrophe if any of her rivals tried it....

Think they should.