The writing, we mean. Because it’s not until you see it baldly written down in black and white that it really hits you how insane it is.
The SNP has 44 MPs now, and has not managed to enter independence negotiations.
Winning 29 seats would represent a LOSS of 15, or more than a third.
And they’re about to stand up in front of voters and insist that that would somehow compel the UK government to hand over what they’ve been flatly refusing since 2016.
(It’s all pretty academic anyway, obv, as we’ll be amazed if they get double figures.)
The very last shred of credibility has left the building, readers.
Labour won far more handsomely in last night’s by-election than anyone – and we very strongly suspect that includes themselves – expected. If the swing of over 20% was to be repeated nationwide next year (which it won’t be, but we’ll get to that in a minute), the SNP would be reduced to six or seven seats, as Wings has predicted for a while.
From the abject pit of despair of 2015, when Labour lost 40 of its 41 MPs in Scotland, let’s look at how the party has powered back to recapture the hearts of voters.
Humza Yousaf didn’t turn up to the count tonight. In the end, even on a dreadfully low turnout of 37%, Labour won by 9,446 votes, with more than twice as many as the SNP.
It was a much worse defeat for the governing party than most expected. There should be only one outcome.
We were curious to find out what we’d said, but it seems to have been expunged from The National’s website. We eventually managed to track the email down in our vaults, though, so just as a bit of a change, here it is, as a reminder of a different time.
Young Lochinvar on Two Men Unalike: “Geri @ 11.31 Mystic Meg there Geri.. Pearl clutching from the “never have or will see service” hawks here but…” Mar 3, 23:40
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Just in time for him to claim diminished responsibility & unfit for trial. I dunno why the yanks don’t ever…” Mar 3, 21:19
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “I hate to break it to you but the UK is the terrorist. The shit they’re involved in across the…” Mar 3, 21:12
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Does it have an invisibility cloak? A secret stash of interceptors?” Mar 3, 20:58
TURABDIN on Two Men Unalike: “UNFIT.. https://archive.is/8oxBO keep away from matches, sharp objects and military hardware.” Mar 3, 20:40
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: “Never in the field of British politics has so little been done by so few to protect so many.” Mar 3, 20:21
Iain More on Two Men Unalike: “It seems that those that followed the orders of Fuhrer Von Trump the Child Rapist are going to heading home…” Mar 3, 19:33
Sven on Two Men Unalike: “Maybe the ones whom some may feel to be too white, white, white, Mark.” Mar 3, 18:35
agentx on Two Men Unalike: ““At 1 December 2024 The total number of people registered at December 2024 to vote in Scottish Parliamentary and local…” Mar 3, 18:32
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: “That needs changed. It’s being abused.” Mar 3, 18:25
agentx on Two Men Unalike: “” Voting by post If you know that you won’t be able to get to the polling station on polling…” Mar 3, 18:11
agentx on Two Men Unalike: “Earlier on Tuesday, it had been speculated that HMS Duncan might be deployed to the area, however Starmer confirmed on…” Mar 3, 18:04
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: “Should the Scottish government issue Stab Vests to its citizens?” Mar 3, 17:39
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: “With the Postal vote scandal now hitting the news it begs the question. How many postal votes are there in…” Mar 3, 17:29
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “It will become the currency. Do you think anyone in the ME will continue to trade in $ when the…” Mar 3, 17:23
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: “We are already involved in the ‘big game of RISK’. In fact we are up to our necks in the…” Mar 3, 17:21
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “I guess it’s a completely forlorn hope that even if the data is ever compiled and published, it will detail…” Mar 3, 16:55
Breastplate on Two Men Unalike: “Yes, John, I hadn’t noticed my ‘nd’ missing but I’m absolutely sure you understand what I have said. You are…” Mar 3, 16:50
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Informed and incisive analysis, Geri. I don’t know how you do it. How many billions will President Trump need to…” Mar 3, 16:48
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Fit happened there, Implants? Something seems tae hae hastened yer e [ Loving the economic illiteracy of your belief that…” Mar 3, 16:38
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Two Men Unalike: “WES STREETING TO COMPEL GENDER CLINICS TO SHARE PUBERTY BLOCKER DATA NHS gender clinics must share data on children who…” Mar 3, 16:02
Breastplate on Two Men Unalike: “John Main, I’ve asked you a number of times to give us your definition of genocide to no avail. We…” Mar 3, 15:43
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “He’s as corrupt as feck & on the take. He has been since he took office with the idiot coin…” Mar 3, 15:21
Northcode on Two Men Unalike: “No worries, Cynicus… an easy mistake to make. Your apology is 100% accepted.” Mar 3, 15:13
Breastplate on Two Men Unalike: “Cynicus, Northcode’s post, AI generated or not is correct. The new Master of the Universe is China, whether the USA…” Mar 3, 15:00
Young Lochinvar on Two Men Unalike: “Starmers dithering over sending HMS Duncan to Cyprus to “provide additional air defence”/ present a tempting target.. We have only…” Mar 3, 14:55
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Might be something in what you say, Confused. Still though, belt and braces. Better dust off the “genocide” accusation. We…” Mar 3, 14:42
Northcode on Two Men Unalike: “By the way, in case it isn’t clear to folk, the percentages in front of the ‘(most) likely human’ lines…” Mar 3, 14:33
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “An interesting article on life in another of the usual suspects’ poster boys for their aspirational Independent Scotland – the…” Mar 3, 14:29
Cynicus on Two Men Unalike: “An unconditional 100% apology! In my smart -arse haste I did not notice that the bulk of your post was…” Mar 3, 14:25
