Robert F

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Under Holyrood’s system, SNP list votes are often wasted once constituencies are won.

That hands seats to unionist parties and weakens the pro-independence majority.

Independence needs cooperation not one-party dominance.

Independence support can’t be taken for granted.

𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐍𝐏 𝟏 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝟐

There’s no obligation, political or practical, for the SNP to push “both votes SNP”.

Holyrood’s system doesn’t require it and the independence movement doesn’t benefit from it.

Promoting it is a leadership choice by the SNP - not an inevitability and not a necessity.

there are, and always have been, indy supporting groups inside unionist parties.

A pro-independence group WITHIN Scottish Labour and even the Tories.

Independence support cuts across party lines among voters but not among party leaderships.

And there’s many other party individuals for indy.

No one can predict elections, but Holyrood is designed to block majorities.

Many indy supporters from 𝗔𝗟𝗟 parties in a Holyrood election give their 1st vote to the SNP and their 2nd to their own party.

SNP hoarding both votes weakens both the independence majority and cause.

You vote as you like.

What we actually saw was episode two of trying to hoodwink voters into believing Anas Sarwar is separate from Labour in London.

He wouldn’t have said a word without Keir Starmer’s approval.

If he can’t do anything about it, how on earth is he meant to be ready to take over as FM?

Pointing out Westminster failures while defending the Union isn’t leadership - it’s contradiction.

At least the SNP are openly opposed to the UK government and the Labour Party, not making excuses for both.

Under Holyrood’s system, SNP list votes are often wasted once constituencies are won.

That hands seats to unionist parties and weakens the pro-independence majority.

Independence needs cooperation not one-party dominance.

Independence isn’t owned by one party - support can’t be taken for granted.

The SNP know exactly how Holyrood’s voting system works.

Both votes SNP isn’t about winning independence, it’s about protecting the SNP.

Under AMS it wastes list votes, hands seats to unionists and weakens the pro-indy majority.

It’s a slogan for party dominance, not a strategy for independence.

Legally, the UK government would not be required to hold a referendum to reverse Brexit, it could do so through an Act of Parliament (it would still need to negotiate with Brussels to rejoin).

The UK Government are not legally required to hold a referendum to end the union with Scotland.

EQUALS ??

Ed Davey says banning Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws. Every single LibDem MP, including Ed Davey, abstained in the vote to ban them (66 had no vote recorded and 6 abstained by voting both for and against). They are not against imperialist power, they want to sidle up to it.

....... and the Saints go marching on .....

Considering 2021 had the highest-ever Holyrood turnout (+7-8 % from 2016), a 5 % poll margin of error is pretty solid.

Turnout and voter behaviour are key.

Giving the SNP the first-past-the-post vote while using the second vote strategically helps boost their overall share.

So I’m being criticised for referencing polling data by someone whose entire argument is built on polling data. That’s quite something

It’s not a myth - it's how AMS works.

Constituency seats are FPTP - regional seats are allocated using the D’Hondt method regardless of how accurate the polls are.

After 14 years in HM Official Opposition, you’d have expected them to be ready for government and marching into Downing Street with filing cabinets full of “oven-ready” policies.

Instead, it seems more like, Oh shit - what now?

😁

I’m no expert, but I’d imagine Viagra would be useless without a pair of balls.

And what, exactly, have they actually achieved in politics?

A. Brexit

Reform works for those with the deepest pockets.

The 2014 Independence White Paper proposed that in the event of a YES vote everyone in Scotland would have automatic Scottish citizenship with the option of duel British citizenship.

Very true 👍

Out of the 6 main parties at Holyrood 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 answer to Westminster.

They don’t work for Scotland - they work for London.

⚫️ Labour
⚫️ Conservatives
⚫️ Lib Dems
⚫️ Reform UK

𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧.

If you want Scotland run by Scotland, vote:

🟡 SNP 1️⃣
🟢 Scottish Greens 2️⃣

𝟯𝟬𝟬+ 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦. That’s how long Westminster’s had to make the Union work for Scotland.

𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗗.

Independence isn’t the risk - staying is.