Willie Freeman

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

So glad you’re out touring and educating people. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👏🏻 you write great books too btw

A 2000 year old Roman water channel that still flows today

This incredible underground aqueduct is hidden right inside the Smyrna Agora in Izmir, Turkey 🇹🇷 #thursdaymotivation

No Greens or Reform?

It’ll expose Farage’s lack of substance as he fails to deal with it. The English Greens are likely to support the end of the UK too.

Tweet that reads Leo Xander @STALLEON Stop taking social media so serious. Nothing here is real. Look at this chicken V - it is bigger than the car

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

What a car crash. I kept an open mind at first but they were run by lunatics.

🚨You can’t game the Holyrood voting system. Giving your second vote to the Greens can reduce the overall number of Indy MSPs. 🚨

Not saying we’re perfect either btw, I think our plan for independence is weak at this point. 😭

Yes we disagree with each other and vote. It’s allowed.

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Hi, no-one whipped him, there isn’t a secret cabal which runs the SNP. No offence but did you go to any branch meetings? 😜 they’re not that mysterious.

Hi you’re saying the vote is wasted, but that’s not correct. It’s more true to say: you don’t know whether the SNP2 vote will help elect an SNP MSP. It could do.

But you also don’t know whether a second vote for Green will elect a Green MSP. There’s no guarantee.

Correct?

Hi, we don’t support people voting for other parties. Our branch political education officer emailed us about second votes yesterday. It’s a mug’s game. There’s no guarantee of an Indy supermajority by trying to game a d’hondt system and it carries huge risks. 🤷

Magic realism

Looks good 👌🏻 we’ll use this while we campaign in Easterhouse and Springburn. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Saw this gross advert for a mobile game the other day, it’s just sinister

I want to create a simple mobile browser platform game using P5.js, you’ve just reminded me. 😻

Hi, the usual warning applies if you try to vote tactically in a Holyrood election - it could backfire. It the SNP supports slips on the constituency vote it could lead to more unionist MSPs.

A vegan cafe? 😉

This post is from when his blog was still relevant. I should find another source. Cheers

No! I’m not a fan at all, he ended up going back on his advice about tactical voting. I gave up on his blog years ago. Soz I should have said that.

AMS for lazy people The email we’ve had more than any other since the 8th of May is this one: “Please can you explain how the Scottish election system works, and whether it’s a good idea for me as an…

Here’s the Wings article from 2015 which rubbishes tactical voting for Holyrood-

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But there are no guarantees, hence why you say “unlikely”. Doing that could also increase the number of Unionist MSPs.

Hi I go by the polls too (James Kelly/ScotGoesPop). If you give fewer votes to the SNP there’s no *GUARANTEE* the Greens or Alba will pick up another seat. That won’t be affected by an extra Yoon party either. D’hondt.

Hi so the SNP are *GUARANTEED* to win 32% in Glasgow, in May? Their vote share could drop. Then you’ve spent your second vote on Green or Alba without them winning a seat (especially in Alba’s case). The number of independent seats could fall. Thats d’hondt.

Hi it’s an hour long, but I guess the gist is: the SNP are *GUARANTEED* a certain number of consistency votes so vote someone else on the list to get an independence super-majority? Completely foolproof way to game d’hondt?

Saramago cafe closed on 21 April 2023 so the obvious response is: the activists did close it. I’ll read your coverage with an open mind but I’d say you can’t call yourself radical while closing down profit-making vegan cafes. 🤷 cheers

SNP Easterhouse & Springburn

Waiting for Meta to let us change our name from SNP Provan. How long should we give them??