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[rjpageuk]

Many congratulations swl!

[riotgrrl]

Persuading people to change their vote is a slow, incremental process and very rarely happens all at once, especially for a new party.

Although the SNP (hooray!) won the most votes in Scotland for the first time ever in a Euro election, beating Labour into second place, this has been the culmination of a growth in support for the SNP from a base of about 15% in 1988. Inch by inch.

That DESPITE everything that has been going on, Labour still managed to come in second in Scotland shows how hard it is to change peoples' votes. If you think about how people on Message Boards (who are more interested in politics than the general population I'd say) go on about hte Labour Party, you'd be surprised that ANYONE voted for them.

But they did. In their hundreds of thousands. Because they always have and they always will.

I maintain that the 'Jury Team' concept is the wrong concept, (with the wrong name incidentally) and that voters cannot really understand it. The fact that there was one truly independent candidate in the Scottish constituency actually got MORE votes than Jury Team shows this. I reckon SWL's votes were pretty much that; votes for SWL rather than for the Jury Team concept.

I hope you enjoyed your campaign SWL (and yes, I would have been able to point out illegalities in a leaflet in draft form . . !) and I hope you weren't too disappointed with the outcome.

[riotgrrl]

SWL, my chosen charity is one-legged lesbian immigrant knitting circle. Bank details to follow.

[Patrick]

Jun 9, 2009 10:20:37 GMT @riotgrrl said:

I maintain that the 'Jury Team' concept is the wrong concept, (with the wrong name incidentally)

"Fluffy Team" would have done it! ;D

[swl]

That Independent picked up quite a few JT votes. His only campaigning was a website which launched 10 days before the election and a public meeting attended by less than 20 people in Forfar. He had 30 seconds on Politics Now & that was it. The posters we put out had "Vote Independent" heavily emblazoned on them. Nobody knew who he was and most folk thought he wasn't actually running.

C'est la vie.

But, I have a plan for Westminster ;D

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You were right about Alan Sugar - God this stinks , corruption , pure and simple .


www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5478806/Sir-Alan-Sugar-to-step-back-from-business-to-stop-conflict-of-interest.html


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