robbylad

Thanks for that.

Probably a daft question but I'm looking for 9 seats on a bus. Any available?

Said without a shred of irony.

I won't let the Sun backing the snp influence how I vote. I have more faith in the general public to make an informed decision on how to vote. Then again, what do I know? Some folk would regard me as educationally challenged. Could someone spell check that for me?

I heard it on the radio radio.

I doesn't matter if the answer is correct. If there's a spelling mistake, you must be a fool? So much for reasoned argument.

Have another pint of bitter Charles.

No mix up. It is the SNP candidates which are honking. Indeed it would seem that even the SNP agree with that assessment as they keep having to rely on someone who isn't even a candidate in this election. Well it's either that or have one who is presuming to make up Labour's budget for them. Well someone has to. Labour couldn't find their arse with their hands tied behind their back.

Roobarb was always funny. Kung fu led to a lot of sore feet. Captain Scarlet was my favourite of the Gerry Anderson series. Oh yeah... the man from uncle..... loved it.

You don't have to spend very long in the classrooms of Scotland to realise that probably around a third of the population just don't have the intellectual wherewithal to have the remotest scooby about even basic political issues, be they relate to the referendum, a Scottish election or a general election. That may sound harsh, but it's an evolutionary reality for which there are many parallels and, once seen, can very easily be believed. There is a lot to be gained by any party who can persuade this sector of the population that they will gain most out of voting for them. The Tories to some extent achieved this, albeit not totally, in the Thatcher era. Before that, this was a significant factor in the Atlee landslide of 1945 which, by the election of 1950, had shrunk to a marginal majority which only lasted until the following year when the Tories did the trick for the next 13. A demographic analysis of the referendum vote and of the Scottish vote in this forthcoming general election could therefore be revealing. Like a few on here, those pupils weren't listening to you either Charles. Lol

To all the unionists- The people have spoken, you won..... get over it.

You've been watching too many carry on movies CB.

Independent minded sheep???? Well I never.

And the old garbage that it was the snp that brought in Thatcher. We'd had the winter of discontent, Labour refused to back devolution which the Scots voted for, prompting Callaghan to call them turkeys voting for Christmas. On top of this the Labour government only had months before they had to call an election they were never going to win anyway.But don't let minor details like that and the fact that the SNP on their own couldn't bring the government down, get in the way of some childish dig at them.

Jim and Ed are hardly best mates. Jim possibly thinks that Ed isn't prime minister material. But then what do I know? I can't read minds like some folk on here.

I don't think most snp supporters care if it's Labour or Tories in number ten. They can't see much difference between them.

You sound suspiciously like Jim Murphy DD. In 2010 Labour had 46 seats less than the Tories. It didn't stop them courting the lib dems to try to hold onto power. It's not necessarily the case that the biggest party form the government. Unless of course they can hit the magic 326 seats. Hard to see any party getting that this year. Ps. I hope you don't take the Murphy comparison as an insult.

Yep but some are up to their necks while others only up to their ankles.

"The snp are coming, the snp are coming" they scream as they flee the building with their hair on fire....... apart from William Hague obviously.

Quite frankly all that is of concern to me about Protestants and Catholics is their unfortunately mutually hostile coexistence. The individual merits of different versions of the same thing (Christianity) are of no interest although, given how much elements of each variety seem to deplore the other, I wonder what their attitude to Shinto, Buddhism, Islaam etc is likely to be? Overheard in a Glasgow street.... "Ur yee a Catholic or a Protestant, Jimmy?" "No, no, no.... I'm a Buddhist!" "But ur yee a Protestant Buddhist or a Catholic Buddhist?" Please... not politics and religion!! Wouldn't want things getting heated. Hehe

The lines blur and the colours run...... they're all the same really. "Doesn't matter who you vote for, just so long as it's anyone but 'them'". Who's being divisive now?

Less cerebral Charles?? That's a little arrogant don't you think?

If Scotland can't have independence then surely the next best thing is a stronger voice in Westminster? If people feel they are being ignored by their elected representatives, then they are certainly entitled to elect someone else. We are still members of the UK and can elect who we want. Unionists will just have to like it or lump it.

That's a tricky one Oddquine.

If we all vote tactically, no one will get the government they really want. Vote for the mp you think will represent your community best.