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LightningStrikes

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Yeah no hate on CE to be clear just funny that one board has to create a kind of silo on another board to have the same discussions we were having basically 100% civilly already rather than just let us keep the topic.

Sheep007 posted...
My knowledge of Scottish politics isn't the best, but from what I know I'm inclined to think Regan will fall in line - the SNP knew who they would need onside when deciding to piss off the greens and presumably knew they were willing to offer something she'd like. Surely needing to appeal specifically to a mega-transphobe will not have any repercussions. I didn't know Sinn Fein had a similar split re: the more conservative side, but it tracks. Plaid Cymru have a pretty conservative voter base of rural Welsh speakers and I assume it's a similar case for Sinn Fein?

Best case for Labour is probably no election and not having to run another campaign, maybe less for the costs reasoning and more because they wouldn't want the unpopularity that comes with holding power while the UK is running like shit, especially right before a general election which could see them return in Scotland. Although I'm not sure they would win enough to be the dominant party even with the SNP such a mess.

Yeah especially given the direction the SNP is already taking recently, but true either way, the SNP pandering hard to Regan cannot lead anywhere positive. Quite likely she even ends up back in cabinet. I agree that itll likely be a government victory but no way the SNP dont come out of this bruised whatever the outcome.

As for Sinn Fein yeah there are some differences in the exact topics (much more focus on abortion and immigration) but its a similar split. Their base is a mix of Catholics, nationalists and urban leftwingers, not hard to see faultlines emerging! But especially since the riots theyve been playing hard to the anti-immigration crowd and I dont think its gone down well with the younger more socially liberal part of their base. When you have a major nationalist party thats also at least partially progressive this just happens I guess.

Of course Ireland is odd because in the Republic there isnt really a big far-right or right wing populist party or movement but a lot of these same views still exist. The people who hold them just vote for Sinn Fein or independents instead of a big right wing party.

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