Meanwhile:
John Swinney’s calculation is that a Labour win is already priced in for many in this election.
At his launch event, he predicted that “the Tories are on course for a huge defeat, a wipeout”.
The pitch is that the Tories are toast anyway, and Labour will have a big majority - so Scots don’t actually need to vote for Labour to achieve that. Indeed, he says they should vote for the SNP to keep Labour honest - to hold their feet to the fire.
@ecksmc In all truth, it's not a terrible idea. Like them or not, the SNP, LibDems and even the Green Party have a golden opportunity to hold a Labour government accountable, particularly if they can find points of agreement beyond simply being the opposition.
@stueytheround saying the SNP is a party who can hold others accountable is laughable though
after all the scandals and failures SNP need to be held accountable and Scots should do that by not voting for them this GE
let them get their house in order - if they keep getting votes, winning the seats, then we are giving them a green light to be complicit IMO parties these days need us to hold them accountable by not voting for them - send them a msg BUT I don't align with parties like others
@stueytheround lol indeed and SNP just broke their alliance with the greens not long ago it didn't go down well
@ecksmc Yeah. Naive of me to imagine three parties working together for the common good 🤣🤣