General News Chat

[Jupiter]

Bizarrely the Conservatives got a higher share of the vote in Scotland than in England.

[donsdaft]

Labour get gubbed again.

I think they've got a death wish in Scotland.

Who picks their leaders?

[mondo_notion]

Bizarrely the Conservatives got a higher share of the vote in Scotland than in England.

The only people voting tory in Scotland must be the English born ex-pats and lets face it, there is a uneasy amount of them. I can't see why any Scot would vote for them.

[Mason89]

The only people voting tory in Scotland must be the English born ex-pats and lets face it, there is a uneasy amount of them. I can't see why any Scot would vote for them.

Whenever Scottish news runs a story from the barren wastelands of up north, the local councillor or shopkeeper always seems to be some sad sack called Jeremy. They sell their 2 bedroom semi in Woking, then move up here and buy a large B&B. I’ve no problem with that & Scotland is an open & welcoming country. Just don’t move up here & vote Tory you c*nts

[mondo_notion]

Whenever Scottish news runs a story from the barren wastelands of up north, the local councillor or shopkeeper always seems to be some sad sack called Jeremy. They sell their 2 bedroom semi in Woking, then move up here and buy a large B&B. I’ve no problem with that & Scotland is an open & welcoming country. Just don’t move up here & vote Tory you c*nts

Aye the Scots bound English love a seat on the local council of what ever borough they have decided to call home. It's either that or, if they can afford it, buying a grouse estate.

[Mason89]

Grouse estates are my new pet hate.

It’s a criminal use of the land, financially mental, cruel to both the grouse & wildlife, & all to entertain absolute weirdos , or worse still, the slightly poorer ones who aspire to be absolute weirdos

Total nonce behaviour

[mondo_notion]

Grouse estates are my new pet hate.

It’s a criminal use of the land, financially mental, cruel to both the grouse & wildlife, & all to entertain absolute weirdos , or worse still, the slightly poorer ones who aspire to be absolute weirdos

Total nonce behaviour

Agreed. I doubt they even taste that good.

[DodHagi]

Theres plenty of conservative voting aberdonians, both in the city and shire.
Economically comfortable, socially selfish, apolitical, insular, wholly ignorant of the wider world, who have a childlike trust of the status quo, and an ignorance and fear about anything which they perceive to threaten that status quo regardless of how crap it actually is. Those c@nts vote tory.
The same folk who dinna like folk fa’s nae the same as them.
So more or less the same as yir ukip voter.

[mondo_notion]

Theres plenty of conservative voting aberdonians, both in the city and shire.
Economically comfortable, socially selfish, apolitical, insular, wholly ignorant of the wider world, who have a childlike trust of the status quo, and an ignorance and fear about anything which they perceive to threaten that status quo regardless of how crap it actually is. Those c@nts vote tory.
The same folk who dinna like folk fa’s nae the same as them.
So more or less the same as yir ukip voter.

Fairmers seem to like a tory vote for some reason.

[InversneckieDob]

Fairmers seem to like a tory vote for some reason.

Tax.
Fairmers hate tax........big style......worse than foot and mouth.

[donsdaft]

Do farmers pay tax?

I thought they were exempt, like fishermen.

[donsdaft]

As for the English living in Scotland.

Well, we're both members of the EU so they're entitled to.

Change that status though and they're immigrants.

[57vintage]

Tax.
Fairmers hate tax........big style......worse than foot and mouth.

Oh, I think many of the agri-businesses, who like a colossal annual subsidy, cried crocodile tears over foot n mouth as they made a tidy profit on it from slaughtering herds.

[mondo_notion]

Fairmers love playing the poor card. Most of the work we used to do was for them and they try harder than anyone to knock a bit off the price and they'll put off payment as long as they can but by feck they're nae short of a few quid.

[Mason89]

Natalie McGarry sentenced to a well deserved 18 months.

First & foremost, she’s a Celtic fan