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Old 04-02-2015, 16:02   #8
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Re: Labour face electoral wipeout in Scotland

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Inept analysis from the Grauniad.

The reason Ashcroft focused on those 16 seats was because 14 of them are in areas which voted Yes, or No by only a narrow margin, in the referendum. The other ones are Gordon, where The Fat One is planning to stand, and Danny Alexnder's seat, Inverness.

The Grauniad's extrapolation is based on a uniform nationwide swing of the same proportion suggested in these known Nat hotspots. That isn't going to happen. It never does.

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Incidentally, Operation Keep The Nat Out is going to compel me to vote Labour for the first time in my life this May.


I don't envy you that prospect but maybe, just once, Labour will prove to have been of some value to you...
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