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Originally Posted by Kursk
In any election only those that bother to vote matter so supporters are the active electorate.
Or, let them eat cake. It seems that pomposity remains a virtue.
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Stop squirming. There is an electorate and there is a turnout. Simple as. Inventing phrases like "active electorate" after the fact is pretty poor as a fig leaf for not understanding the difference between winning an election, and the general level of support within the electorate for one particular policy.
The SNP has, at best, the support of around one-third of adults in Scotland. Not that it's relevant to the point Osem was making. You don't get to dish out threats about what might happen if unionists speak out of turn. That's the rather ugly face of nationalism in Scotland - the same face that mounted regular, intimidatory demonstrations outside BBC Scotland throughout the summer of 2014 while claiming it was just some sort of great big democratic jamboree.
To make the point for the
nth time: separatism picked a fight and lost. Everyone, beyond the slightly unhinged hardcore of the nationalism movement, knows this. Even wee nippy Sturgeon knows this. There isn't going to be another referendum any time soon. It's over. Finito. And that being the case, the SNP is now simply a left of centre alternative to the Labour party, which is currently in such a bad state it can't even win elections in Scotland.
The SNP may well take every constituency in Holyrood next year, but it doesn't mean we've suddenly all gone Braveheart.