tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post3459359067676310552..comments2023-10-22T14:14:16.419+01:00Comments on J. Arthur MacNumpty: So what about this 'Progressive Alliance' then?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-43545492286342525172010-05-09T11:17:42.199+01:002010-05-09T11:17:42.199+01:00At the risk of being cynical does anyone seriously...At the risk of being cynical does anyone seriously expect that Labour will get into bed with the SNP with the Holyrood elections next year? You've mentioned the very fragmented nature of the putative government alliance and, setting aside any questions of right or wrong, I don't see Labour whoever might lead them laying themselves open to being put over a barrel by the SNP by a threat of withdrawal or give us oor money or we go.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-64451851831779610752010-05-08T23:24:35.507+01:002010-05-08T23:24:35.507+01:00transfattyacid, I'm surprised there's not ...transfattyacid, I'm surprised there's not more talk of the <a href="http://forfar-loon.blogspot.com/2010/05/hung-by-scottish-rope.html" rel="nofollow">Tory majority in the rest of the UK</a>. Maybe in the Sunday papers tomorrow...forfar-loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825964478078065335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-49329375904504967922010-05-08T23:20:06.497+01:002010-05-08T23:20:06.497+01:00This progressive alliance is a non-starter given d...This progressive alliance is a non-starter given devolution. <br /><br />If a deal ever gets done, the press will wake up and the West Lothian Question will come to the fore like never before.<br /><br />Does Gordon Brown really believe that English voters will accpet him at the head of a government in which the two largest parties - Labour and the Lib Dems - have 191 and 43 English MP's respectively - opposed to 300 English conseravtive MPs - especially when most of the legislation this rag bag will be creating applies only to England?eeorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02657816556456124166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-5739912052565856162010-05-08T23:06:10.065+01:002010-05-08T23:06:10.065+01:00Think ye're right an' aw. Clegg's righ...Think ye're right an' aw. Clegg's right tae gie the idea due consideration, but ah hope he comes oot the morn an' says 'Naw. It widnae work'<br /><br />Ah'm a bit like douglas, ah'd raither keep the liberals oot o' harm's way, in case ah want tae vote fer them in Scotland, whenever that is.Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-91339245844194978392010-05-08T23:03:18.369+01:002010-05-08T23:03:18.369+01:00Alex Salmond has today floated the possibility of ...<i>Alex Salmond has today floated the possibility of a 'Progressive Alliance', which basically would involve everyone but the Tories.</i><br /><br />I doubt if Alex ever thought the idea was a runner. However, the Labour party in Scotland cannot now accuse the SNP of welcoming a Tory Government in Westminster or allowing a Labour Government to fall by default.<br /><br />If the SNP had just stood back and let the Labour Government fall then it would have become all their fault by the time the 2011 election rolled round.DougtheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952281599715356995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-49657984119810120502010-05-08T22:50:34.215+01:002010-05-08T22:50:34.215+01:00I think you are right, unfortunately.
I hope the ...I think you are right, unfortunately.<br /><br />I hope the LIbDems stay out of a full coalition with the Conservatives, on the grounds that despite being an SNP member, I intend to revert to Liberal after independence. I'd like there to be a party left!douglas clarkhttp://dougiesplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com