Showing posts with label Holyrood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holyrood. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

HOLYROOD REJECTS MURDER BILL

MSPs have dealt another blow to hopes of getting so-called 'assisted dying' (legalised murder) on the statute books in the UK.  Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur had tabled the bill, which looked set to deliver a victory for the death cult following its passage through first reading last year.  However, twelve MSPs who had previously voted in favour, switched their votes on Tuesday's night.  Their decision was crucial in killing off the bill, swinging the vote by 69 votes to 57.

There were splits in all three main parties, with more than a third of SNP members voting against and a majority of Tory and Labour members also against.  Even the Lib Dems did not present a united front, despite the bill being proposed by one of their own.  One SNP member abstained, while there was no vote from Labour's Colin Smyth, who is currently suspended from both his party and the parliament building following several criminal charges relating to child pornography and his allegedly installing a secret camera in one of Holyrood's toilets.


Interesting to note that a clear majority of Labour MSPs rejected the bill, while their counterparts south of the border backed a similar bill by 224-160 (support for which outrageously included 13 Scottish MPs, despite the fact the legislation would only apply to England and Wales).  There was more consistency from the Conservatives who opposed the bills both north and south.

This was the third attempt to get 'assisted dying' through the Scottish Parliament since devolution began in 1999, but the first time it has cleared the first stage.  A similar bill that cleared the House of Commons is likely to be filibustered to death in the House of Lords, meaning that the UK maintains some independence from the aims of the globalist death cult.

Unfortunately, two British territories have recently approved the euthanasia of sick human beings.  Jersey and the Isle of Man could begin executing people next year, although there appear to be safeguards to prevent non-residents travelling from the mainland to take advantage of the legislation.

If such laws are allowed to gain a foothold here, it will open the door to a dystopian future in which euthanasia is a widely available lifestyle choice.  The situation in Canada is a prime example of the direction of travel.  'Assisted dying' was first introduced in Canada in 2016, but its scope has been widened multiple times to the point that one in 20 deaths in Canada are now state-sanctioned executions of human beings.  A further attempt to widen the law to include the mentally ill is currently tied up in court proceedings.

It is no coincidence that attempts to impose euthanasia laws on states and territories across the world are gaining pace and in many cases happening simultaneously (as in the various jurisdictions around the UK and Crown Dependencies).  The globalist death cult is desperate to bring down world population by any means and the useful idiots of parliamentarians in Canada, England, Jersey and the Isle of Man have brought great pleasure to the likes of Gates, Schwab, Soros, Harari and Blair.

Friday, 6 June 2025

BY-ELECTIONS 05.06.25


It was a busy Thursday this week, with a major by-election north of the border, plus eight council by-elections south of the border.

In Hamilton there was an MSP vacancy following the death of the SNP incumbent.  Usually such elections are a walkover for the defending party, but the declining popularity of the SNP saw the party lose to Labour and narrowly avoid a third place finish.  The SNP had been defending a 4,582 majority.  

Once again, Reform UK came from nowhere to push the main parties in a tight three-way contest.  Reform also enjoyed a significant swing from the SNP, in line with recent polling that suggested even some pro-independence voters were considering a vote for Reform.  We live in interesting times.

Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse, Scottish Parliament

(first past the post)

Lab: 8,559 (31.5%) -2.0%
SNP: 7,957 (29.4%) -16.8%
Ref: 7,088 (26.2%) New
Con: 1,621 (6.0%) -11.5%
Grn: 695 (2.6%) New
LDm: 533 (2.0%) -0.8%
SSP: 278 (1.0%) New
SFP: 219 (0.8%) New
Ind: 109 (0.4%) New
UKIP: 50 (0.2%) New

Lab GAIN from SNP

While Labour will be cock-a-hoop with the Holyrood result, the story further south was dismal.  They lost all three seats they were defending to Reform.  The Labour vote share was down in every single ward, ranging from a marginal 0.2 per cent to a whopping 50.5 per cent.

Reform also gained a seat from the Conservatives, while it was also a good night for the Lib Dems who held two and gained two, both from the Tories.

Somercotes, Amber Valley Borough Council

Ref: 396 (45.3%) New
Lab: 346 (39.6%) -27.0%
Con: 53 (6.1%) -15.1%
LDm: 48 (5.5%) -1.1%
Grn: 20 (2.3%) -3.3%
Ind: 11 (1.3%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Fairstead, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Ref: 289 (39.1%) New
LDm: 275 (37.2%) New
Lab: 118 (16.0%) -29.7%
Grn: 36 (4.9%) -16.9%
Ind: 21 (2.8%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

North Lynn, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Ref: 278 (49.6%) New
LDm: 123 (22.0%) New
Lab: 107 (19.1%) -50.5%
Grn: 52 (9.3%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Frinton, Tendring District Council

Ref: 1,222 (57.2%) New
Con: 577 (27.0%) -15.0%
Lab: 168 (7.9%) -7.0%
Grn: 93 (4.3%) -8.0%
LDm: 78 (3.6%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

Burgess Hill North, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 1,088 (40.9%) n/c
Ref: 707 (26.6%) New
Con: 618 (23.3%) -14.9%
Grn: 153 (5.8%) -5.4%
Lab: 92 (4.7%) -5.0%

LDm HOLD

Hassocks & Burgess Hill South, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 1,694 (55.3%) -6.6%
Ref: 762 (24.9%) New
Con: 310 (10.1%) -15.9%
Grn: 175 (5.7%) New
Lab: 123 (4.0%) -8.1%

LDm HOLD

St Leonard's Forest, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 644 (32.5%) +2.2%
Ref: 584 (29.5%) New
Con: 401 (20.2%) -34.3%
Grn: 259 (13.1%) New
Lab: 94 (4.7%) -10.5%

LDm GAIN from Con

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates, Wokingham Borough Council

LDm: 1,028 (31.2%) +3.2%
Lab: 793 (24.1%) -0.2%
Con: 788 (23.9%) -4.2%
Ref: 486 (14.8%) New
Grn: 189 (5.5%) -6.2%
TUS: 17 (0.5%) New

LDm GAIN from Con

Abbreviations

SNP = Scottish National Party
Lab = Labour
Ref = Reform UK
Con = Conservative
Grn = Green
LDm = Liberal Democrat
SSP = Scottish Socialist Party
SFP = Scottish Family Party
UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party
TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Ind = Independent

Saturday, 27 February 2021

SARWAR SUCCEEDS LEONARD


In one of the most irrelevant leadership elections in history, Anas Sarwar has defeated Monica Lennon for the leadership of Scottish Labour.  The two MSPs went head-to-head after the surprise resignation of hapless Richard Leonard last month.  The quick turnaround in this election contrasts sharply with the national leadership election last year, which took four months to unfold.  Then again, there is a Holyrood election barely two months away and Labour are desperate to introduce their latest leader to the electorate, an electorate incidentally that doesn't really care which muppet is in charge of a party that is going to finish third - again.

Since Labour embarrassingly lost control of Scotland to the SNP just eight years after devolution, the leadership of Scottish Labour has changed hands seven times in 14 years.  This was Sarwar's second punt at the leadership, having lost to Leonard in 2017.  That says it all really.  A Pakistani Glaswegian lost to a Yorkshireman back then, but now he is the leader, having defeated a Scots vegetarian with a fear of cats.

The future is not bright for Labour in Scotland.

Latest polling for Holyrood election (Ipsos MORI, 15-21 Feb)

SNP 52% (-3)
Con 23% (+1)
Lab 15% (+1)
LDem 5% (-1)
Green 3% (+2)
Other 2% (+1)

Scottish Labour welcomed Sarwar's victory on Twitter with the hashtag #BuildBackBetter, a slogan used by numerous Western leaders such as Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau.  Why would the Labour Party indulge in a slogan used by a Tory Prime Minister?  Well, it also happens to be the slogan of the World Economic Forum's Great Reset programme.


Curiously, the Labour Party have not released the number of votes for each candidate.  It did not do so for the most recent NEC elections either.  This may well suggest that membership numbers are not healthy in the reign of Starmer.  No slogan is going to change that.

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

STURGEON'S GRIP IS SLIPPING

It's fair to say Nicola Sturgeon is having a rough time of it at the moment and it's about time.  The mainstream media have largely given her a free ride over the course of the pandemic, with scandal after scandal being brushed aside.  Her persistent absence from COBRA meetings, scientific advisor's second home trips and MP Margaret Ferrier's 800 round trip with Covid are just a few of the incidents that are rarely discussed now, yet it seems we'll be hearing rumblings about Dominic Cummings and Barnard Castle forever.

However, the Alex Salmond saga is not going away and there are plenty of signs her authority is beginning to slip.  The removal of Joanna Cherry from the SNP's frontbench at Westminster led to furious infighting and divisions in the so-called 'nationalist' party were laid bare.  Her authority has been directly challenged again by Police Scotland over her threat to effectively close the border with England, under the guise of Covid policy differences.  The deputy chief constable declared over the weekend: "We are a United Kingdom and to try to intervene with that would not be particularly effective".  That was a brutal slap down and the second time the police have refused to support her border threats.

Sturgeon is also likely to provoke a backlash when she announces her plans to ease the lockdown in Scotland.  She could easily score huge points over Westminster if she ended it more quickly, but this is a socialist we're talking about and if there's anything we know about socialists - they love control.  As with last summer, the lockdowns in Scotland (and Wales) are likely to be even more drawn out than in England.

While the SNP is still almost certain to win again in May's Holyrood elections, its lead has slipped from an all-time high of 39 points back in October, to 31 points.  Similarly, support for Scottish independence has dropped from a record 14 point lead in December to just five points.  Crucially, in the most recent poll 10 per cent were undecided.  It seems that Sturgeon's assured victory in IndyRef2 is no longer set in stone - not that it's going to happen any time soon anyway.

On that note, a huge petition has been building on the UK government's website in opposition to IndyRef2.


Nicola and her phoney nationalists would love to portray this petition as the work of the imperialist English, jam-packed with signatories from Northumberland to Devon.  However, just a cursory glance at the heat map for the petition shows that the overwhelming majority of signatures are from Scotland itself.


In another acute embarrassment for Sturgeon and comrades, the constituencies providing the most signatures are mostly SNP seats (figures correct at time of writing)...

East Renfrewshire 3,076 (SNP)
Edinburgh North & Leith 2,584 (SNP)
Edinburgh West 2,525 (Lib Dem)
East Dunbartonshire 2,428 (SNP)
East Lothian 2,314 (SNP)
Lanark & Hamilton East 2,063 (SNP)
Edinburgh South (Lab) 2,045
Ochil & South Perthshire (SNP) 2,039
Stirling 1,926 (SNP)
Aberdeen South 1,923 (SNP)
Central Ayrshire 1,842 (SNP)

The Unionist cause in Scotland is far from dead.  Long live Great Britain.

Tuesday, 7 May 2019

CORBYN PRAISES BLAIR PROJECT

A surprise tweet appeared on Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter feed yesterday, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the first Scottish Parliament elections.


While Jezza claims Holyrood as a 'Labour' creation, the Scottish Parliament was essentially a New Labour project and therefore something that would normally be disowned by Corbyn's extreme left version of Labour.  Of course there is no mention of New Labour or Blair in his tweet, just a brief clip of Donald Dewar and bold talk of the "next Scottish Labour government".  The video ends with Corbyn shaking hands with inept 'Scottish' Labour leader Richard Leonard.

Corbyn is well aware that Labour is going to take a kicking in some, if not all, parts of the country later this month.  In 2014 it won two European seats in Scotland, but can expect to have that number reduced by half later this month by either the SNP, Lib Dems or Brexit Party.  Appealing to Scots by commemorating a Blairite policy stinks of desperation.

It's not as if Labour has been even remotely successful in Scotland under Corbyn's leadership.  While Labour has been out of power in Scotland since 2007, under Corbyn it has seen its fortunes plummet to an unprecedented low whereby the Conservatives are now the second party in Scotland and the official opposition to the SNP.  The next Scottish Labour government Jeremy?  It may not happen in your lifetime son, or anyone's.