Labour/LibDems/Tories Face Wipeout in Scotland GE2015

[Batcher]

It is a poll of 1024 people.

And, can I just remind you, we still live in Britain and will do for quite a while after the yes lost the referendum.

All of the polls during the Referendum and previous GEs are of a similar amount of people. IpsoMori were so shocked by the result that they reran it with a different set of people and got the result above again.

The Times have a different poll this morning with a similar result.

[xoggoth]

When other nations have several parties and none in overall control the governments are always described as weak. Actually, it could be the nearest we get to a real democracy, they will have to compromise and take account of varying opinions.

Better still if we had secret votes in the commons, all parties were banned and parliaments were made up of independents with a mandate to press for the aims in their manifestos.

PS It would be really great if The Monster Raving Loony Party got a few seats and held the balance of power. Can't be dafter than the "Green", AKA Public Sector Privilege Party anyway.

[barrydidit]

Well at least it would answer the 'west lothian question' to everyone's satisfaction

[Flashman]

Good. Labour have taken their voters for granted for decades

[Zero Liability]

Looking pretty bleak for Labour, I must say. Oh well, I'll have a drink to it tomorrow.

[minestrone]

It is a poll of 1024 people.

And, can I just remind you, we still live in Britain and will do for quite a while after the yes lost the referendum.

[jamesbrown]

Labour, agreed, but wiping out the Tories and Lib Dems in Scotland amounts to patching up a dead horse to re-flog it.

[Batcher]

Do scottish tories like labour more than SNP? or are they resigned to having no representation rather than vote labour? There must be an opportunity for a centre right party to emerge that is not associated with the traditional image of the Tory party.

The centre right party is Labour. Scotland leans to the left so that's why Labour are in so much trouble up here. They try to keep to WM policies as they are ruled from London but that has thrown them out of kilter with the Scottish voters.

[DodgyAgent]

Labour are closer to the Tories than some other Tories. Your mates can vote for them because Millipede and Balls have said they will carry on with the Tory austerity measures. UKIP won't get anything in Scotland in a first past the post system.

Do scottish tories like labour more than SNP? or are they resigned to having no representation rather than vote labour? There must be an opportunity for a centre right party to emerge that is not associated with the traditional image of the Tory party.

[Batcher]

All the scots I know are lifelong Torys. there is no alternative party for them to vote for unless it is UKIP. They are mostly resigned to the lib/lab/snp left wing axis and will probably not bother voting UKIP. I doubt very much many Tories will switch to SNP. I do like the leader of the Scottish Tories however. The fight will be between the three other mainstream parties.

Labour are closer to the Tories than some other Tories. Your mates can vote for them because Millipede and Balls have said they will carry on with the Tory austerity measures. UKIP won't get anything in Scotland in a first past the post system.

[DodgyAgent]

The Ipsos Mori survey shows Labour would poll 23% of the Scottish vote, leaving them with just four seats in Scotland.

In comparison, support for the SNP has surged to 52%, giving them a projected 54 seats at Westminster. The Liberal Democrats would have one and the Conservative party would be left without any Scottish MPs.

STV poll: Labour would annihilated if general election held tomorrow | Scotland Decides

Those who would lose their seat include Jim Murphy, who is standing to be the next leader of Scottish Labour, Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran, according to seat predictor electoralcalculus.co.uk. The site assumes uniform swings across constituencies.

The only Scottish Labour MPs who would survive would be Willie Bain in Glasgow North East, Tom Clarke in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Gordon Brown in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Ian Davidson in Glasgow South West.

The real reason Jim Murphy is going as leader of the Scottish Labour Party is he can guarantee having a job in Edinburgh due to the list vote PR system.

Gordon Brown would be ok but he hardly ever turns up anyway.

With England turning to UKIP it looks like interesting times ahead.

All the scots I know are lifelong Torys. there is no alternative party for them to vote for unless it is UKIP. They are mostly resigned to the lib/lab/snp left wing axis and will probably not bother voting UKIP. I doubt very much many Tories will switch to SNP. I do like the leader of the Scottish Tories however. The fight will be between the three other mainstream parties.

[Batcher]

The Ipsos Mori survey shows Labour would poll 23% of the Scottish vote, leaving them with just four seats in Scotland.

In comparison, support for the SNP has surged to 52%, giving them a projected 54 seats at Westminster. The Liberal Democrats would have one and the Conservative party would be left without any Scottish MPs.

STV poll: Labour would annihilated if general election held tomorrow | Scotland Decides

Those who would lose their seat include Jim Murphy, who is standing to be the next leader of Scottish Labour, Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran, according to seat predictor electoralcalculus.co.uk. The site assumes uniform swings across constituencies.

The only Scottish Labour MPs who would survive would be Willie Bain in Glasgow North East, Tom Clarke in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Gordon Brown in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Ian Davidson in Glasgow South West.

The real reason Jim Murphy is going as leader of the Scottish Labour Party is he can guarantee having a job in Edinburgh due to the list vote PR system.

Gordon Brown would be ok but he hardly ever turns up anyway.

With England turning to UKIP it looks like interesting times ahead.