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Denzil_DC

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10. To "do an SNP",

Reply to RogueTrooper (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:31 PM

Jul 2016

they'd have to have displayed some competence in power. That's done more to bolster the SNP's credibility among voters than anything else.

The course of the go-it-alone Tories gives some credence to the idea that the Lib Dems may have been a voice of sanity in the coalition government, but I think their competence is completely unproven.

UKIP's record in the latest batch of council by-elections is very patchy, if that's any indication - up to 11% negative swing running against Labour in one recent race. They've got their own problems with big changes afoot among their leadership.

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Has anyone released any polling... [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2016 OP

I saw this thread a couple of days ago RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #1

Thanks. However, that simply discusses a Corbyn-may race. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #2

I saw some polling for that - the ComRes poll carried a bit of it RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #3

ICM poll - no significant difference for leader, so far; Corbyn slightly better if anything muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #4

It's quite astonishing that Labour still polls around 30% Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #5

I think Labour could hold in the cities... T_i_B Jul 2016 #6

I am wondering about UKIP's vote... RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #8

I am enticed by the Lib Dems at present... T_i_B Jul 2016 #9

To "do an SNP", Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #10

I meant by doing an SNP RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #11

All very well, but as one of those now SNP voters, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #12

The SNP were actually the beneficiary of Scottish Labour's corruption and conservatism. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #14

The Scottish Labour Party's conservatism Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15

Absolutely. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #20

The SNP also have Tommy Sheppard. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #21

The Lib Dems problem isn't competence T_i_B Jul 2016 #16

Well, yes, there is that! Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #17

Also just found out.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #18

Don't get me started ... Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #19

The most recent post-ref polls showed a big slump in UKIP support...down from 15% to 7% Ken Burch Jul 2016 #13

Thank you. Clearly the goal of the anti-Corbynites is NOT to get Labour into power. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #7