The Scottish Elections My daughter, being the child of a Stirling CLP secretary, is not ignorant of the voting system in Scotland. However this morning she told me that the ballot paper was so complicated she thinks that she voted for the Labour Scottish MP but got the whole council section wrong and probably spoilt her paper. Along with 99,000 others says the BBC. And she only voted Labour out of loyalty to her father (Stirling Constituency Labour party Secretary 1987. I expect a plaque.) She wanted to vote for the Scottish Socialist Party who promised to reduce the council tax In future, always vote for lower taxes I told her. Even if that means Tommy Sheridan or his pals. So go to the top of the class, Jack. Great idea to have elections on the same day. Oh, and if the SNP kick your ass, that will probably have the same effect on Scottish Labour as Mrs Thatcher had on UK Labour after 18 years. Filtered out all of the dead wood and left behind only the lean, fit and competitive. So...
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