tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post2192957762813302788..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: The Sanderson Report: Bye Bye Ms GoldieO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-82164283383312939182010-11-27T17:44:51.289+00:002010-11-27T17:44:51.289+00:00O'Neill, we're agreed. Your point on Londo...O'Neill, we're agreed. Your point on London management surely undermines the point of Sanderson about distinctive Scottish approaches? And if it is to be chosen ones from London placed in Scotland, heaven help the Scottish Conservative Party.thedissenterhttp://www.thedissenter.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-74143582134609271582010-11-27T10:56:55.402+00:002010-11-27T10:56:55.402+00:00Kensei,
There is a similarity with the UCUNF perf...Kensei,<br /><br />There is a similarity with the UCUNF performance last May; if a higher number of seats had been achieved with the same total number of votes then I don't think that would have equaled a stronger performance by either party.<br /><br />Dissenter,<br /><br />The report implies (although Sanderson is rowing gently back) that Goldie is not capable of providing the required O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-81999048151177680122010-11-27T10:16:49.807+00:002010-11-27T10:16:49.807+00:00Was going to comment on the basis of your points, ...Was going to comment on the basis of your points, and then decided to read the report through. Shouldn't have wasted the time. Although it talks about needing specific vision and policies for Scotland the focus is on party structure. Not that structure does not need to be reformed, but this is a Part 1 report. The core issue will ultimately be where from does the leadership come to 'lead&thedissenterhttp://www.thedissenter.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-89775759530691962932010-11-26T16:07:38.531+00:002010-11-26T16:07:38.531+00:00As I pointed out here, the comparative performance...<i>As I pointed out here, the comparative performance of the Conservatives to the Lib Dems and SNP, in terms of actual votes captured, last May was not quite as disasterous as the return of one MP might suggest.</i><br /><br />These are FTP elections: it really was.kenseinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-41200560090053192742010-11-26T15:27:27.252+00:002010-11-26T15:27:27.252+00:00In politics, you sometimes have to see a mood out ...In politics, you sometimes have to see a mood out like the years of Blairism. <br /><br />For a decade or fifteen years, the British people were in tune with his expansionist, optimistic, open view of the world. With money no object, he and New Labour prospered.<br /><br />It has been the same in Scotland for longer (and here). The SNP went with the grain of anti-Englishness and against the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com