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Let me make something clear on this thread - Come the may election I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE SNP in the constituency ballot and for myself in the regional - which might sound strange considering the bashing in this thread.
But There's a difference here - despite my annoyance at the SNP's intransigence, I'll be putting my personal feelings aside for the good of the country.
I'm only standing in the regional ballot myself because the SNP don't have an MSP in the regional ballot. Nothing for them to lose.
And despite how enraged you might feel about this or that. I suggest you do the following. Take a look at the local results from the last election. If an SNP MSP got in on the regional ballot, give the SNP both votes. If they didn't get someone in on the regional ballot....
...then give the SNP your constituency vote and your regional vote to the best contender party or independent in the region.
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I just want to clarify something important about the Section 30 case - and let me make this one clear! There seems to be a serious misconception by politicians and pundits alike that the Scottish Government is a "target" in the case. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
There's no section in a summons of this nature for putting parties that "might have an interest" in the case. Therefore they have to be listed under "defenders". The part of the summons called the "condescendence" then states why they were listed. It is then up to...
...those parties to state whether they do or they don't want to take part in the proceedings.

In the case of the "Scottish Ministers" (Scotgov) and the "Lord Advocate" they were listed as a matter of PRECEDENCE.
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You know, I keep getting messages with people sending me posts or tweets with SNP HQ spin about the dark side of the section 30 case. I don't need to read these. I know what the pitfalls are, and I also know that the only reason they are laying it on thick is to cover their own..
...ass politically. I know full well what the positives and the negatives of the case are in great depth. I know that for a number of reasons. Firstly, I commissioned the legal advice on the subject AND second, I've seen paperwork and submissions that not even...
...members of parliament have seen. Why? Because I am the pursuer! I make my decisions based on the empirical data in front of me and by relying on the decades and decades of experience of legal counsel. I respond in no different a way to this case as....
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I've been told that there is a standardised email floating around between MP's/MP's at the moment about the section 30 case, very similar to Mr Wishart's post. You'd think by now they would realise - I HEAR EVERYTHING.
I just want them to know something, and let me spell this out. Your party chose to interject in the case. We invited the Scottish Government as a matter of precedence or "commissioned" them for "any interest" they might have in the case. They DID NOT have to...
...take up this invitation. However, it is not unreasonable to expect a modicum of good faith if they chose to do so.
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