Edinburgh Council Elections

This Scotsman has to vote tomorrow, but they won’t tell me who to vote for. Council elections here use the Single Transferable Vote method. This is the only sensible electoral system. It’s a Proportional Representation system, unlike the laughably awful First Past The Post (FPTP) used in Westminster – rant here – and lets us …

Referendum – Half of People Make a Majority

An Ipsos Mori poll found 51% of people in the UK think Scots should have a referendum on whether to leave the UK. It’s understandable: we never stop bleating about it, we get tons of cash from the Saxon foe down south and moan about it, we proclaim “Once in a generation” referenda every nine …

Alex the Groper

Alex the Groper was interviewed on the radio this morning, promoting his ego-trip party. When asked “how much confidence can women…have that you’re someone who has learnt from the past?” he spent four minutes denying accusations, blustering about his sex offences aquittal and avoiding the question. It’s a common political tactic to never admit error, …