Greenock & Inverclyde

[leyTON]

Bawwhirley the Tories will not come within 3000 votes of the SNP, I'd bet any money on that

[vikingTON]

I know it's mainly all SNP supporters who post on here, but here's food for thought:

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politic...rayal-1.1081507

 

This 70% cut in Riverside Inverclyde's budget was sanctioned by the SNP.

 

I reckon this will be a close vote possibly within a few hundred votes between Labour and SNP or SNP and Labour.

 

Oh dear - this is a Westminster election and this is the best Labour have to come up with?

 

Perhaps if clueless from Kirkcaldy hadn't ****ed up the public finances there wouldn't be cuts which have to filter down.

[leyTON]

You won't find any SNP apologies for voting through that budget, and the evidence of may the fifthnsuggests the overwhelming support of the electorate for the plans

[Guest David Edwards]

PS Does anyone seriously think that Ed Miliband is prime minister material? If he's the best the labour party have got, they are in a bad way!

Well, if Big Society Dave can make it, there's hope for Milibland yet. There's even hope for a lump of wood in fact.

 

Oh dear - this is a Westminster election and this is the best Labour have to come up with?

 

Perhaps if clueless from Kirkcaldy hadn't ****ed up the public finances there wouldn't be cuts which have to filter down.

 

I think the cut to Riverside's budget was unnecessarily harsh. Inverclyde needs regeneration more than the Forth needs a new road bridge, and such misplaced priorities could backfire on the SNP. Far too often the SNP can be accused of being 'Edinburgh-centric', sometimes with justification. And the financial mess we find ourselves in was caused in the main by a systemic failure on an international scale, not just by the failings of the Labour government.

Clueless from Kirkcaldy's big mistake was that he didn't see the crash coming, but then again neither did Cameron, Osborne, Clegg or even our very own Eck.

Brown may have knighted Fred the Shred, but Eck was just as fond of his style 'til it all went tits up. Prior to 2008 Eck was all in favour of deregulated casino banking, telling us that the Scottish banks were exemplars, no doubt encouraged by his mentor-in-chief, Sir Spiv Mathewson. I hope he's learned his lesson.

[Davie McArthur]

Pah, you lot are just waiting for scraps from the table of the man. Every party in the UK is the same. The recent AV debate threw up John Reid and David Cameron on the same side, "two men who disagree on everything". Well, actually they agree on pretty much everything; from free market economics to the war in Iraq. What they disagree on is whether a pensioner is worth 75p or 85p extra a week or whether the unemployed should be made to work for benefits or an extra tenner.

Eck was right that Iceland can show us the way but not in the way he meant.

 

Politics actually interesting for a change....

 

"He describes himself as an anarchist, inspired by Gandhi, Tolstoy, Bakunin and the British punk band, Crass."

 

One of the guys now running the city is Einar Örn Benediktsson. The man is a genius. I saw his band in Liverpool in 1984. They were called KUKL and Bjork was the singer.

This is the best political story I've read for years. Let's celebrate the fact the Salmond was right about Iceland and go down this path ourselves.

[forza ton]

. I hope he's learned his lesson.

i reckon he has and that the plight of ireland etc give us an idea of how not to be economic basket cases.

[leyTON]

Well, if Big Society Dave can make it, there's hope for Milibland yet. There's even hope for a lump of wood in fact.

I think the cut to Riverside's budget was unnecessarily harsh. Inverclyde needs regeneration more than the Forth needs a new road bridge, and such misplaced priorities could backfire on the SNP. Far too often the SNP can be accused of being 'Edinburgh-centric', sometimes with justification. And the financial mess we find ourselves in was caused in the main by a systemic failure on an international scale, not just by the failings of the Labour government.

Clueless from Kirkcaldy's big mistake was that he didn't see the crash coming, but then again neither did Cameron, Osborne, Clegg or even our very own Eck.

Brown may have knighted Fred the Shred, but Eck was just as fond of his style 'til it all went tits up. Prior to 2008 Eck was all in favour of deregulated casino banking, telling us that the Scottish banks were exemplars, no doubt encouraged by his mentor-in-chief, Sir Spiv Mathewson. I hope he's learned his lesson.

Are the houses and office spaces built by riverside being used though?

[leyTON]

The lib dem candidate is obviously slavishly loyal which is a shame. On radio she Was bigging up the coalition, without being prompted, she was asked about Scotland and inverclyde, but instead decided to say that the coalition was 'great'

[Guest David Edwards]

Pah, you lot are just waiting for scraps from the table of the man. Every party in the UK is the same. The recent AV debate threw up John Reid and David Cameron on the same side, "two men who disagree on everything". Well, actually they agree on pretty much everything; from free market economics to the war in Iraq. What they disagree on is whether a pensioner is worth 75p or 85p extra a week or whether the unemployed should be made to work for benefits or an extra tenner.

Eck was right that Iceland can show us the way but not in the way he meant.

 

Politics actually interesting for a change....

 

"He describes himself as an anarchist, inspired by Gandhi, Tolstoy, Bakunin and the British punk band, Crass."

 

One of the guys now running the city is Einar Örn Benediktsson. The man is a genius. I saw his band in Liverpool in 1984. They were called KUKL and Bjork was the singer.

This is the best political story I've read for years. Let's celebrate the fact the Salmond was right about Iceland and go down this path ourselves.

 

And this is one of the best posts I've read on here for months. And months.

[Alibi]

I'm no slim pickings myself but ffs could they not have given yon Anne McLaughlin one of Kelbies cast offs, never mind how she got it on, how the feck is she going to get it off again.

 

She's not really a looker, is she? Mind you, she must be thinner than she looks, managing to squeeze into her namesake Scott's old top.

[dazed'n'confused]

I find the poll on this thread rather bizarre and if carried forward to the election would probably mean the biggest swing in electoral history.

 

So where are we with ten days to go?

 

Well we can forget Ukip.

 

We can probably forget the Libdems as well. A wee lassie getting a bit of experience.

 

The SNP's campaign just isn't hitting the mark at all and nobody can tell me why having one more nationalist at Westminster would be a good thing. And where is she? I spent a bit of time at a Holyrood lunch with her earlier this year and she really did fail to impress.

 

Iain McKenzie's campaign has been on the weak side and the 'local' argument is failing to wash but he'll ride along on the pretty decent work he has done as a councillor and should still manage to hold on to this traditionally safe labour seat with ease.

 

But the hardest fought campaign up to now must go to Big Wilson. He's parading about with Annabel in tow...taking the opportunity to forward the Tory thinking. He is actually a pretty popular guy who will take large chunks of the vote in Kilmacolm, Quarriers and Gourock not to mention the West end of Greenock.

 

So the updated prediction?

 

Labour to win easily.

 

But watch the Tories bite at the heels of the SNP.

 

a No they wont

B No they wont

 

For my money there are lost deposits coming up for UKIP,Lib Dems and the Tories, and I think it will be very close between the SNP and the Labourites, hopefully with the SNP coming out on top!

[dazed'n'confused]

Well, if Big Society Dave can make it, there's hope for Milibland yet. There's even hope for a lump of wood in fact.

 

 

I thought thats what Miliband was! <_>

[Guest David Edwards]

I thought thats what Miliband was!

 

If I had to choose between the three I'd opt for the lump of wood, on grounds of personality anyway.

[vikingTON]

Inverclyde needs regeneration more than the Forth needs a new road bridge, and such misplaced priorities could backfire on the SNP.

 

Why does Inverclyde's regeneration hinge on public money rather than finding new ways to make the most of our resources? The SNP are in favour of that, it's called 'independence'.

 

The only way places like Inverclyde can escape the current cycle is by cutting off the Westminster/Labour teat of hand-me-downs and sweeteners.

[Guest David Edwards]

Why does Inverclyde's regeneration hinge on public money rather than finding new ways to make the most of our resources? The SNP are in favour of that, it's called 'independence'.

 

The only way places like Inverclyde can escape the current cycle is by cutting off the Westminster/Labour teat of hand-me-downs and sweeteners.

 

Really? Whose money's funding the Forth bridge then? It's called 'public', and I think the SNP are in favour of that too.

[Flyerton]

Really? Who's money's funding the Forth bridge then? It's called 'public', and I think the SNP are in favour of that too.

 

Exactly. I read that the SNP's 'Riverside Inverclyde' cut was the biggest in Scotland.

 

 

[Guest David Edwards]

Exactly. I read that the SNP's 'Riverside Inverclyde' cut was the biggest in Scotland.

 

Don't you start, I'm not defending Labour. Despite their protests, if Labour were in power the cuts would probably be bigger. It's called 'politics' as someone might say.

[Flyerton]

Don't you start, I'm not defending Labour. Despite their protests, if Labour were in power the cuts would probably be bigger. It's called 'politics' as someone might say.

 

We could be on the wrong side of Scotland for the cuts.

 

Glasgow Airport Raillink

Riverside Inverclyde

 

The trams and the new bridge will still be finished back east.

[Mortonbug]

Getting a different kind of Labour flyer in the door every day it seems, and McNeil came to our door yesterday! Got postal vote in today, not even tempted to vote for them.

 

My old man opened the door to him yesterday and said he would be keeping his vote to himself, left McNeil to compliment him on the new stairs up to the front door and say he needed work done, not much else to say within 30 seconds!

[Tom_McB]

Clueless from Kirkcaldy's big mistake was that he didn't see the crash coming, but then again neither did Cameron, Osborne, Clegg or even our very own Eck.

Brown may have knighted Fred the Shred, but Eck was just as fond of his style 'til it all went tits up. Prior to 2008 Eck was all in favour of deregulated casino banking, telling us that the Scottish banks were exemplars, no doubt encouraged by his mentor-in-chief, Sir Spiv Mathewson. I hope he's learned his lesson.

The klown from Kirkcaldy boasted that he had abolished boom and bust FFS.

 

The quiet chortling came from the grave of the sage of Kirkcaldy................

 

but Eck was just as fond of his style 'til it all went tits up. Prior to 2008 Eck was all in favour of deregulated casino banking, telling us that the Scottish banks were exemplars, no doubt encouraged by his mentor-in-chief, Sir Spiv Mathewson. I hope he's learned his lesson

I find it hilarious that the Essenpee website still has

This pile o' pish

 

SNP Leader Alex Salmond has today called for Scotland to join northern Europe's arc of prosperity, with Ireland to the west, Iceland to the north