Balls Gravy.

I don't understand how Scottish Labour did so badly with Bill Nye the Science Guy in charge. #jokesareallwehave

My mum texted me this morning about looking at house prices in Scotland. We have to move anyway and I think she's only half joking.

Neuloveyou wrote:Sleepkid, are you British? Just wondering as I always assumed you were American for some reason. Well done everyone in Scotland who got the result they wanted. Fucking shambles everywhere else. Ed Balls as the new Portillo. Anyone up for Balls's Great Railway Journeys on BBC 4?The only train Balls will be riding is called Gravy and will terminate at the House of Lords

NewDarkAge wrote:My mum texted me this morning about looking at house prices in Scotland. We have to move anyway and I think she's only half joking.Cheap as chips. You'll get a nice victorian era sandstone 2 bedroom flat in Glasgow for around 50k. High ceilings, elaborate cornicing, all that jazz. Anywhere within a 15 mile radius of Edinburgh or Aberdeen will be overpriced, but there are still bargains to be had.

big\_dave wrote:It's equally both the SNP and the Labour Party's fault. They both fucked up - two parties who failed to compromise because that would have put the interests of everyone in the UK above the the political careers of their parliamentary superstars. This was a rare instance where a mutual compromise could well have forced both parties to further to the left and seen groups like Green and Plaid take up some of that precious space held by the Lib Dems. Which I dare say the majority of their constituents would have wanted. But no, optics came first. Careers came first. Cunts.You're right about the single issue voters, but wrong about this. The SNP repeatedly stated they were willing to form a coalition with Labour. Labour got in bed and lubed up with the Tories during the referendum and in doing so committed hara-kari. They could've played on the fact that Cameron was the PM that brought the union to its knees and presented a case for a progressive union but they decided to take the fear and doom route.

big\_dave wrote:I love my adopted country.Which department do you live in? I foresee myself living in Nord at some point in my life. Feels like home.

It's ridiculous to suggest that the SNP's massive popularity is a cause of labour's failure when it's a consequence of Labour's failure. If I was a Labour supporter I'd be calling for Murphy and Milliband's heads on pikes.My immediate reaction to the result is that it's hard to take much solace from the SNPs gains in Scotland when their effectiveness in Parliament has been totally negated by Labour's implosion.Five more years of the Tories is a disaster for everyone except the mega rich.

Glad that UKIP got a kicking.

simmo wrote:I am besides myself with despair. I have to play a gig tonight and I really don't know how I'm going to do it.Popped out earlier for consoling bacon (don't judge me) and the short trip was like a group therapy session. Long discussion with shop keeper about how crap this is, guy cycling by saying Dark times ahead... and so on.I suppose I must have looked miserable. It was some comfort to know everyone else around me felt the same.