tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post6434202370969204867..comments2024-01-15T09:38:57.188+00:00Comments on Dispatches from Paisley: Is The SNP Backlash Coming?Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-32578348948238201482012-04-26T00:04:56.593+01:002012-04-26T00:04:56.593+01:00Trump hasn't messed Salmond up because he'...Trump hasn't messed Salmond up because he's not exactly popular!<br /><br />The tipping point won't be next week - it will be in about a year's time. Too much time seems spent on the Referendum, and I think people will get fed up.Barbarian of the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546237341963301419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-38719364874881049912012-04-25T21:11:34.707+01:002012-04-25T21:11:34.707+01:00As usual it's perhaps more a question of wheth...As usual it's perhaps more a question of whether the public are really bothered by the Murdoch thing.<br /><br />I suspect they see Salmond cosying up to Murdoch, Souter and Trump et al and just say say 'so what, it's what they all do'.<br /><br />And of course although things went sour with Trump, Salmond seems to have actually come out of it smelling of roses, and indeed it's helped deflect attention from the Murdoch angle.<br /><br />Of course, that's not to say the drip-drip won't eventually tarnish Salmond and the SNP irrevocably, but as I said it's a long drawn out thing and I doubt if yesterday's stuff will act as any kind of tipping point unless there are other more serious related developments as yet undisclosed.Stuart Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772436419630464325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-40818150316319197242012-04-25T19:47:14.659+01:002012-04-25T19:47:14.659+01:00Hi Stuart. I don't think that next Friday wil...Hi Stuart. I don't think that next Friday will be the tipping point either. I do think that those drips are just starting though. Mind you, Salmond could mishandle the Murdoch thing, and we'd be at the tipping point sooner than we thought...Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-27875284044214483122012-04-25T15:11:08.158+01:002012-04-25T15:11:08.158+01:00Those figures from 2003 are incredible.
Not so su...Those figures from 2003 are incredible.<br /><br />Not so sure about next Friday being some sort of tipping point for the SNP though<br /><br />People tend to be pretty tolerant of governments - short-term ups and downs withstanding - and the inevitable decline always seems more long-term and of a drip-drip nature.<br /><br />Of course, the SNP will go out of favour eventually, it's just that it's managed to stay in favour for a bit longer than usual, in large part due to the state of the opposition in Scotland and the Westminster situation.<br /><br />Of course, the SNP may well have abolished itself before it goes out of favour anyway ;0)Stuart Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772436419630464325noreply@blogger.com