So Reform continue to do well – the English really are as thick as thier traditional diet is boring! Early results from Scotland show a resounding win for the SNP, but only 10% of results in – of which the SNP have 89%. It will be interesting to see the overall turnout, in Scotland it seems to be down 10% to 50%, and a reminder that these are local elections and can be swung by local candidates – good and bad! An hour later and SNP are half way to a majority in the Scottish Parliament, whilst Plaid Cymru and Reform seem to be battling it out in Wales. If two independence parties win, and Northern Ireland already has shown support for Sein Fein, is there a message that Westminster politicians need to hear and actually listen to? Will the little Englander be happy with a McDonalds or fish and chips whilst our peripheral nations rebel? Even Cornwall and the west country are showing that history can be repeated.
How does anyone switch from being Labour to Reform? Racism is the only readily available answer – and the belief that immigrants are taking their jobs and women . Sad people. It is also noticible that the SNP vote in Scotland has held up – they are nearly there with 43 seats of the 65 needed already gained, and none for Reform! Perhaps the rebel bit of peoples psychology is more favorable to independance rather than fascism and racism. Or are the Scots just brighter than the English? With Wales having had such an influx of English people over the last 3 centuries it is unlikely that the industrial parts of South Wales that were robbed by the English during the Industrial Revolution, will vote for freedom from the English yoke!
So far it looks like the SNP will have a clear majority in Scotland, and possibly a mandate for a new referendum, Wales looks confused! And London has yet to declare fully. Maybe other people, more normal than me, do have a desire for nationalism? Me – I have no fucking idea!