Is it normal to have 3+ of your candidates not even being resident in the same country.
What do these candidates even know about Scotland and the local constituents they want to represent?
I do agree that candidates for the Scottish Parliament should be able to provide a Scottish home address.
To add some context, because as always the National is entirely lacking. These seats are all areas where Labour are usually a distant 4/5th, have been for a century, and very likely don’t have a functioning CLP to run a selection process. They have absolutely zero hope of even getting their deposit back and probably just stuck a staffers name out of a hat to have something on the ballot. Absolute non-story.
With the exception of Kirkcaldy where the selected candidate was a massive racist and rightfully deselected.
If I were inclined to vote UK Labour in Scotland, or if I thought that Scottish Labour was in anyway a distinct political entity, I would simply ask if this was the democratic decision of the local committee.
If you plan on representing a specific area, you should be from/live in that area. I don’t see why an MSP for Pollok should live in Dundee, for example.
Makes complete sense they are based in London.
That’s where all Scottish Labour’s decisions are taken!
This raises a huge question about the role of local branches and democracy within the Labour Party. Remember Dennis Canavan not being selected and he went in in to win as an independent. Some areas just need a local candidate because some issues are so geographically specific. If the Labour Party are going to ‘win’ Scotland this isn’t how to do it. And it’s likely these candidates will be caught in some gaff that will damage Labour because these seats are so out of their context.
How is a councillor in Lewisham supposed to have any idea what the specific local (and I use that term lightly given the size of the area and it’s varying geography and demographics) issues are across Caithness and Sutherland?
Labour taking the absolute piss and showing exactly what they think about the North of Scotland. It’s no wonder they can’t make any inroads up here when they show nothing but utter disdain towards the people who live here.
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Is it normal to have 3+ of your candidates not even being resident in the same country.
What do these candidates even know about Scotland and the local constituents they want to represent?
I do agree that candidates for the Scottish Parliament should be able to provide a Scottish home address.
To add some context, because as always the National is entirely lacking. These seats are all areas where Labour are usually a distant 4/5th, have been for a century, and very likely don’t have a functioning CLP to run a selection process. They have absolutely zero hope of even getting their deposit back and probably just stuck a staffers name out of a hat to have something on the ballot. Absolute non-story.
With the exception of Kirkcaldy where the selected candidate was a massive racist and rightfully deselected.
If I were inclined to vote UK Labour in Scotland, or if I thought that Scottish Labour was in anyway a distinct political entity, I would simply ask if this was the democratic decision of the local committee.
If you plan on representing a specific area, you should be from/live in that area. I don’t see why an MSP for Pollok should live in Dundee, for example.
Makes complete sense they are based in London.
That’s where all Scottish Labour’s decisions are taken!
This raises a huge question about the role of local branches and democracy within the Labour Party. Remember Dennis Canavan not being selected and he went in in to win as an independent. Some areas just need a local candidate because some issues are so geographically specific. If the Labour Party are going to ‘win’ Scotland this isn’t how to do it. And it’s likely these candidates will be caught in some gaff that will damage Labour because these seats are so out of their context.
How is a councillor in Lewisham supposed to have any idea what the specific local (and I use that term lightly given the size of the area and it’s varying geography and demographics) issues are across Caithness and Sutherland?
Labour taking the absolute piss and showing exactly what they think about the North of Scotland. It’s no wonder they can’t make any inroads up here when they show nothing but utter disdain towards the people who live here.
Scottish Labour isn’t a real party
It’s the brand name for Labour in Scotland