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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 3h

Realising I'll need to update my draft "MSPs at risk of losing their seats" piece for BBS when I get home to account for change in circumstances of her expected loss

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 3h

Obviously she was doomed in Alba anyway and was never getting back in but now she's really sealed the deal, RIP to the political career of the person who gave us the finest bit of complete gormlessness, never before seen lack of gorm, total absence of gorm, unparalleled non-gorm in history.

Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · Jun 1

"How would the punters get to them?" absolutely entering my political meme lexicon, thanks Ash

Section of an interview - a real interview in a real paper - with Ash Regan MSP

Asked about concerns her bill could drive prostitution to an unregulated and underground system, Ms Regan said: "There is no basis for any of those assertions.

"If you even think for one second, you cannot possibly drive prostitution underground.

"If you had a lot of women in underground cellars with a locked door, how would the punters get to them?"

The Herald clarified that the point being made was that if someone wants to buy sex, they would simply do so illegally.

Asked if that made sense, Ms Regan said: "No. It does not really make sense whatsoever."

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 4h

Can't wait to find out why Ash Regan has left Alba but I assume it goes something like "she still employs Chris McEleney, who due to his expulsion is real beefed with Kenny MacAskill, who ALSO obvs beat Regan for leadership and will probs beat her for selection"

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 7h

Also thinking how annoyed people were that Dragon Age Veilguard didn't have much earlier game choice carryover - lads they were four games deep! The increase in permutations is exponential and unsustainable! You can have direct flow to sequels or you can have meaningful choice, not both, permanently

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 7h

DIVA DOWN

Screenshot of a BBC headline stating "Peru's president removed from office amid soaring crime", and subheaded "Lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to oust President Dina Boluarte"

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 23h

Or to put it another way: we never thought millions of OUR voters would be denied their fair democratic representation, cries party that supports the Deny Millions of Voters Their Fair Democratic Representation voting system

Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

There is no way that Find Out Now poll is accurate but it is VERY funny and a reminder of how utterly, repugnantly undemocratic Labour and the Conservatives are to have lumbered us with a shit voting system that now risks utterly destroying them. Now the FPTP leopard is eating YOUR faces!

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

D'oh, of course, I somehow forgot about that! Still a very rare occurrence mind you!

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

It's one thing for a >35% Labour party to be howling that *its own preferred voting system* means smaller parties simply need to give up and get behind them, it's another thing sitting on around 20% and furiously denouncing parties on like 15% and 10% as splitters. Everyone's a splitter now babes!

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

More seriously though, here's a major part of recent polling: on average, the Lib Dem + Green share is higher than Labour's. There presumably can't have been a time the non-Labour left/liberal vote total was higher than Labour since the heady days after the emergence of the SDP/Liberal Alliance

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

There is no way that Find Out Now poll is accurate but it is VERY funny and a reminder of how utterly, repugnantly undemocratic Labour and the Conservatives are to have lumbered us with a shit voting system that now risks utterly destroying them. Now the FPTP leopard is eating YOUR faces!

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

The UK is not the US; Green parties are normal, well-established parties, that are distinctly unfavourable to Russia, in much of Europe (plus Canada, Australia and New Zealand).

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely relieved the Dolly Parton situation was "she's not dying, she's just Southern"

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