Nigel Wars 2

I hope that in return for a link here, the author/photoshopper(s) at edinburghsucks will allow me to nick their excellent culture-jam of Nigel Griffiths constituency office window. This is less dangerous for me than Philip C's incitement to commit criminal damage by bricking it, or son DoDo's suggestion that we sneak out in dead of night to appropriately alter his smug Nigel face with spraypaint- too many CCTVs.



Some may also enjoy edinburghsucks latest update on Nigel's election campaign shenanigans here, where he used photos with the moderator of the Church of Scotland on electioneering pamphlets without permission. Nigel has also used anti-LibDem quotes from Robin Harper (Scottish Green MSP) on his promotion material without permission, so this is quite a habit of his.

Is that enough links now, the Basa?

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Also on election news, StonedWolf has taken issue with one of the few pamphlets we've received, that from the Save our Scottish Regiments Campaign. This recommended that to punish Nigel (which would give many great pleasure), we should instead vote for the Tory candidate for Edinburgh South, Gavin Brown. Here's the case SW posted at SOSRC website forum, which has failed to receive a single reply or explanation.

Greetings,

Not more than 5 minutes ago a "LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE SCOTTISH REGIMENTS" letter dropped through my door in the Edinburgh South constituency. It states the campaign is cross-political, supporting SNP, Lib Dem, and Conservative candidates on a "most likely to win" evaluation.

My letter continues "... vote for Gavin Brown, the Conservative candidate, in Edinburgh South. Gavin is the only person in your area who can beat Labour and save the Royal Scots".

NOTHING would give me greater pleasure than seeing our sitting-creep Nigel Griffiths kicked out. What I cannot understand is why GAVIN BROWN is chosen by you instead of the Liberal Democrat candidate.

In 2001 the EDINBURGH SOUTH results were:

Nigel Griffiths, Labour. 15,671 votes (42.2%)
Marilyne MacLaren, Liberal Democrat. 10,172 votes (27.4%)
Gordon Buchan, Conservative. 6,172 votes (16.6%)
Heather Williams, SNP. 3,683 votes (9.9%)
Colin Fox, SSP. 933 votes, (2.5%)
Margaret Hendry, LC. 535 votes (1.4%)

Thus in the last General Election in the EDINBURGH SOUTH consistency the Liberal Democrat scored within five and a half thousand votes of victory. The Conservative needs around ten thousand to dislodge Griffiths. For those of you without degrees in Mathematics, that's almost double. Or to put it another way - just a couple of thousand disaffected votes from Labour and a couple from the Conservatives and a Labour constituency could turn Liberal Democrat.

Is there some secret formula as to why the Conservative was bizarrely selected for support? Is it the STSR campaign is simply inherrently Tory?

If so, that's fine, but whatever else you don't do yourselves justice by saying the Conservative has the slightest chance of victory. He does not. There is as much chance of that as Pink Unicorn being returned for Edinburgh South.

Stonedwolf at: 25/4/05 2:54 pm