Comments on SNP Tactical Voting: SNP Tactical Voting - The End of the Line

Good luck with the new blog, Jeff, am sure it will...

2010-09-04T23:10:44.435+01:00

Good luck with the new blog, Jeff, am sure it will be as entertaining and informative as this one has been..!

As for why so many people of different political persuasions feel a "visceral hatred" towards the SNP is probably because of the 'N' word - any party that ultimately bases its ideology on ethnocultural lines always tends to be pretty divisive.

I've always considered the Greens to be excellent at directing our attention to some of the most pressing environmental issues of our times. They're lucky to have you on board.

Good luck for the future and best wishes for the n...

2010-09-04T17:08:20.936+01:00

Good luck for the future and best wishes for the new blog, it's been great reading this one over the past few months.

Been fun Jeff. Sad to see you go. As a "green...

2010-09-03T08:39:29.420+01:00

Been fun Jeff. Sad to see you go. As a "green" entrepreneur I often find the green position infuriates those who are or should my allies in developing more projects. I have to make the "right wing" case for green technology. When they hear it (some do listen, some are so deep in conspiracy no reality can penetrate)they like what they hear. Michael

Thank you for all the great posts Jeff. This blog...

2010-09-03T01:10:43.741+01:00

Thank you for all the great posts Jeff.

This blog will be greatly missed.

Well, I knew it was coming so I can't say I...

2010-09-02T23:53:57.607+01:00

Well, I knew it was coming so I can't say I'm surprised. But I can say I'll miss your unfailing insight into scottish politics, your keen wit when Labour have dropped another clanger, and your usually fair assessment of when the SNP have…

Go well into those green fields, Jeff. And if you should happen to wander back this way, we'll keep a seat in the conference hall and a spot at the bar free for you. You're buying though...

One can be green and a nationalist. The problem wi...

2010-09-02T23:42:47.133+01:00

One can be green and a nationalist.
The problem with being Green is often the total lack of costings on policies, or should I say wish list.
Good luck and adieu.

Jeff, Admit it. The real reason you are jettisonin...

2010-09-02T21:07:49.904+01:00

Jeff, Admit it. The real reason you are jettisoning the SNP is that you have realised they are a bunch of numpties talking mince.The vast majority of SNP councillors are just Tories in tartan jaickits - and good on them for that.When they get past the romantic indepence tosh they realise that real decisons have to be made in the real world. A bit like dumping the SNP and joining the Greens1

Sad news, but prob for the best. I stopped reading...

2010-09-02T19:58:40.479+01:00

Sad news, but prob for the best. I stopped reading this as much as I used to a long time ago. All the best in the future.

Very kind folks, much appreciated. A diminished ...

2010-09-02T19:26:24.845+01:00

Very kind folks, much appreciated.

A diminished appetite for it and a recognition that I wasn't fully achieving offline ambitions did play a part I should add. The Green element isn't too much a part of it, prob shouldn't have conflates the two too much.

But if I agree that it's too much of a shame I'll pick up the baton again.

And Better Nation could be awesome too, of course!

Jeepers, Jeff. I'm actually moved emotionally ...

2010-09-02T19:22:38.513+01:00

Jeepers, Jeff. I'm actually moved emotionally by some guys ranting on t' internet. Changed days...
Do well. Scotland is a better place for your musings... (Sniff.) :-(

It was clear over the last year that you were on a...

2010-09-02T19:08:54.792+01:00

It was clear over the last year that you were on a journey (to use a Blairism) away from the SNP, even before you moved to London. Sorry to see you go Jeff and I look forward to seeing your Better Nation project.
Best wishes.
Cruachan

Jeff This is sad news indeed. Your blog is at th...

2010-09-02T18:20:16.126+01:00

Jeff

This is sad news indeed. Your blog is at the top of my list, but I commend and respect your reasons for moving onto to pastures 'green'.

Your integrity when dealing with Scottish issues was always refreshing and never partisan. Perhaps you can bring some of that to the Green movement!

I will miss SNP Tactical Voting, and even though I don't see eye to eye on many Green policies, I will definitely be stopping by Better Nation. In the meantime, I wish you the best of luck.

Andrew BOD

Goodbye and goodluck in Haringay.

2010-09-02T18:07:32.991+01:00

Goodbye and goodluck in Haringay.

Thanks for your blog and hopefully the new one is ...

2010-09-02T17:05:31.419+01:00

Thanks for your blog and hopefully the new one is just as good.

As someone who is both a green minded nationalist, and a pro-independence green, just remember that the SGP are fairly sympathetic to independence! (Though coming at it from a 'localism/small is beautiful' approach rather than a 'self-evident, this is obviously my country' angle). No idea what GPEW's view of such things is though.

It was noble of you not to attract more attention ...

2010-09-02T14:49:46.685+01:00

It was noble of you not to attract more attention from Blair....Hague did enough and Cherie would have been mad enough with that alone...

Bonne chance!

Cheerio, Jeff. It's been great reading your b...

2010-09-02T13:55:48.067+01:00

Cheerio, Jeff. It's been great reading your blog over the last wee while - orra best with the new one.

Sad times Jeff. Thanks for the excellent stuff ov...

2010-09-02T13:42:42.222+01:00

Sad times Jeff.

Thanks for the excellent stuff over the years and I'll be sure to be tracking you closely on Better Nation.

When the voting reforms come through, will you be in a position to begin Green Tactical Voting?

G'luck.

What a shame! Best of luck Jeff - it's www.new...

2010-09-02T13:26:53.892+01:00

What a shame! Best of luck Jeff - it's www.newsnetscotland.com for me now.

It is a shame to see this blog capitulate to the s...

2010-09-02T13:22:24.149+01:00

It is a shame to see this blog capitulate to the superstition and outright hysteria of the greens. Somehow I don't think that anthropomorphic "climate change", in as much as it can be even proven to exist, can be said to be "the greatest threat to our way of life".

Even in the unlikely circumstance that it does exist, and forecasts are as bad as the green party and their ilk make out, then it is a price well worth paying to have an advanced technological civilisation. Most people recognise this, and that's why the greens won't ever get anywhere nomatter how much they trump up some supposed threat to the planet.

Sometimes I wonder if the greens just have an innate hatred of modernity. They dislike "consumerism" - ie people buying things they disapprove of - and they oppose the only remotely workable large scale emission-free electricity generation method we have (nuclear). Weird, and also damning.

Nonetheless thanks for maintaining a good blog, and the best of luck to you, Jeff.

Thank you so much for your efforts over the years ...

2010-09-02T12:25:03.472+01:00

Thank you so much for your efforts over the years Jeff.
Though we were at different ends of the SNP spectrum, (the SNP, for me, is merely a vehicle for independence), I have thoroughly enjoyed your blog and it has often compelled me to re-examine long held convictions.
Most of all, it was nice to spend some cyber time with someone who is, so transparently, a decent human being.
Thanks again,
Davie.