Mastodawn

We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:

1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses?

#ScotPol

Yes, Coalition

Yes, but Confidence & Supply

13%

No, no deal with the hated enemy

34.8%

Three way coalition with Greens as well

52.2%

Poll ended at 7:49pm.

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kat donegan (she/her) 🇵🇸✊6d ago

@simon_brooke why would they need to go into a coalition with labour when the greens are right there & are more natural allies?

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Simon Brooke 6d ago

@kathimmel Because #Oil. Stephen Flynn has promised the oil and gas industry in Scotland glory days ahead. That's incompatible with a survivable planet, and if @ScottishGreens were to go into coalition without a clear statement that the SNP utterly reject Flynn's stance and stand by all their existing #ClimateChange commitments, they would betray us all.

Independence on a dead planet would be a very hollow victory.

#ThereIsNoEconomyOnADeadPlanet
#ClimateEmergency

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/597213/stephen-flynn-aberdeen-oil-and-gas-holyrood/

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Chip Butty 6d ago

@simon_brooke @kathimmel they are going to go as a minority gov't and make deals based on what they want (so they can get Labour/Tories/Reform/LDs to support any gas/oil stuff, or Greens if they want to do something renewable). They are in a pretty good position to do what they want by figuring out who will support a particular thing.

I wonder which party is the best at making deals and getting what they want? Labour has seemed to be the worst of it (IIRC they supported the last budget w/o getting any concessions) and the Greens seem to be the best at it (they certainly make a lot of noise about the things the get from the SNP)

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Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon

@otfrom @simon_brooke @kathimmel

just remember in Scotland the tories and labour will join up as one if the opponent is the SNP.... Because neither give a fook about scotland unless westminster leaders sanction it.