There you go, 3.30 am and the party is just about over. The Tartan overlord's call for 20 SNP MP's proved to be catastrophically overambitious.
The rampant enthusiasm after the narrow Holyrood victory in 2007 and the splendid Westminster by-election later that year in Glasgow East, came back and smacked Salmond and SNP supporters hard in the face.
Any straws to be clutched at will be dismissed as sour grapes by Labour party supporters and their fellow unionists. However, a biased media utterly thirled to Labour, blindingly negative campaigning and the emergence of tactical voting against the Tories all deserve an airing, simply because they served to turn around and kick the crap out of the SNP's aspirations. Believers in independence are bound to be depressed and suffering from the moops for the next couple of days.
However, this was a Westminster election and making the breakthrough was always going to be a big ask. I suppose once the psephologist's start number crunching we'll discover that the SNP increased their votes from 2005, sadly that's no comfort at this time. I naively always see elections in optimistic terms, believing the electorate just needs the chance to listen to alternative arguments, before the veil of fear and propaganda is lifted. Jings, more fool me.
BBC Scotland, have rightly gone to the victors for their views tonight. We've had a continuous uninterrupted rant from Messrs Alexander, Murphy and Gray panning the SNP. This crowing and chest thumping will continue for a few days. It'll make some of us depressed, most it will simply anger, it'll help to resolve our desire to show these posturing mountebanks that we are not completely defeated. You have to ask why they aren't gracious in victory, could it be that they still fear the SNP are popular in government, that the task of standing up to the Tories in Westminster will be difficult from opposition and that they have been a woefully poor opposition in Holyrood? They're shrieking and preening because they're quite simply shitting themselves. David Cameron in control of Scotland's finances and reserved matters will not be popular here. A referendum on Independence offers many opportunities and will be difficult for them to manipulate from opposition in both parliaments.
Holyrood next year, it's all to play for.
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Huge majorities for a pair of complete idiots like Morrice and Curran are very disappointing. But while the headline stats will make very poor reading for the SNP, viewed in the cold light of day this election is a win-win for the Nationalists.
A Lab-Lib coalition is almost certain to deliver PR, which would double (or more) the SNP’s representation at Westminster, and greatly increase their chances of holding influence.
A Tory majority or minority government, on the other hand, is likely (according to the recent poll) to almost double support for independence, and greatly assist the SNP’s chances of winning the next Holyrood election as a result.
The SNP and those of us who support them may be feeling very down in the next few hours, and in direct terms this seems unquestionably like being a bad result. But you don’t have to look very far at all into the future to see a much rosier picture for Scotland’s party.
Entirely agree Mark. I'm not going to mope. Next year is the target. Shame about John Mason though.
And we need to get this postal voting business really sorted out.
The only game in town is a LibDum/Con alliance of some hue or other.
Does this mean a LibDum Tory Viceroy in BenDover House?
I was surprised at the almost total absence of SNP propaganda on the interweb. I came to the conclusion that they are keeping their powder dry for next year's Holyrood elections. That is where the independence referendum will come from after all - not Westminster.
As Cameron takes up the poisoned chalice the policies adopted by the his administration (and field tested in Scotland where they have no mandate) should expose the truth that Scotland is ruled by England - and what England wants Scotland gets. All that is required is for the SNP to let history run its course.
I'm sat here grinning, attacking the SNP is desperate measures from a number of incompetent Labour Cowards purporting to be MPs.
I share the view that they are bricking themselves, standby for CMD to be in No.10 can't see Nick letting go a chance to bargain for FibDum policies in return for votes.....or do the SNP enter from stage left a secure an Independence Referendum or Full Fiscal?
Answers on a postcard, procured earlier!
CD
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