STIRLING may have a Tory MP, but judging by last night's EU election result, residents might be turning their backs on the party ...
The SNP saw a victory in the city with 38.3% of the vote - a gain of 9.4% - while the Conservatives slipped into third place, losing 7.1% of their previous support.
For a Conservative constituency the figures are pretty grim. But, apparently, the party itself doesn't think so. According to them we should "ignore the SNP spin"!
Ignore the SNP spin. The fact is that in a depressed turnout election, where they sunk a lot of effort Scotland-wide to get their vote out and saw their opponents struggling, they've gone nowhere from their 2017 GE result.
— Stirling Tories (@stirling_tories) May 27, 2019
No-one has won from these elections that no-one wanted. https://t.co/iHKaaz5DHq
You have to laugh.
As Nicola Sturgeon pointed out, the SNP polled at 38%, which was the highest share of the vote for any party in the UK.
Meanwhile the Tories struggled UK-wide, receiving their worst national election results ever.
Stirling (Scotland) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) May 26, 2019
SNP: 38.3% (+9.4)
LDem: 15.1% (+9.4)
Con: 15.1% (-7.1)
Brex: 12.3% (+12.3)
Grn: 9.6% (-0.9)
Lab: 6.2% (-16.3)
ChUK: 1.8% (+1.8)
UKIP: 1.3% (-7.5)
Looks like the person running the Stirling Tories account just needed to create a distraction for a bit ...
If that was the case, the plan went pretty well. The response to the post was incredible. While the tweet received 42 retweets and 143 likes, it also drew 525 comments. They got *ratio-ed*.
Do you losers need a hug?
— Cameron Archibald (@MammothWhale) May 27, 2019
Worst Tory result since 1832. according to @bbclaurak.
— Lindsay Bruce (@RogueCoder250) May 27, 2019
You idiots created this mess. Don't whine about voters blaming you for it.
I love the smell of desperation in the morning. I’d like to say, ‘nice try’; but, frankly, that was rubbish.
— Caroline Wilson 🦇 (@gingercw123) May 27, 2019
— Oor Red Raiph 🏴 🇪🇺 (@raiphsays) May 27, 2019
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