Election 1992 - Part 24

[Myndir]

The Tories last good Westminister election in Scotland. Labour have had nearly 20 years of dominance, which now seems to be melting away to the SNP.

[nikkiad70]

wow the days the Tories won Stirling....

[bismuthcadmium]

Nick Harvey is now a baldy government minister

[HAZIDEAD]

Tories UP in Scotland. How times change...

[Myndir]

Winston Churchill had a long career.

[SiorafasNaCillini]

@Myndir

It's Winston Jr. they mean. The wartime PM was dead by then.

[Myndir]

@SiorafasNaCillini I just about worked that out.

[swanarcadian]

Prediction at 1:30am is C majority of 3.

There was an overall swing to the Conservatives in Scotland in 1992, which helped Michael Forsyth hold on. C gain Aberdeen South.

John Smith holds Monklands East.

[Chazzoli]

@swanarcadian Why are you repeating what we can see for ourselves?

[swanarcadian]

@Chazzoli You're not the first to ask. It helps myself and others find a particular moment of election night to relive, rather than trawling through all the long hours. A reference guide. Some people like it, others such as yourself obviously do not. Just ignore it if you don't like it.

[ajs41]

@swanarcadian

The only problem is if people want to watch the show without knowing what's going to happen next, but I suppose they can make the window smaller to cut out the comments in that case.

[Chazzoli]

@swanarcadian Actually, soon after I posted my first comment, I did start finding it quite useful. My bad

[bismuthcadmium]

John Cole seems to have forgotten that Labour had a majority of less thn 5 in 1974 but held out for 4 and a half years!

[RichLN]

The Loonies always seem disappointingly sane.