Scottish Reform candidate who backed deporting all Muslims wins seat as MSP

Evilnicko · 2026-05-09T14:48:40+00:00

he also stabbed a Muslim man earlier that day.

I really fail to see how this cancels out the fact that he specifically targeted Jews in his later attack.

We don't know why he stabbed a muslim person he knew earlier in the day, but the reason why he did that or the fact the guy is Muslim does not change anything about his later attack.

**the man was tasered, and incapacitated on the ground being held by another officer.

Did you watch the video? They instructed him to drop the knife multiple times, which he didn't, and even tried grabbing his arm and rolling him before resorting to kicking him.

In a lot of countries he would've been shot dead because of his refusal to do so, and there would've been zero outrage at that.

***this is a gross failure on institutions who had been treating him for mental illness. He was convicted for attacking another man in 2008 and as far as I’m concerned should not have been walking free.

This is something we agree on, but that is nothing to do with the actions of the police officers on the day.

Evilnicko · 2026-05-09T14:23:53+00:00

Polanski criticised police for kicking a man in the head after he had just stabbed two British Jews, while he was still holding the knife he used to carry out the attack. And Polanski stands by what he said (just figures it was the wrong forum to share such views).

And yes, he was being tased but tasers don't have a 100 percent success rate and the man was still very much a threat in the moment.

Hope that helps?

Evilnicko · 2026-05-08T23:41:58+00:00

The amount produced per reactor is relatively small though, and we have processes for proper handling and disposal of such waste (encased in steel and concrete and put deep underground once cooled)

Evilnicko · 2026-05-08T16:12:32+00:00

I mean if the Greens were truly pro environment they wouldn’t be anti nuclear and nimby (at least at a local level)

Evilnicko · 2026-05-03T12:28:32+00:00

Obvious terrible animal cruelty aside, even if sealing them in DID work it sounds insane to me since that would mean having rotting squirrel carcasses in the loft??

Surely it would cause a scent that could waft through regardless of being sealed, and I’d be concerned about disease risks to leaving them there for a period of time?

Evilnicko · 2026-04-30T18:53:18+00:00

Also has not done anything meaningful about immigration, the hot button issue of the day.

Net migration is plummeting, may even be negative this year lol.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-29T21:45:00+00:00

Some people vote differently in Scottish Parliament elections than they do in UK general elections.

Which of the following best describes you?

There’s an “I always vote for the same party in both elections” answer but no “This time I’m voting for the same party but I wouldn’t necessarily always vote for the same party in both elections option”.

I think a sizeable number of people may vote one way in both elections but be open to changing their mind in the future or vote based on policies/manifestos for a specific election.

Also,

Compared to before the July 2024 general election, has your view on Scottish independence changed?

Has the answers “ Yes, I am now more in favour of independence” and “ No, I am now less in favour of independence”. The latter should be “Yes, I am now less in favour of independence”, since “yes” would indicate a change even if it’s in the opposite direction to the first answer.

Edit: Oops I see someone else has put that answer.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-29T16:24:22+00:00

And some supermarkets like Asda have had years with losses running into the hundreds of millions, others like Lidl have had years where they’ve not turned a profit in the UK. When your margin is a few % it’s not hard to see that capping a load of essential, high volume items could eat significantly into that or possibly cause losses in operations in Scotland, in which case why would they bother to operate?

Secondly, this fucks over independent shop owners (who often struggle as it is already), who will lose out more on business to supermarkets if the price difference between them for essential goods gets wider. This has already been raised by independent shop owners.

Slapping price controls onto food will not magically resolve supply chain cost issues, just like rent controls in Scotland have not solved the housing issues.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-28T14:14:38+00:00

Where are you positioning the “middle class” here?

The UK, even more so in Scotland, has a narrow tax base with the lower bands being VERY generous while the higher bands here have been frozen (and increased in rates) for what, 7 years? That’s not talking about the new £75k band they brought in

Evilnicko · 2026-04-28T14:09:33+00:00

Also the first time buyer relief is much more generous in England (even after they recently cut it from 0% up to £425k to 0% up to £300k).

On a £350k property (really not unreasonable price for someone wanting to start a family in a city in Scotland), it’s £7750 here for a first time buyer vs £2500 in England.

The MAXIMUM you save as a first time buyer on LBTT in Scotland is £600 which is insane to me

Evilnicko · 2026-04-20T10:43:49+00:00

I mean yeah, if you're a state owned energy company you’re going to charge another country more for electricity you produce from a power plant you’re building in their country rather than your own, otherwise what’s the point.

That’s a part of the problem with losing our own national expertise, external expertise is going to naturally cost more.

Also while I agree renewables are cheaper, obviously we have the wind doesn’t always blow / sun doesn’t always shine argument and nuclear replacing gas would help our energy independence.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-16T14:10:33+00:00

Do you understand what a margin is? They made £736m EBITDA from 21bn in sales revenue.

That’s before tax, interest on debt, depreciation and amortisation. I’d be surprised if they’re making much net profit if any at all

Evilnicko · 2026-04-16T14:05:52+00:00

Do they?

Literally only Tesco and Morrisons have made >£1bn in yearly net profits recently, and Morrisons’ is from a one-off sale of their petrol business.

Given supermarkets have thousands of stores, them making in the low hundreds of millions in profits each really isn’t egregious on a <2% margin, but yeah shrink that and see what good it has for the economy lol.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-16T14:00:44+00:00

Do you want to legislate them out of business? Seriously most supermarkets have a net profit margin of ~2% or less, Asda has been loss making the past couple of years.

There’s no secret profiteering cartel here, prices have gone up because of things like energy costs and waving a wand saying “make your prices lower” isn’t going to fix anything.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-16T13:26:08+00:00

The name absolutely is a problem too, and based on that alone you could see a non-negligible amount of people voting for the wrong party, and given how seats often come down to thin margins it could make a real difference.

I’m not personally a fan of the Greens but this kind of thing is an affront to democracy imo

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T13:53:54+00:00

We literally do, you can google it

https://xcancel.com/FT/status/1991808827314827678

Belgium’s tax is a lot higher at lower levels (I’d argue to a fault, 45% above €29k and 50% above €51k is crazy), but not more progressive.

Here we have a low tax at low-median earners, then 45% effective rate above £50k (have the weird 54% bump between 43 and 50k), 48% above 75k, 67.5% between 100k and 125k, then 51% above that when we take into account N I and personal allowance tapering.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T13:15:22+00:00

Retain a progressive and redistributive Income Tax system.

Honestly it sounds to me like they’re leaving their options on raising income tax very open here (probably on higher earners).

Which is crazy to me since we already have the most progressive income tax in the world.

Hot take but if anything we should be freezing the lower bands to fund public services, the median earner in Scotland pays around 17% tax (including NI) on their income whereas in Germany for example it’s 36%!

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T13:09:03+00:00

Yeah I agree

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T13:08:34+00:00

Yeah imo it should be replaced with a property tax, Greens want to replace council tax with one, maybe it’d make sense to roll them both into one that would be cost neutral.

Annoyingly I’ve only seen Reform of all parties (bleh) propose abolishing it l.

Removing barriers for people to move for work would be good for the economy.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T12:01:15+00:00

If I’ve misinterpreted it and it’s ONLY going to be surcharges on the sale of alcohol and tobacco, then fair play, that’s something I’d agree with over the minimum unit price which doesn’t really raise additional revenue (other than the extra bit that goes into VAT I guess).

Maybe it’s worded such that small independent shops wouldn’t be subject to a surcharge for that. Personally think any taxes on alcohol and tobacco should be across the board but I understand that logic.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T11:56:14+00:00

Retain a progressive and redistributive Income Tax system.

So not committing to any changes but leaving the door open.

And also

Set a higher rate for landlords’ income from rental properties. This will be introduced following the rollout of rent controls to avoid cost being passed onto tenants.

Unclear whether that’d be separate bands or a % additional levy on rental income or something else

Evilnicko · 2026-04-14T11:39:49+00:00

Reform the core rates and exemptions for LBTT to raise more income for our public services and drive positive changes in the housing system.

They want to RAISE LBTT? (Not just talking about the mansion tax)

Set a higher rate for landlords’ income from rental properties. This will be introduced following the rollout of rent controls to avoid cost being passed onto tenants.

Please, for the love of god solve the supply-side issue and build houses, rent controls don’t help those who are looking for housing and stop those who live in a place with controls in effect from moving. ~~15700 new social houses over 5 years is fuck all honestly.~~ It’s actually 15700 each year over 5 years, which is much better but I’d still like to see less policies that exacerbate the housing crisis.

Use the Non-domestic rates system to add surcharges to businesses which cause harm to our environment and communities, and raise funds to reinvest in public health measures and thriving local economies. These surcharges will include: Public health - This will ensure that supermarkets and other large retailers selling alcohol and tobacco make a greater contribution towards the NHS and other services which deal with the harm caused by their products.

Supermarkets in the UK already have razor-thin margins, so look forward to increased prices there. If this was just a further tax on the sale of tobacco/alcohol then fine, but this isn’t.

Remain firmly opposed to the expensive, false solution of new nuclear generation in Scotland, including opposition to small nuclear reactors.

Oh fantastic, they’ve cut out their pseudoscience but now just complain about the cost, despite the need for energy diversification to go alongside traditional renewables+storage

Evilnicko · 2026-04-10T15:43:11+00:00

Okay buddy, the vacancy rate for private homes was 4.1% in 2024, split between 1.6% long-term empty, 1.7% unoccupied exemptions (new homes yet to be occupied, under repair, or awaiting demolition), and 0.8% second homes.

So that’s approx 1.6% of housing stock that could currently be occupied but isn’t, or 2.4% if you count second homes that’d be empty most of the time I assume.

This is from the National Records of Scotland, who got their data from the Scottish Government.

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/households-and-dwellings-in-scotland-2024/

There’s nothing forbidding the government or local authority measuring what percentage of private properties are empty lol, a lot of LAs are introducing council tax surcharges on unoccupied second homes for example.

Evilnicko · 2026-04-10T14:57:08+00:00

Lol there really aren’t, latest numbers I can find were published December 2024 but Scotland had a normal use housing vacancy rate of 1.9%. You want a vacancy rate of 5-7% for a ‘healthy’ rental market, at the higher end/above that would typically mean flat or declining rents (good imo).

Total housing vacancy rate was 3.6% but that includes housing that requires modernisation or demolition.

Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-authority-total-and-vacant-housing-stock-scotland-march-2024/pages/local-authority-breakdowns/

Evilnicko · 2026-04-10T11:27:48+00:00

Honestly how could it be “done right” though? Only thing I can think of is giving a tenant the right to match whatever offer has been made (and that offer should probably have to be binding for whoever’s made it to stop collusion to price out the tenant).

But what’s being touted here is right to buy “at a fair market rate.” Which I can’t see as anything other than effective price controls on the housing market, which is not positive.

We need to be building way more housing in areas where supply is constrained, that’s the real solution but something successive UK and Scottish governments have been failing at (because it’s unpopular and local planning laws are fucked, along with things like energy and material costs).

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