Councillor John Beare, convener of the SNP Central Fife constituency, applied to the Sheriff Court to obtain a copy of the marked electoral register used during the Glenrothes by-election, the Dundee Courier reports today. Candidates and their agents are permitted to see the register, which records only who voted and not how they voted.
Mr Beare has made several requests for the document and has now been told it 'has gone missing.' He was informed renovation work has been carried out at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and that some documentation had been removed for confidential waste disposal.
Tricia Marwick, when asked if she suspected foul play, remarked, "No I do not. Nor do I believe it was a fair election. All I can say for sure is that the crucial information that proves it one way or another has gone missing."
Quelle surprise. My suggestion is we build a secure, fire-proofed, central archive for such documents; a perfect project for labour's new apprentices. Could the loss of such an important document make the result null and void?
Update: Guido Fawkes and others have blogged on this matter. It needs to be given as much publicity as possible.
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'Tricia Marwick, when asked if she suspected foul play, remarked, "No I do not. Nor do I believe it was a fair election. All I can say for sure is that the crucial information that proves it one way or another has gone missing."'
I despair of the Scottish electorate - we are such wimps to allow this kind of brazen corruption to take place with barely a squeak.
Why are we like that scunnert? Are we so brain-washed we're afraid to put our heads above the parapet and shout?
It's really a matter for the SNP I should think. They should look into the law. I hope this gets wider publicity but it certainly won't reach the Scotsman or Herald.
Hi Subrosa,
I thought at the time that the result in Glenrothes was just too good to be true for Labour.
Glenrothes - Fluke or Fix? Beginning to look less and less like fluke.
The only consollation is that in a GE they would not have the resources to carry out the same shenannegans over the whole country, but then again one or two constituencies might be enough.
Regards,
Just to say, I saw you bragging on G. Fawkes and claim my position in your stats as a visitor on several occasions.
But as I know sweet FA about Scottish politics I have never commented.
It is indeed Rab. Worrying. But like scunnert says we'll just accept it in a couple of days.
There's something wrong with us. We shouldn't be accepting this kind of skull duggery as the norm.
Morning John, good of you to pop in. A bit of boasting on Guido's site never harmed anyone, especially when it puts Derek Draper to shame :-)
I don't expect you to know anything about Scottish politics, why would you? We could well be a million miles from you. It's miserable here today although yesterday's snow has gone and it's turned to rain. About 2/3 degrees maybe. You'll be around 30 I suppose.
Liked the photos on St Brigid Day post. In fact I always enjoy them.
This is a passionate subject of mine. I truly believe the stats were very weird and posted this at the time on Guido.
Little passion, however. You Scots are not so different from we "Sassanachs" you know. It's why the Union has done OK for a few hundred years! I'd still love the soccer home internationals back. What was that all about?
Anyhow Labour are corrupt sh**t. Socialism a corrupt dogma. Power to the people to elect somebody that might actually do a good job and dump them if they don't. Pre-Labour it was known as democracy!
Auch Oldrightie, we are quite a bit different you know. We don't have afternoon tea here for example lol.
I've lived and worked outside Scotland for more than half my life and some of my dearest friends are English. I have no problem with them but they do have a problem with me, when I speak Scots (purely to confuse them of course)!
It is time Scotland broke away from the union. It's time we learned to stand on our own two feet and swim. It's my opinion the relationship would be stronger with England, as the Scots would no longer feel so inferior. It's this feeling of inequality that causes the problems and always has done.
I smelt a rat when the BBC said the vote looks like going to the SNP and then only 2 mins later they then said Labour looks like taken the vote.
Labour duped the postal voters into voting for them, if the SNP won 35% of the vote by people walking into a polling station then you would have thought the SNP would have the same % in the postal vote. Labour rigged the election for Brown.
But how did they do it Spook? That's the question which needs an answer.
subrosa,
You can be sure that that particular question will never be answered.
W.V. is "caterse" - have you lost anything Spook?
I.m not bothered if John Beare wants to know how i voted in the Glenrothes by-election.
I'll tell him..It was labour LABOUR.....47 times
The Truth is out 'There'
Sadly Niko, I think you have hit it on your wee button nose...
This is on my own blog but I am giving it as much circulation as I can, as naebuddy reads mine cos it's got seary words and horrible disgusting pictures......sniff sniff ;o)
How it's Done
From Donald Anderson
Former Senior SSP Member
Electoral Fraud in the 1970s
In the mid 70’s I acted as a polling clerk in two municipal elections, two years running in Glasgow. I was a mature student at Strathclyde and a mature student friend, of the same political persuasion, was also a clerk at the next polling Station. I was at the Round Toll and he was further down Cowcaddens. The old tenements were still there and this was in the height of the Glasgow Clearances.
It soon became evident that all the staff were Labourites. One was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The words “communist” and “Great” Britain obviously presented no problem to him. I immediately concentrated on him, talking about John MacLean and his international Socialism, being careful not to mention his stand on a Scottish Workers Republic and his persecution from the Great British State, the Labour Party and the CP of GB. I had to stifle myself when the Labourites joined in, even more ignorant of socialism, then the GB member.
I was one of them, a British Nationalist Labourite, they thought. So they laid into the SNP and I managed to bite my tongue. They showed me how to stuff the ballot boxes during the quiet spells, of which there were many. They stamped ballot papers and put their crosses next to the Labour candidate and shoved them into the box. If someone came in and their vote was already used, they just scored the next one off the electors roll with a ruler. The voter could hardly notice this, as the Roll would be upside down to them and they were usually confused as to procedure.
Towards closing time a (now deceased) cousin of mine, Sammy Halliday, came to vote, rather the worse for wear after his shift as foreman on the ashfelt and his shift in the pub afterwards. His dunkey jaikit, working claes and boots were covered in ashfelt. He immediately recognised me and dumped a broon paper parcel of ham ribs on my Elector’s roll, proclaiming to all and sundry. “Haw. That’s mah wee cousin. I’m votin’ for him. He’s SNP. "Up the Scottish Socialist Republic.” Was I mortified? I can still picture the Pom Frits’ furious and helpless faces. There was nothing they could do about me. Usually, they are always running to the polis station with the pettiest of complaints about the SNP. When my cousin finally realised something was up, the clerks, rather unsportingly for Old Firm fans, refused his generous offer of a Skwerr go ootside. My own disappointment at their refusal to fight was soon dispelled when he offered me the ham ribs and telt me no’ to gie thae basturts ony. I took them hame tae the wife. I’m too good tae her.
My chum, at the next polling station, loudly declared is allegiance to an Independent Scotland at the end of the evening and gave them some anatomical advice on stuffing their papers. Between the pair of us I reckon we outvoted the Labour Fiddlers Rally and the winner was the late Angus MacIntosh, SNP Cooncillor for Coocaddens. I tried to advise the SNP to get everyone to act as Polling Clerks each election and outvote the paid Labour Clerks. But, did they listen?
I’m 71 noo and they can go the polis if they like. Or better still, try and take it oot the nose. I’m still up for it.
KW, take off the H & S warning. Many bloggers use the same language as you. It's off putting to some. But maybe you prefer folk to think they'll be shocked :-)
KW, just noticed you have put it on your blog. Well done :-)
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