Post #2155283

2026-05-07 12:28 UTC

@Wen@mastodon.scot @MarkSquiresWine@mastodon.social @andrewducker@mastodon.scot Try setting yourself up as the "Conservation Union Party" or the "Labouring Red Rose Party" and see how far you get. It's not even "just" hypothetical confusion either. "'Independent Green Voice', a fake party [...] with a logo that has the word “Green” prominent, and stands exclusively to confuse voters and rob the real Greens of votes. They definitely cost the Greens one seat in 2021, and quite likely two." https://ballotbox.scot/sp26-final-projection/

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@beemoh@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-07 12:42

@GlasWolf@mastodon.scot @Wen@mastodon.scot @MarkSquiresWine@mastodon.social @andrewducker@mastodon.scot Supposedly someone got away with "Literal Democrats" once.

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@MarkSquiresWine@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 12:34

@GlasWolf@mastodon.scot @Wen@mastodon.scot @andrewducker@mastodon.scot Yeah, I thought so. Sounds all too similar the BS we see coming from MAGA.

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@catmcintyre@mastodon.scot 2026-05-07 12:52

@GlasWolf@mastodon.scot @Wen@mastodon.scot @MarkSquiresWine@mastodon.social @andrewducker@mastodon.scot We need a "Reframe Party" or a "Reforum Party" now...

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@GlasWolf@mastodon.scot 2026-05-11 21:19

@Wen@mastodon.scot @MarkSquiresWine@mastodon.social @andrewducker@mastodon.scot In case anyone's wondering: yes, the scam worked again. "The only damper on [the SGP's] day was once again being denied a seat by the fake party with literally no campaign led by a guy expelled from UKIP for holocaust denial, 'Independent Green Voice'. The Greens were 0.3% short of beating the Conservatives in Mid Scotland and Fife, but IGV won 0.87%." Again, can you imagine this being allowed to happen to an establishment party? https://ballotbox.scot/sp26-the-headline-results/

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