💛 Vote SNP to re-elect a local, experienced, reliable MSP on your first, lilic constituency ballot paper to serve our communities. 🟣⚓️
🗳️ Vote for the country you believe in and a government always on Scotland’s side on your second, peach regional ballot paper. 🍑🏴
All SNP Supporters please note that I will accept all your donations rather than you just throwing your cash away on the SNP I promise I will put it to good use and not buy a Campervan or the like.Once I have received your donations I will immediately delete all correspondence in accordance with Security Rules devised by the SNP Scottish Government Ps I am White
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Local SNP manifesto link, including that we/the SNP will support efforts to bring the former Powderhall railway line into use as a new walking and cycling route in the capital.
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whilst using the Roseburn cycle/path for the trams?? I smell hypocrisy
Jeezo you’re a bit late. Lots of wind farms in Scotland date back 25 years. What data centres ? I’ve never seen one.
Is that the best you've got after 19 years? 😂 Walking route, wow! 🤣
Stop the windfarms and data centres destroying our beautiful country. It has to stop.
John Swinney has spent £914,402 of taxpayers’ cash on court battles “trying to prove men are women”. The Scottish Government has blown the sum defending three legal actions brought by feminist campaigners For Women Scotland(FWS) Avoid the pedo party snp
💛Endorsement from FM John Swinney – please share if you’re supporting us and vote on 7 May / Thursday.🗳️
“For a decade, Ben has been a reliable local representative, with a strong record of standing up for the people of this area. He is experienced, gets things done, and has delivered positive change nationally and for the city we both grew up in. Like me, Ben is determined to build a fairer, more prosperous Scotland and make sure that our parliament has all the powers it needs to change our country for the better. If re‑elected, I know Ben will continue to be a strong voice in the Scottish Parliament for your area and for Scotland.” ~ John Swinney, FM and Scottish National Party (SNP) Leader
Good Luck Ben, for All Scots!
Will you be supporting plans for new build homes across the constituency??
🙏🏻 Thank you to all Greens supporters who are telling me they’ll vote for me/SNP on their first 🟪 Constituency vote ballot paper (for an experienced, reliable, progressive, hard-working, local Constituency MSP) and then use their second 🍑 Regional ballot paper to vote for the Greens – that is the best way to use your votes strategically and effectively, if you’re attracted to voting for the Greens.💚
Voting Greens on the 🟪 ballot paper could be risky and have unintended consequences for who becomes your local MSP. Greens have got all their MSPs via the 🍑 Regional ballot paper in previous Scottish Parliament elections.
🍑 Both votes SNP would help secure a majority for independence and would help elect Tommy Sheppard as a Regional MSP.💛
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Endorsement: “Ben is a brilliant local representative with a deep understanding of the needs of this area. He has already helped many constituents with their problems and concerns.
Ben’s politics are steadfastly positive, and his message is always about building a better future, not tearing things down. He’s extraordinarily hard-working and experienced, and has built up a wide network of support in different communities across Leith and North East Edinburgh.
Ben has a strong track record and would hit the ground running as your MSP like no other candidate on the ballot.” ~ Deidre Brock SNP, former MP for Edinburgh North and Leith
This is a very sad day for Tony Blair, he is celebrating his 73rd Birthday, let us all remind him of all of those folk he got murdered with his illegal war. Tomorrow, please place your X on the Regional Ballot in any box you choose, they will all be getting counted to have Blair arrested for his war crimes. whether you wish Scotland to be Independent or not is not important, Blair to the Jail is the Goal, the prize will be Scotland, England Wales and North Ireland will all be Independent, we cannot be together to make this work, but one this is for sure we are all it it together, that should then be 100% all in favour of Blair going to the Hague. Scotland for Independence. Blair to the Hague, YES, or Blair to walk away Scot Free, NO. Your Choice. Either way Blair is going to the Hague because nobody wants him to be walking away Scot Free. Thank you all for putting you fait in me to get this mission done. This Scots Guardsman volunteered to do this because Blair ran roughshod over the Citizens of Scotland, I took an oath to protect my country, my country is Scotland, I help to defend theirs. It is the Sovereign Citizens that rule in Scotland , not any Political Party, not the Scottish Parliament, Not Westminster nor the King, have the courage to remind your selves every single day, that you with your vote can bring the high and mighty down with the wee X.
EVERY LAST VOTE COUNTS Scottish National Party I'm sure we have all done our best to garner as many votes as we can… and remember every last vote counts. Remember – we may not get what we want yet, but we know we will never give up. If not today, it will be tomorrow, or the next tomorrow, and all the tomorrows to come until Scotland achieves Independence. There are those who disagree with us. That's fine as long as we remember we are all Scots. We can disagree and still remain friends. 23–24 June 1314
19 years of FAILURES, time for change, REFORM is the answer, as ALL other parties have FAILED
What strong record? Provide evidence please, actual evidence.
Snp liers thieves and pervs
Deidre Brock the one that said k7ds didnt need to learn maths etc because they all had mobile phones and internet 🤣😅🤣😅😂🤣 yeah trust those plonkers with the country
The Greens are Utterly Infested and Polluted with the WOKE/PC Virus, they are a disgrace.
Endorsement: “For almost a decade, I had the privilege of being the MP for the East of our city. I worked closely with Ben, seeing his drive, focus, and dedication to the people he serves – he’ll be a great MSP for communities I used to represent.
When something needs done Ben gets it done. He delivers for ordinary people and champions fairness, compassion, peace and social justice – at home and abroad.
Ben also brings passion and wisdom to the campaign for Scottish statehood. We need experienced voices like his in Holyrood now more than ever – to deliver for the people of Scotland and grow support for Independence.” ~ Tommy Sheppard, former MP for Edinburgh East
Been a great MSP for Leith
My vote is in the post! Both votes SNP🥰
Good luck Ben
SNP 1&2 for Scotland’s people 🏴💙
My amazing representative in Leith I’m SNP 1 & 2
What about the pot hole situation? Restalrig drive is horrendous. Not fit to be open. 🤬
Both votes SNP 🏴🏴🏴
SNP for me
Best of luck Ben.❤️🏴❤️🏴
Good luck Ben👍
Both votes SNP 🏴🏴
Postal Vote in , SNP 1&2. Good luck Ben & thank you Tommy 🏴
Both votes reform 💪 Reform all the way! 💯
Getting bomarded with this all the time. No, I don’t want to vote for Zack Polanski. Can you take this picture down.
Hopefully he will be out soon
Yoons at it again (hopefully stupidly isn’t congenital)
All that the SNP have is a manufactured grievance about democracy. Their existence is solely to encourage division. They want us to forget about their utter incompetence and support for puerile “causes”. The creed of the SNP is based on nationalism which merges seamlessly into racism and sectarianism. They ignore the basic facts of economics and would condemn Scottish people to austerity. Trade and Fiscal deficits According to the Scottish SNP Government: Scotlands revenue 24/25 was £91.376 billion. Spending on public services for Scotland was £117.564 billion. Scotland’s fiscal deficit was therefore £26.188 billion. That is 11.8% of Scotland’s GDP. How on Earth, with these Scottish SNP Government figures, can nationalists assert that Scotland subsidises the U.K.? The economic case for independence is distinctly underwhelming. According to the Quarterly National Accounts Scotland compiled and published by the Scottish SNP Government, Scotland’s trade balance for the year 4th quarter 2023 to 3rd quarter 2024 ( latest figures) was minus £25 billion. That is 11.4% of Scotland’s GDP. An independent country would collapse financially and consequently socially if that was the state of its economy.
The next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than Wednesday 15 August 2029. Reform UK may win the election. Nigel Farage may become Prime Minister as Labour collapses and the Tories dwindle to irrelevance. Nigel Farage couldn't care less about Scotland but he will hang on relentlessly as he attempts to dismantle the NHS and retain the wealth and independence Scotland will have by the end of this decade. Farage forced Brexit on Scotland. Keep him and REFORM OUT. Farage has also promised he will split the NHS into those who can afford it and those who cannot. First let's secure Holyrood. LET'S REMEMBER: We are ALL SCOTS. It's healthy to have our differences and still remain friends.
If you need Tommy then you are finished.
Part of the problem for 10 years then
The Greens are Utterly Infested and Polluted with the WOKE/PC Virus, they are a disgrace.
If (and only if) you’re attracted to voting for the Greens then please do so on the 🍑 regional ballot paper, and consider splitting your vote and putting your trust in me (as a progressive) and the SNP on the 🟪 constituency ballot paper.
That is a way you can maximise your votes for a number of reasons, if you’re attracted to voting for the Greens. Voting for the Greens on the first lilic, constituency ballot could have negative unintended consequences – the Greens really want your votes on the peach, regional ballot, which is how they’ve always got their MSPs elected.
However, both votes SNP is the best way to help secure an SNP majority and elect Tommy Sheppard as a regional MSP for our patch, who’d be great.
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Craigentinny & Duddingston SNP
Voting SNP twice
You got my vote for both
Both votes SNP 🏴🏴🏴👍
Vote SNP for both votes
INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND NOW 🏴💙🏴💙🏴💙🏴💙🏴
North Edinburgh gets my vote. SNP 1 AND 2
Vote Alliance on the List
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those that for fanny's are
There’s 2 large signs on my front windows. Greens & the Women betrayers SNP dinnae even bother knocking the door 🤬🤬🏴
Nope. Swinney useless. A serial liar.
TOTAL CLOWN 🤡
Not a hope in hell .. SNP have had 18 years to show how well Scotland could be run.. and failed in every respect .. to name but a few .. all the freebies which aren't free .. because all working people or those on a reasonable pension, pay for them by the stupid taxation you brought in.police Scotland the biggest disaster ever ! Roads in hellish conditions. To name but a few ! So fuck off !!
I will never vote SNP. They are a pretend independence party who have ignored every mandate given to them since 2014. They are only interested in perpetuating devolution for personal reward. They are in effect a UK devolution party. Part of the establishment and rotten to the core with career politicians. It’s worth remembering the SNP have quietly released 150 dangerous criminal (paranoid schizophrenics with criminal records) into our communities from Mental Health Hospitals to save money. They are being treated in our communities instead of secure hospital environments where the public are safe. Instead these individuals are living in our communities all over Scotland next to our homes, schools, old folks homes and work places. On the outside where they have access to alcohol and drugs which has a detrimental effect on their treatment. It’s all to save money! I know of one individual who has been released into the Glasgow community after braking into a man’s home on the Southside of Glasgow. Where he tied the victim up and murdered him. The culprit who sufferes from paranoid schizophrenia has been released into the Glasgow community where he gets treatment at an out patient clinic. This dangerous individual is deemed unfit to stand trial but the SNP think it is safe for him to live in our community rather than in a safe mental health facility. I attended a meeting at Holyrood on the 27th November 2025 with a Government minister and professional clinicians to discuss the matter. I wanted them to reverse this dangerous policy but they do not want to. The SNP are quick to shout about what they have delivered but extremely quiet to talk about the release of mentally ill criminals into our community. It’s the tip of the iceberg. I’m voting Alliance To Liberate Scotland on both votes.
Endorsement: “Ben has done more to tackle the ’Seafield stench’ than any of his predecessors. He has achieved major new investment in the plant that will reduce odours. The construction works are happening this year to implement this funding, and it will make a meaningful difference for the local community.” ~ Rob Kirkwood, Chair of the Leith Links Residents Association
Very well done . But , it is the only positive achievement I have heard about ! Are there any others ?
I hope everything goes well on Thursday 🙏
Luckily, although I live opposite the seafield sewage works, I lost my sense of smell when I got covid. Can he give me another reason why I should vote for him?
The SNP gave them half a million pounds worth of Scottish tax payers cash. We wonder why? 🤔
Hasn't changed a bit still stinking
His politics stink though
Get these criminals out time for some strategic voting.
So people still vote for this lot after wasting our taxpayers cash . Lefty goons need kicked right oot
Endorsement: “I’ve had the chance to work with Ben through the relocation of Drakkars Drift to Victoria Park, and throughout the process he has been genuinely supportive, engaged, and committed to helping bring a meaningful community project to life.
What stood out to me was his willingness to listen, connect people, and help move conversations forward in a practical way. Public green spaces matter enormously to communities, and it’s encouraging to see someone who recognises their social, environmental, and long-term value.
Ben’s support has helped create something positive for the area, and I’m grateful for the role he has played in helping make the project possible.” ~ Luke
More information: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14262/plans-to-relocate-award-winning-garden-to-edinburgh.
Good luck for Thursday I will definitely be voting for SNP on Thursday
But we don't need all the student flats which have risen up all over our city of Edinburgh
Good luck.
Vote SNP 1 & 2 Voting for small parties that do not make a difference will go to the unionists, you are giving your vote to Westminster. This is how I understand it If 40 people vote, 10 vote SNP 1 & 2, 10 vote SNP 1 Green 2, and 20 vote Unionist 1 Unionist 2 on the second vote SNP get 10 the Greens get 10 and the Unionists get 20, so the Unionists with a larger overall vote gets a list seat. If 20 folk vote SnP 1 & 2, there is at least a similar number of votes between SNP and Unionist Parties and less likely that the list seat goes to a Unionist party. It’s a very simplistic illustration. But splitting the two votes reduces the number of votes for your constituency party of choice in the second ballot for the list.
Is he making up his own endorsements?
A Fanny
Guy looks like Dave ‘Zack’ Polanski. Get SNP out now.
The SNP had 20 years they are not going to change with another 5! Corruption, failure, soft justice, austerity for councils and colleges and Universites…Scottish education now 3rd in UK behind England & NI
When is someone going to call on Swinney, Sturgeon and Yousaf to apologise for the suffering they’ve caused so many victims via their sleazy SNP cover ups?
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Over the years, I’ve helped many constituents with issues concerning tenement maintenance and repair and factoring. Changes are needed. Therefore, I have worked to campaign to improve the law around these matters. I secured these commitments in the SNP manifesto and want to be part of the next parliamentary term to deliver the reforms areas like ours need.
Read more: www.snp.org/manifesto/ (the commitment is on page 31).
Can I ask that all members of the Armed Forces community, be they serving, families, or veterans in the constituency please get behind Ben, get behind Scotland. Our future is bright, Independence is right. Cliff Purvis Admin Veterans for Scottish Independence 2.0
Could start by making factors regulated instead of owned by private equity firms like Strathspey Capital. PFEOs are meaningless. Factors are bleeding homeowners dry. It’s Wild West with cowboy antics.
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Good luck Ben on 7th 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Vote reform 🇬🇧
Yes !
Awe naw!..🤦🏻
🏴🏴🏴🏴👍
💙🏴💙
Vote Reform🏴
Women don’t vote snp.
SNP destroying Scotland
Does he know what a woman is
Vote Reform to stop 19 years of Snp litany of broken promises.
You won’t get that with the SNP honey
Vote reform
Reform Reform Reform Reform
You cannot get re elected otherwise Scotland are doomed
Like all, my team and I were so pleased and relieved about this update. I'm so glad a combination of the community campaign and constructive engagement with the building owners has resulted in a very welcome rethink. If re-elected, I look forward to continuing to work hard and pro-actively on this issue, and support our remarkable small business community at the Shore including the treasured Malt & Hops. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the campaign. Cheers to you and everyone in The Shore, Leith too.
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Endorsement: “Ben is a consistent and reliable force for good in the Scottish Parliament. He has been pragmatic in his ministerial roles in order to achieve the best results for Scotland with the limited devolved powers we have. He seeks out common ground with politicians from other parties, rather than trying to score points just to get a headline. He is a visible presence in the constituency, and an excellent listener to the concerns raised by grassroot groups and individuals from all backgrounds. Leith and Scotland would be worse off without him. Return Ben to Holyrood!” ~ Sandy Campbell, Leither | Founder of a Youth Employment Charity
Voting Green.
Endorsed
Naw . Don’t think so
Limited? Everything but defence I thought!
Fannybaws
Good day
Lifelong member of the snp until a couple of years ago, every election I’ve voted in was for someone to win, sickens me that this time I’ll be voting to block, block you and the greens, an absolute shame what you’ve both done to everything we spent the past couple of decades building. You lot left over have completely lost your way. Have asked you direct questions this past couple of months, appalled at the response. The current SNP are not any different from any other grifting careerists out there when you were at one point an alternative. Worse than that, you aren’t even as good at it as the other parties. I’m not alone, but so disgusted with what you’ve “achieved” with our support, I will literally vote for anyone with the highest probability in blocking you, and for all the difference it will make, I don’t care who that is. I’ll be consulting A.I on every available protocol on the day to hedge bets as best as I can. Holyrood needs a shake, and you frauds need out. Maybe one day you guys can regroup and get back to the plot. Anyone that thinks Swinney has the skill and tenacity to negotiate a referendum in the next five years is an idiot that you rely on for your tidy salary, nothing more. Here’s hoping many others have woken up. Good luck on Thursday. Watched you walk down my street and not knock on a single door btw. I’d genuinely invited you in for a coffee. 👍
Suck my big.toe
In my current Ministerial role (which I’ve been in since September) I’ve championed the importance of apprenticeships – therefore, I’m so pleased and proud that we’re committing to delivering many more of these, and addressing contribution rates, if re-elected to govern. Locally I would also keep working to see as many apprenticeships delivered in our area as possible, including in renewables at the Port of Leith.
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Re-elect a hard-working, experienced, local MSP that you can rely on, in #Edinburgh North Eastern and #Leith.⚓️
Vote SNP for #progress and #hope, and for a government always on Scotland’s side, taking our nation forward.🏴
The Scottish Parliament election is on Thursday 7 May.🗳️
Promoted by Calum Carswell on behalf of Ben Macpherson, both at Scottish National Party (SNP), Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ.✉️
#scottishpolitics
Was my home too, so look after it please.
Well done Ben great manifesto.
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SNP both votes
Well said
Stirring stuff BEN!!!
Liar liar
Good luck Ben. I know you work hard and will continue to do so!
All you build now is student housing Because you get more money out off it Shocking
No more student flats
Fantastic MSP, a man of integrity, humility and intelligence. The constituency have a fantastic candidate in Ben.
The social housing is not affordable in times of fuel shortage. You should have looked at passivhaus builds instead of damaging the planet with cheap not fit for the modern age accommodation.
Great video! Best candidate for this area by far.
Watch you don’t break your leg on they slabs on leith walk now 🤣
my father was a toolmaker
Ben for Edinburgh North. You contibute so much to our communities. SNP 1 AND 2
I like his accent. He presents himself very confidently. The Leith is a nice place to live. The location has many shops, bars, cafés etc. Plenty things to do and to see. 🙂
A massive thank you for all your help . Lorne Street community residents were in a state of panic as we thought we'd be losing our homes. You most definitely stepped in helped us secure our homes.
Did you check whether Snoop dog was in the country?
They ledges skate-able?
Bring the fort back seeing them new builds looks shite compared to the jungle ❤️😂
The plot of land he pointed at was supposed to be a park. Now they planning on building affordable housing in its place?
Let us know when your party embezzlers have paid back the money and I’ll consider your manifesto 👍yours in hope as you have great ideas 👍
Edinburgh North & LEITH new constituency now north eastern & Leith. Just remember the other parts of the constituency other than leith.
Endorsement: “Ben helped lead the campaign that kept our Lorne Street community in our homes, when we were unfairly faced with eviction. The stability since has meant everything for my family – 10 years on, my kids are young adults and will soon face challenges of their own. I hope that Ben is re-elected so he can still be there as a trusted support and advocate for them, and all those who live in homes that are rented.” ~ Joy, Lorne
Will you help us with getting the electric vehicles off the Leith Walk pavement please? Between the shocking state of the shattered paving stones and bikes that are keeping pace with buses, turning onto side streets around tight corners at full speed with no idea what/who might be around the corner. Often while looking at their phone. Elderly people, disabled people, small children…we are all part of the rich community that is LW and we are in harms way the minute we are onto LW. Motor vehicles traveling at the speed of traffic belong on the road, not the pavement. Why is this simply allowed? Nowhere else in the city, to my knowledge.
You've got my constituency vote.
Youths are running riot constantly and not a single thing done about it. You only need to look at the I Love Leith Facebook pages to see how bad it is and people genuinely frightened. Not a peep from you and the police don't seem to care, oh hang on, maybe the police would like to do something, but your ridiculous SNP rule of giving next to no punishment for anyone under 25 means they can do what they want!
I sent a email about a problem with parking I’m still waiting for a reply
In Kirkgate today benches seating area taken up again by Sadly Drug Addicts Were you responsible for having them reinstalled and why
I want to know what Ben has done to protect the Jewish community in Leith?
Maybe Ben can get this closed Bus stop up and running outside 20 Great Juncyion St. Edinburgh Council are a dam joke. Feel free Ben to pop into the Opticians opposite the Bus Stop and I can update you.
I enjoyed our chat today,
Looks like this lavender menace will be sending a lilac yes to snp. I’ll be emailing when I get chance Ben and albeit I haven’t yet met you I would like to arrange to come and meet you at some point perhaps when you’re back in the chair. The first time I. My life I felt safe despite being lgbt and disabled and such was when I moved to Leith. I live in the non gentrified part and despite its appearances I have never felt such a sense community close to what Manchester felt like. No country is perfect but seeing how the SNP have not tolerated the BS narrative on us disabled folk being used as cash cows cutting the very welfare we rely on to eat is a sigh of relief. Prescriptions, buses, university have literally all been life changers for me and total game changers having never experienced that in England. I’ve been learning more about the SNP, Independence (already read a lot including g large chunks of the original al white paper before I lived here) and the history and political landscape here. It feels very much home and my life has been literally changed by the fact I am able to say I return to uni this year to study law and politics. A dream unimaginable before.
Trade and Fiscal deficits According to the Scottish SNP Government: Scotlands revenue 24/25 was £91.376 billion. Spending on public services for Scotland was £117.564 billion. Scotland’s fiscal deficit was therefore £26.188 billion. That is 11.8% of Scotland’s GDP. How on Earth, with these Scottish SNP Government figures, can nationalists assert that Scotland subsidises the U.K.? The economic case for independence is distinctly underwhelming. According to the Quarterly National Accounts Scotland compiled and published by the Scottish SNP Government, Scotland’s trade balance for the year 4th quarter 2023 to 3rd quarter 2024 ( latest figures) was minus £25 billion. That is 11.4% of Scotland’s GDP. An independent country would collapse financially and consequently socially if that was the state of its economy.
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Unite the YES movement It doesnae take a genius to see if they SNP win 62 constituency seats they may get 2 list seats. If they get over 64 constituency seats they will win zero list seats. Small parties dont win list seats……they are small parties because the SNP keep them there, apart from the Scottish Green Party. I totally support the SNP to control Holyrood but rather than hear unionist parties based in England getting seats in Holyrood I would like to see pro-independence MSPs holding the SNP to account. The SNP are not perfect, no party is, but the shit shows from England will ruin Scotland I'm trying to keep the unionists out of Holyrood, it won't happen if you waste 1,000,000 list votes due to party loyalty or closet devolutionists who are happy with another 5yrs. If you watched the leaders debate you would see the shit we will still have to put up with in Hollyrood Westminster under Labour, Conservative, Libdems or Reform will never allow another section 30 referendum due to Supreme Court ruling In 2007 the SNP got 633,611 list votes and 26 list seats. In 2011 the SNP got 876,421 list votes and 16 list seats. In 2016 the SNP got 953,587 list votes and 4 list seats. in 2021 the SNP got 1,094,374 list votes and only 2 list seats. In 2026 the SNP will get absolutely No list seats, even though we are on track to repeat the pattern. So, as you can see, the SNP’s list vote has risen from 633,611 in 2007 to over 1.09 million in 2021, yet our list seats have collapsed from 26 to just 2. That tells you everything about how the system works. The more dominant the SNP becomes in constituencies, the more the regional list punishes those same voters, effectively wasting hundreds of thousands of pro-independence votes and handing representation to unionist parties. So vote SNP in the constituency, that’s where the mandate is won. But on the list, vote strategically for other pro-independence parties like the Greens or Alliance to Liberate Scotland, and turn those wasted votes into seats. That’s how you move from a simple majority to a pro-independence supermajority, stop the system working against us, and make our move for independence! Cal Hilton Check out ALL the opinion polls here, or are they all wrong? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Scottish_Parliament_election 2011……Will never happen again, stop living in the past, the SNP have moved on why can't you? The SNP are now longer the protest party of old they are the dominant party in Scotland. The D'Honte system is designed to spread the vote by allowing other parties to gain seats, the more constituency seats the SNP win the less regional list seats they will win. The SNP are so dominant, and I'm glad they are, that they are predicted to get zero list seats in May, the more constituency seats they win was different from 2011 as they only won 46 constituency seats but they got 23 regional seats giving them the 69 seat majority, the SNP would have to fail miserably in May to repeat the 2011 outcome, SNP 1&2 will never benefit the SNP again, it will only benefit the Unionist parties as they now the protest parties. Unless we support other pro independence parties the unionists will gain all the regional seats, that is something we will regret if we don't move on and give your regional list vote to another protest nationalist party to minimise the unionist seats Scotland has 73 constituency seats and 56 regional list seats — 129 total. The SNP dominates constituency votes, but under d'Hondt, every constituency win divides their list votes, making each SNP list vote worth a fraction of its face value. The +N numbers below show how many additional pro-independence MSPs would be elected compared to everyone voting SNP on the list, if 85% more SNP list voters instead backed a party with no constituency penalty. Same voters, same independence support — just mathematically smarter allocation. Don’t waste your vote. The intention is to maximise the pro-Independence seats in Holyrood this election. Enter your Postcode (and please share the link) to see what the best outcome is for your area: votewiser.scot/?fbclid=IwdGRzaARAVU5jbGNrBEBRtWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAAB…
Vote tactically in the constituency vote to keep out the divisive SNats and 'Greens'
Get men out of women and girls spaces
He only doing his job as a msp for leith so if it had been another party representing leith he or her would do the same
19yrs of Scottish National Party (SNP) failure bigotry ineptitude deviancy scandal perversion profligacy grievance embezzlement lies grifting theft Open your eyes And ears
He still wants to break up the UK's armed forces, just like the rest of the SNP nutters.
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Endorsement: “Ben is a local voice who’s spent the last ten years standing up for our area and delivering for our community. I’m backing him at this election because he's proven himself to be a progressive politician who really cares about people and our environment.” ~ Daniel, Leith Walk
John swinney for Prime Minister
Good luck
All the very best
SNP for me
Reform for me
Siding up with IRA i hear
Not both votes snp1 another Indy party 2
Who are his "p.a.l.s." In the snp?
Swinney.
SCOTLAND The best performing country in the UK with the lowest unemployment. The best inward foreign investment in the UK outside London for a decade and the best educated workforce in Europe. Scottish babies start life with a baby box, £420 of essentials to give every child an equal start in life, 319,000 delivered to date. Free school meals to primary five, £26.50 Scottish child payment lifting 100,000 kids out of poverty and hailed by the Child Poverty Alliance to be the biggest game changer in child poverty for 40 years. A family with three children would receive almost £5,500 more a year in household income than their English counterpart. Peak time train fares abolished saving working people hundreds of £s per year in these cash strapped times. Free bus passes to age 22 and best of all free university education. 690,000 Scots have graduated without student debt since 2007 making Scots the best educated workforce in Europe and gaining for Scotland the best foreign investment in the UK for the fifth year in a row. Lowest unemployment in the UK at 3.3 percent. Under the SNP the Queensferry Crossing and AWPR was built, the Royal Jubilee and the ECC at the ARI was built, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was refurbished and reopened. £35 million teaching lab at Aberdeen University, 45 heart transplants a year. This year, a centre has already opened two orthopaedic theatres, allowing approximately 4800 planned procedures, mostly hip and knee replacements, to be carried out by March 2025. Alford, Inverurie, Ellon and Longside Academies were built, 1000 schools were refurbished and upgraded. New £56.6m Hawick High School given the green light. New £150 million Tay Crossing, Destiny Bridge was opened, joining the A9 to the A93 and A94. ScotRail brought into public ownership and 500 miles of new track laid. The Borders Railway was the longest new railway built in the UK for over a hundred years. Borders Light Railway and Levenmouth were built, Laurencekirk and Kintore stations were built and Inverness Airport railway station was built. Troon station was rebuilt. Between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024 to help tackle climate change there were 30,000,000 million trees planted in Scotland and that was 73% of all new woodland planted in the UK in that year. Maybe you'd like to pay bridge tolls? In England motorists pay more than £360 million annually on tolls. The cost of toll roads has increased significantly since 2020, with drivers paying an additional £2,462 per year on average for their daily commute. Scotland has had 16 Nobel laureates, and has the third highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country, after Sweden and Switzerland. ……. Of course nothing is perfect. No government delivers perfection. But Scots can and should be proud of a country that has progressed for nearly 20 years. We ARE the SNP. We ARE the future for SCOTLAND. LET'S GET OUT AND GET THE VOTES! p.s. Ireland’s economy is thriving, with strong growth in 2025 (nearly 5% domestic growth, >12% GDP) driven by multinational corporations, a skilled workforce, and high-tech FDI, placing it among the most prosperous EU nations.
No to snp
Need to be on benefits to benefit from an SNP government
Can’t vote for a party that is imposing the highest tax rates in the UK on hard working Scottish Families and then giving it to people who don’t work so they can have a better quality of life and more disposable income than the people who work full time…..make this make sense????
Endorsement: “I’ll be voting for Ben in this election. I am really impressed with the SNP’s commitment to year‑round childcare for every child from nine months to 12 years old. Knowing that my daughter could go to a breakfast club and stay safely in school at the end of the day would take so much pressure off. I know Ben and the SNP clearly understand what parents in Scotland need.” ~ Laura, Restalrig
I will! 😁
Best of luck Ben.🏴❤️🏴❤️
Good luck
Local man for local people 👍
Independence is normal 🏴
I won't
Paying for someone else to look after YOUR kids.
What tablets are you on
Nope.
#thickfucksforindy #snpfreebies #snpvotebuying
Will ye aye .
It's not what parents need that's the problem in Scotland. It's what they demand that's tricky to deliver. That the State should take responsibility for paying to bring up their children and to which they intend making as little contribution as possible.
I'll be voting for SNP this year because I love being taxed higher than the English to keep the benefits keep benefiting. it's alright though, I get 'free' prescriptions 👏👏🤡
Endorsement: “I’m supporting Ben because he stands shoulder to shoulder with all our communities. He’s a huge supporter of local grassroots organisations, is always accessible to his constituents and works incredibly hard to give them all the help and support that they need.” ~ Trishna, Craigentinny
Hey Ben, I'll be voting for you, but next time, leave the Kirkgate benches alone, man!
I know this lady. I have eaten in her restaurant on the Leith Walk. Once. Shame it is closed now.
SNP ALL THE WAY BELIEVE IN A BETTER SCOTLAND 🏴
Is he a non-binary and can he define a woman? And is he friendly with terrorists?
Could have picked a better party.😂😂😂😂😂😂
Does backing independence mean handing her OBE back to the UK government? 🤷♂️ is not suitable, instead: Does supporting independence mean giving back the OBE?
He's SNP. Leopards and spots.
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.Endorsement: “Ben’s campaign for a walk-in GP clinic at Ocean Terminal is another example of him working tirelessly to better the lives of his constituents. With the rising cost of living, we need more politicians like Ben in Holyrood, who we can depend on to work hard and have our best interests at heart.” ~ Anne, Leith Resident
Good luck Ben 👍
It's interesting how our perennial pests claim the SNP has achieved little or nothing in using our taxes to provide a wide area of benefits. Perhaps the pests should refuse to accept any of these benefits to show what they themselves crawl for. SCOTLAND The best performing country in the UK with the lowest unemployment. The best inward foreign investment in the UK outside London for a decade and the best educated workforce in Europe. Scottish babies start life with a baby box, £420 of essentials to give every child an equal start in life, 319,000 delivered to date. Free school meals to primary five, £26.50 Scottish child payment lifting 100,000 kids out of poverty and hailed by the Child Poverty Alliance to be the biggest game changer in child poverty for 40 years. A family with three children would receive almost £5,500 more a year in household income than their English counterpart. Peak time train fares abolished saving working people hundreds of £s per year in these cash strapped times. Free bus passes to age 22 and best of all free university education. 690,000 Scots have graduated without student debt since 2007 making Scots the best educated workforce in Europe and gaining for Scotland the best foreign investment in the UK for the fifth year in a row. Lowest unemployment in the UK at 3.3 percent. Under the SNP the Queensferry Crossing and AWPR was built, the Royal Jubilee and the ECC at the ARI was built, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was refurbished and reopened. £35 million teaching lab at Aberdeen University, 45 heart transplants a year. This year, a centre has already opened two orthopaedic theatres, allowing approximately 4800 planned procedures, mostly hip and knee replacements, to be carried out by March 2025. Alford, Inverurie, Ellon and Longside Academies were built, 1000 schools were refurbished and upgraded. New £56.6m Hawick High School given the green light. New £150 million Tay Crossing, Destiny Bridge was opened, joining the A9 to the A93 and A94. ScotRail brought into public ownership and 500 miles of new track laid. The Borders Railway was the longest new railway built in the UK for over a hundred years. Borders Light Railway and Levenmouth were built, Laurencekirk and Kintore stations were built and Inverness Airport railway station was built. Troon station was rebuilt. Between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024 to help tackle climate change there were 30,000,000 million trees planted in Scotland and that was 73% of all new woodland planted in the UK in that year. Maybe you'd like to pay bridge tolls? In England motorists pay more than £360 million annually on tolls. The cost of toll roads has increased significantly since 2020, with drivers paying an additional £2,462 per year on average for their daily commute. Scotland has had 16 Nobel laureates, and has the third highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country, after Sweden and Switzerland. ……. Of course nothing is perfect. No government delivers perfection. But Scots can and should be proud of a country that has progressed for nearly 20 years. We ARE the SNP. We ARE the future for SCOTLAND. LET'S GET OUT AND GET THE VOTES!
Another promise that won't see the light of day.
"Thanks Mum"
Another useless clueless SNP propaganda mouthpiece in full motion, NHS is crumbling before our eyes Police and fire services decimated SNP justice completely failing the Scottish people,NHS is crumbling before our eyes Police and fire services decimated SNP justice completely failing the Scottish people, Scottish children homeless and hungry, SNP response, schoolbags, Swinneys now the problem not the solution his weak leadership has allowed weak government after 19yrs SNP failure Scotland is broken
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