So safe to say the election went pretty well from the pictures you can see here. To the left we have several of the newly (re-)elected SNP MSPs for the North East of Scotland including the First Minister for Scotland and my Dad. The country is divided into several regions, and then into even smaller representative areas called constituencies. In the North-East region, the SNP took every single constituency. There is a possibility that within 5 years Scotland could no longer be part of the United Kingdom, at least not in the way it is now.
This is my Dad making his acceptance speech after being re-elected with over 50% of the vote.
Here we have Neil and Alyson at the election count.
This is the number of ballots for Dad compared to his closest opponent.
Here we have Alyson and I in our election-best. We even managed to get on national TV! Thanks to the election win there are now over 30 new SNP MSPs. Given Alyson's experience, she was a strong candidate to fill the new vacancies for staff. Sure enough, less than 2 weeks after the election she has now found a new job full-time. As it happens, her former employer also got re-elected which is fantastic.
I am very happy to see your dad getting re-elected. He is such a nice guy, very personable, I really enjoyed talking to him last year. I am very excited for your family. I am even MORE excited that you guys get to come out in a week! Yipee! Blake and me have made a list of all the fun things you guys can do while your out here, fun new places to eat that we have discovered. It is going to be an awesome 3 weeks when you come out! Yes!!!!
ReplyDeleteHOORAY! I love when you post! :) Great pictures! I'm so glad that everything has gone so splendidly! You two are fabulous!
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