Although I and Allan Faulds of Ballot Box Scotland post about a lot of the same topics, I don’t think I’d ever interacted with him before today, so I didn’t fully appreciate that he and his fans expect his holy “project” to be treated with the kind of reverence that one might otherwise associate with Jesus Christ or the Bible.
Just a gentle reminder that Ballot Box Scotland is run by a (very talented) member of the Green party, which in previous elections has been a list-only party and has touted for the list votes of SNP supporters in much the same way that Alba are doing now.https://t.co/Qhe6PjxjQC
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) March 29, 2021
I’m not that fussed about the whole ‘supermajority’ thing, but if it was successful it’s pushing a bit to say that it wouldn’t have any psychological impact at all. People look at both seats and the popular vote.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) March 29, 2021
I think if I was genuinely going to be risking the reputation of my project in the name of boosting my own party’s chances I’d be rather less transparent about it than this, but it’s good to hear that people can read my about page.
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) March 29, 2021
OK, all you’ve got is a snide answer. Disappointing, but suit yourself. I was actually making a serious point.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) March 29, 2021
I think he doth protest too much, quite honestly. I hadn’t actually accused him of bias – that was a straw man designed to deflect from the substance of my point, and nor had I suggested that a partisan stance would tarnish the reputation of his blessed “project”. However, bias can come in the form of omission – if other parties are criticised but the Greens are not, that’s a subtle form of bias. That’s exactly the point that is sometimes made about RT, for example – that Russia is the only country they’ll never criticise.
