SCOT goes POP!

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Has Trump ushered in an American FASCISM? His administration now has SEVEN of the eight essential features of a fascist government

I know we were all keen for RevStew to finally put a sock in it about the trans issue, but given that he's replaced that obsession with 24/7 apologism for a woman's murder, perhaps he should be encouraged to start banging on about the trans issue again.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 10, 2026

Friday, January 9, 2026

SNP have FOUR TIMES as much support as Labour in YouGov's astounding first subsample of 2026

In the video below, I also give my thoughts on Stuart Campbell's frankly disturbing reaction to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis, which has shocked even his habitual supporters and defenders to the core.

If you have only a 0.2 second window to make a decision about whether to murder someone, a good rule of thumb is not to murder them. pic.twitter.com/sfBIaqRjdY
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 8, 2026

He has turned into a far right figure. I always thought he was just a gadfly but he has placed himself firmly on the far right.

Some people have been absolutely fried by the current media landscape and the algorithm on Twitter, which has been turned into a hate generator.
— Jim (@james198428) January 8, 2026

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Alba's death-throes UPDATE: party insider makes explosive allegation that Kenny MacAskill (aka "Cruella's Hostage") kept the NEC in the dark about a five-figure debt - there are now once again severe doubts over whether Alba will even be able to STAND CANDIDATES in May

Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser is underway (you can read more about why I anticipate it being the final one HERE) and it's already a bit over halfway towards its target figure of £1700. A million thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Card donations can be made at the GoFundMe page HERE, or if you prefer to cut out the middle-man, direct PayPal donations can be made to my PayPal email address, which is: jkellysta@yahoo.co.uk

Monday, January 5, 2026

Through their craven silence on Venezuela, the leaders of European countries may be about to discover for themselves the true meaning of "FAFO" in respect of Greenland

Saturday, January 3, 2026

An update about the Great Scot Goes Pop Video-Blogging Experiment, and the progress of the Final Fundraiser

A few minutes ago, my phone spontaneously managed to escape from my pocket onto the road outside my house for the second time in the space of six months, smashing the screen yet again. I thought I had learned the lesson from last time by putting a protective film on the screen, but clearly that didn't make as much difference as I'd hoped. Unlike last time, the phone is still working for now, but the end for it is probably nigh and I'll have to fork out yet again for a replacement.

This is perhaps nature's way of reminding me that I've been meaning for a little while to post an update about my Great Switching To Video-Blogging experiment and also about the progress of the fundraiser I've been running to try to bridge the gap during the prolonged period it's taking to find out whether YouTube is a viable alternative funding model. The intention is to try to give a little boost to the fundraiser, which got off to a fantastic start, but has since stalled a few hundred pounds short of its target figure.

Basically the situation is that I reached the two thresholds for monetisation on YouTube several weeks ago (1000 subscribers and 4000 watch-hours), but I still haven't reached the minimum earnings threshold for a first actual payment. As I understand the payment schedule, the earliest it's now possible for me to receive any money at all is in the second half of February, so in the meantime I will unfortunately need to keep promoting this stopgap fundraiser to stay afloat. The target figure is £1700 (I know it currently says £1100 on the GoFundMe page, but that's because they're using a new-fangled 'dynamically-changing target' system which supposedly produces better results).

So is the YouTube idea going to work as a funding model in the long run, or will I have to switch to my Plan B of Substack? The jury is still out. At the moment the videos are only netting a few pounds per day, and if that's the way it stays it obviously won't be sustainable. However, the average number of views per video has markedly increased over the last few months as my number of subscribers has crept up, so the hope is that increase will just keep continuing at a steady pace. If it doesn't, and if I eventually reach a sort of plateau, then I'll have to reconsider the plan, but for the moment I remain semi-hopeful. Realistically I'd need to multiply my number of daily video views by about four, which is a tall order, and if it does prove to be feasible it's going to take a lot of work and a lot of time to get there. If all else fails, there are supposedly sponsorship opportunities on YouTube, although that may be a bit of a circular argument because to be attractive to a potential sponsor I'd probably need a much greater number of average views anyway.

One thing I will say in favour of this experiment, though, is that it's proving to be a really simple and effective way of promoting to the general public favourable results in opinion polls, both for independence itself and for pro-independence parties. As you know, YouTube promote new videos in their sidebar, and I've been using the actual full results of opinion polls as the thumbnail for each video, so even if people don't click on the links, they're still becoming passively aware of the latest poll results, and of the fact that Yes are in the lead in many polls. I think that's quite a useful public service, even if I do say so myself!

If you'd like to help keep the lights on while I try to make this madcap project work, there are three options for supporting the fundraiser:

Card payments can be made via the main GoFundMe crowdfunder page HERE.

Direct PayPal payments (which can have the advantage of eliminating all fees, depending on which option you select from the menu) can be made to my PayPal email address, which is: jkellysta@yahoo.co.uk

Bank transfers are the third option. I've been advised not to publicly post my bank details, but if you'd like to donate that way, drop me a line and I'll send you the details privately. My contact email address is different from my PayPal address, and can be found on my Twitter profile, or on the sidebar of this blog (desktop version of the site only).

Professor John Curtice projects the SNP are on course for Holyrood list seat SUCCESS

The video below also briefly touches on an astoundingly ill-informed tweet from "RevStew" about Quebec politics, which rather calls into question the oft-heard claims that he's some sort of highly sophisticated "investigative journalist" - in fact, a mere ten-second Google search would have been enough to flag up his error, but it seems he didn't even bother doing that.

Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser is underway (you can read more about why I anticipate it being the final one HERE) and it's already pretty close to halfway to its target figure of £1700. A million thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Card donations can be made at the GoFundMe page HERE, or if you prefer to cut out the middle-man, direct PayPal donations can be made to my PayPal email address, which is: jkellysta@yahoo.co.uk

Friday, January 2, 2026

New Year, NEW STEW? Controversial blogger dramatically ADMITS an average of all independence polls in 2025 showed a Yes majority - but other falsehoods and contradictions from him still abound

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

"Simply spellbinding": analysis of new Find Out Now poll showing support for independence at 53%

Just a quick note to let you know that I have an analysis piece at The National about the new independence poll that the paper has commissioned from Find Out Now, and which has Yes comfortably ahead by 53% to 47%. You can read the article HERE.

I'll try to make a video about the poll at some point as well, but with the usual mayhem of this time of year I'm not sure exactly when I'll manage it.