tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1790064628129716921..comments2024-03-28T16:21:32.043+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Norman Smith : I would say he's lost the plot, but did he ever have it?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11647517624033234712014-02-25T16:18:11.056+00:002014-02-25T16:18:11.056+00:00I'm tempted to say bravo to Mr Smith and that ...I'm tempted to say bravo to Mr Smith and that I hope they continue to report spectacular figures for the "no" campaign up to and including on the day before the poll.<br /><br />I'd say "yes" voters are more likely to go out and vote than "no" voters, in any case, but encouraging them to be complacent is all to the good. <br /><br />After a long day's work, going up the road to the polling station becomes all the more unattractive if you are convinced that you are going to win.<br /><br />"Who needs my vote?" <br /><br />The only danger is that "yes" supporters might be disheartened by continuing negative polls and think... What's the point in my voting? We're gonna lose anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14317388601582732022014-02-24T17:37:09.947+00:002014-02-24T17:37:09.947+00:00Nice to see the resident political racist rapist q...Nice to see the resident political racist rapist quoting blair mcliar and a voodoo poll from a local newspaper as evidence that Scotland is dead.<br /><br />No mention of cameron admitting to an extra 200,000,000,000 from the North Sea. <br /><br />They deserve everything they'll get this September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-58127133197890852942014-02-24T16:38:01.254+00:002014-02-24T16:38:01.254+00:00For the life of me, I still can't work out whi...For the life of me, I still can't work out which organisation (if any) actually conducted this "poll" - that information is notably absent from the BT post about it. Severin Carrell described the survey as "unorthodox", which probably speaks volumes.James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-72135153319317120582014-02-24T16:09:11.880+00:002014-02-24T16:09:11.880+00:00Considering all 6 pollsters that have reported thi...Considering all 6 pollsters that have reported this year say the yes vote is between 39% - 45% among decided voters throughout the whole country, for it to be just 21% in the North of Scotland is pretty much impossible..... <br /><br />Looking at TNS's cross breaks since the White Paper for example, the figures for the North swing around wildly (probably due to the smaller sample size compared to the West and East cross breaks) but show the no lead ranging between 1% and 16% with a sample of over 250. Calumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298701198248993553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87628649022833586502014-02-24T11:02:39.403+00:002014-02-24T11:02:39.403+00:00Smell the desperation James ?
Keef.Smell the desperation James ?<br />Keef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-41968221652815465942014-02-24T08:41:23.954+00:002014-02-24T08:41:23.954+00:00Thanks for investigating on our behalf James. Grea...Thanks for investigating on our behalf James. Great work. The usual suspects are going bananas over at PB. My instinct is: let them get on with it. They are only fooling themselves.<br /><br />The more complacent the Brit nats become, the more likely that Scotland will win in September.Stuart Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899934797220797186noreply@blogger.com