tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post8465705827526663465..comments2024-03-29T00:45:59.964+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: YouGov : SNP slip, but retain leadJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-42700772746154361392009-05-19T03:55:00.000+01:002009-05-19T03:55:00.000+01:00James
Sorry if I got a bit muddled , Here though ...James<br /><br />Sorry if I got a bit muddled , Here though is the SNP release issued Friday evening and faithfully reproduced uncritcally uphorically in some cases, by most nat bloggers. And near totally ( and righly) ignored by the mass media<br /><br />http://www.snp.org/node/15299<br /><br />And I see no SNP news release about the latest sub poll , which I must confess i did assume was a "real" one . As stated before I dont think sub samples of UK polls worth anything at all - indeed dangerosly misleading as the huge disparity betwwen these two sub samples by the same polling org a few days apart surely all but proves?Alan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28409078287752093872009-05-18T23:55:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:55:00.000+01:00I'll have some of whatever you've been having, Ala...I'll have some of whatever you've been having, Alan, it sounds like fun. To the extent I understand what you're saying at all, your point is weak on a number of counts -<br /><br />1) The poll I was 'crowing' about on Friday had the SNP on 38%, not 41%. That's why the table in the post above says SNP down 8, not down 11.<br /><br />2) I have not even seen this SNP press release you keep going on about. I wouldn't even be aware of its existence if you hadn't mentioned it to me on Friday. As it happens, I haven't visited the SNP's website for several weeks. As I told you on Friday - and I thought you had reasonably graciously accepted - I reported that sub-sample because I've been endeavouring to report all sub-samples, not because it happened to be favourable for the SNP.<br /><br />3) The figures I've reported here are from a sub-sample of a UK-wide YouGov poll. The figures I 'crowed' about on Friday were also from a sub-sample of a UK-wide YouGov poll. Please explain to me, Alan, in precisely what sense this poll is a 'real' poll when Friday's was not?<br /><br />4) I - just like you - am a non-member of the SNP.<br /><br />Lesson - have at least a cursory check of the facts before you start to witter.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76115868543808483542009-05-18T22:56:00.000+01:002009-05-18T22:56:00.000+01:00A dinna want to crow, by where has that 41% SNP ra...A dinna want to crow, by where has that 41% SNP rating you and all the other nat bloggers were crowing about on Friday gone? ( Lesson - dont regurgitate SNP news releases)<br /><br />But this new, real poll - what a poor showing> Barely ahead of thorougly diuscredited nulab - recessionmsleezegate and speaker gate all at full throttle. Difficult, indeed not even sensible for party members to do in the middle of an election campaign - and there still is all to play for, over two weeks to polling day. <br /><br />But as a non member I kind of know why this is. Four or five things. But most specifically because, in terms of the speaker crisis, the SNP is perceived to be on the wrong side. A bit unfair I think objectivly, but some truth in it - and it's perception that counts. <br /><br />And what is without doubt is that Eck and Angus are proping up Michael Martin. More reliable than Broon as I type. Bad Leadership. Non leadershipAlan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81867853562637582652009-05-18T21:26:00.000+01:002009-05-18T21:26:00.000+01:00James, in case you're interested, I'm planning on ...James, in case you're interested, I'm planning on having a closer look at these sub samples and see if we can make more use out of them. I've set up a blog at http://polling-update.blogspot.com/.<br /><br />Thanks.Uliseshttp://polling-update.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com