The Tories' billionaire puppet-master Lord Ashcroft recently conducted a UK-wide mega-poll of Westminster voting intention, with a sample size some eight times larger than a regular poll. That means the size of the Scottish subsample was almost as large as you'd expect for a full-scale Scottish poll. The results make fascinating reading -
SNP 39%
Labour 33%
Conservatives 16%
Liberal Democrats 6%
Others 7%
There are a couple of important caveats here. Firstly, even a massive subsample is still just a subsample - ie. the figures may not be properly weighted. Secondly, the fieldwork is a few weeks out of date. Nevertheless, given the fact that this a poll that shows a very healthy Labour lead at GB-wide level, these numbers are obviously hugely encouraging.
Leader of the Scottish branch of Labour, Johann Lamont was not available for comment.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be very awkward if we end up staying in the Union but then send even more SNP MPs than currently to Westminster. What on earth will they think of us?
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