Just a quick note to let you know that I've written some analysis for The National of the YouGov poll showing Yes support soaring to a record-breaking 53%. You can read it HERE.
Incidentally, just to address the complaint Peter A Bell has left in The National's comment section: no, support for indy has not "soared from 54% to 53%". That's an apples-and-oranges comparison between a Panelbase poll and a YouGov poll. The last comparable YouGov poll had Yes on 51%, so it's a two-point increase.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Support for independence hits record-breaking high with YouGov
Should Scotland be an independent country? (YouGov, 6th-10th August 2020):
Yes 53% (+2)
No 47% (-2)
Scottish Parliament constituency voting intentions:
SNP 57% (+3)
Conservatives 20% (-3)
Labour 14% (+3)
Liberal Democrats 6% (-2)
Scottish Parliament regional list voting intentions:
SNP 47% (+2)
Conservatives 21% (-2)
Labour 14% (+2)
Greens 6% (-2)
Liberal Democrats 6% (-1)
Scottish voting intentions for the next UK general election:
SNP 54% (+3)
Conservatives 20% (-5)
Labour 16% (+1)
Liberal Democrats 5% (-1)
Greens 2% (n/c)
Brexit Party 2% (+2)
Yes 53% (+2)
No 47% (-2)
Scottish Parliament constituency voting intentions:
SNP 57% (+3)
Conservatives 20% (-3)
Labour 14% (+3)
Liberal Democrats 6% (-2)
Scottish Parliament regional list voting intentions:
SNP 47% (+2)
Conservatives 21% (-2)
Labour 14% (+2)
Greens 6% (-2)
Liberal Democrats 6% (-1)
Scottish voting intentions for the next UK general election:
SNP 54% (+3)
Conservatives 20% (-5)
Labour 16% (+1)
Liberal Democrats 5% (-1)
Greens 2% (n/c)
Brexit Party 2% (+2)
Monday, August 10, 2020
Housekeeping note
The trolling and spam on this blog has got completely out of hand in recent times, particularly over the last month, so to attempt to apply a brake I've temporarily changed the settings to only allow comments from people signed in to a Google account. The final straw has been a torrent of pornographic spam - you may not even have seen it because it's mostly been on old posts, but it's been happening more than a dozen times per day, and every comment needs to be deleted individually, which is a major chore.
I'll try reversing the change in a few days to see if our friend has taken the hint. But even once things are back to normal, I would urge people to post more constructively than has often been the case of late. Cut down on the swearing and other inappropriate language. Don't post defamatory claims about named individuals. And if you want to spend half your life posting ad hominem attacks on me, then by all means do so, but not in the comments section of my own blog.
I'll try reversing the change in a few days to see if our friend has taken the hint. But even once things are back to normal, I would urge people to post more constructively than has often been the case of late. Cut down on the swearing and other inappropriate language. Don't post defamatory claims about named individuals. And if you want to spend half your life posting ad hominem attacks on me, then by all means do so, but not in the comments section of my own blog.
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