Objectively, by far the most effective way of making Scotland's and the UK's Jewish population safer would be to pressurise Israel to end the genocide

Below is my video response to the despicable comments that have been made by Netanyahu sympathisers in the mainstream media, and on social media, suggesting that anyone who marches for Palestinian rights, or who supports Palestinian statehood, or who calls the genocide what it is, is somehow responsible for the atrocity in Manchester.

With less than three months of the year to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it will take me to find out whether an alternative funding model is viable (realistically it could be a wait of around four months or more), card donations are welcome HERE.  Or, if you prefer, direct donations can be made via PayPal.  My PayPal email address is:  jkellysta@yahoo.co.uk

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Could the *real* support for Scottish independence be 60% or higher? The SHOCKING clue hidden in the Norstat poll's data tables - plus fresh evidence that the beleaguered Alba Party are hurtling towards TOTAL WIPEOUT next May

The data tables for the new Norstat independence poll were released yesterday - and as expected they confirm that the poll was weighted by recalled 2014 referendum result, a practice that other polling firms like Ipsos have warned could be a serious mistake due to the danger of false recall after such a long period of time.  In the video commentary below I reveal exactly what the independence results were on Norstat's unweighted numbers - and I pose the question of whether this means Yes have had a sustained lead on the ground for many years, but that fact has been effectively concealed from us by dubious polling methodology.  I also take stock of another poor poll result for Alba, which firmly suggests Alex Salmond's former party is heading for zero seats next May.

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A pro-independence majority for the FOURTH Norstat poll in a row - meaning that the SETTLED WILL KLAXON is sounding ever more insistently

I've gone old-school and reverted to audio-only for my commentary on the new Norstat poll, which shows a substantial pro-independence majority (Yes 53%, No 47%) and a commanding SNP lead in Scottish Parliament voting intentions.  I consider the significance of there now seemingly being three polling companies, rather than the previous two, which are consistently showing Yes ahead, and in particular the significance of the fact that this is happening even though Norstat haven't yet abandoned the questionable practice of weighting by 2014 recalled vote (as far as I know).  I also question what the Sunday Times, who commissioned the poll, are playing at with the downright odd way they've presented the results - most notably their burying of the self-evidently newsworthy independence result.

You can listen by following the direct YouTube link, or via the embedded player below.

The Scot Goes Pop fundraiser for 2025, launched eight long months ago in January, has been inching closer to its target figure...but can it get there?  Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far.  If you'd like to help Scot Goes Pop stay afloat during this prolonged transitional period while I seek to find out whether video blogging is viable as an alternative funding model, card donations are welcome HERE.    Or, if you prefer, direct donations can be made via PayPal.  My PayPal email address is:  jkellysta@yahoo.co.uk

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53% back independence in BOMBSHELL poll: panic grips Westminster as Norstat knock up another natty number

Incredibly, after a summer of practically no Scottish polls, we've now had four in the last week, and three have had voting intentions numbers.  The latest is from the regular Norstat series for the Sunday Times.

Should Scotland be an independent country?

Yes 53% (-1)

No 47% (+1)

This run of Yes-majority polls from Norstat is now far too sustained to be coincidental, and it's really strange in a way, because Norstat's predecessor Panelbase was for many years one of the more No-friendly companies, and to the best of my knowledge they haven't changed their methodology - they haven't abandoned 2014 weighting or anything like that (even though in my opinion they probably should).  The most logical explanation is therefore that Yes support has indeed risen markedly - and yet most other polling firms haven't really picked up that trend.

One of the problems with this switching-to-video-blogging malarkey is that there are some times of day when it's not really feasible to drop everything and make a video, which means I'm not reacting quite as quickly to new polls as I was with conventional blogging.  I'll need to have a think about how to square that circle in the future, but with a bit of luck I'll have a video about the Norstat poll within the next 12-24 hours.  In the meantime, here are a few of my tweets from yesterday.  I've said it before and I'll say it again - there is NOTHING that triggers the Brit Nat hordes quite like a tweet about curling.

I must admit I don't recall *quite* this level of BBC coverage when Scotland won the World Curling Championships five months ago.

— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) September 27, 2025

I went to the Freemasons' Grand Lodge in Edinburgh for Doors Open Day. I expected to see blindfolded men kissing toads, but instead there was a woman on the organ playing Pet Shop Boys hits, Underneath the Arches and Ghostbusters. Is there no end to these people's perversions?

— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) September 27, 2025

And as you can see from the memorabilia, they're not beyond supporting separatism *on occasion*... pic.twitter.com/gnyaAB1z9x

— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) September 27, 2025

Here I am sitting in the Grand Master's chair. A rare old treat for a baptised Papist. pic.twitter.com/VolH9ujljU

— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) September 27, 2025