First Makerfield by-election poll shows Andy Burnham could be in TROUBLE

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Catch up with last Wednesday's award-winning blogpost: "S*** just got real, lads. The famously always wrong blogger "Stew", who said there was "zero chance, barring nuclear war or an alien invasion" of the Holyrood election producing a pro-indy majority, and who said betting on Angus Robertson to win Edinburgh Central was "free money", has now said there is "NO chance" of victory in a 2029 de facto referendum. Looks like it's ON."

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* Salmond always went out of his way when he made the 'once in a generation' comment to stress that he was merely expressing a "personal view".  Check every interview in which he made the comment and you'll find exactly the same disclaimer.  He made clear that he wasn't intending to bind his successors and that it was democratically impossible for him to do so.