SCOT goes POP!

A pro-independence blog by James Kelly - one of Scotland's three most-read political blogs.

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Warning - Danger - MASSIVE BLACK HOLE APPROACHING and Stew wants to chuck YOUR life savings straight into it - Please learn the lessons of the Dugdale debacle and ca' canny this time

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Probably because I grew up during the period in which the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six were released, I've always been deeply t...
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Concerns mount that the "Scottish Daily Express" may be written by clueless Home Counties toffs, as paper launches bizarre crusade to stamp out the name Queensferry Bothy "because it's Gaelic"

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If it wasn't so outrageous, the latest anti-Gaelic rant from the Scottish Daily Express would be hysterically funny.  The paper reports ...
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Friday, August 21, 2026

Douglas Alexander tacitly admits the choice for Labour is: a) change course on independence, or b) keep losing elections (and we already know it's b) because of the leadership contest stitch-up)

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My seven-day conventional text-blogging blitz to help  promote my Ko-Fi fundraising page is now over, and it certainly wasn't a waste o...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

YouGov poll suggests Andy Burnham is faring about as well in Scotland as the Romans and Edward II did

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History doesn't record whether the Roman Emperor tried to win over the reluctant Caledonian tribes by setting up a "Senate North...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Liberation Scotland's wish to disenfranchise one million "incomers" - isn't that a rather sinister echo of Reform UK's language about deporting "strangers"?

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I was thinking of writing a blogpost tonight about the latest chapter in Stew's prolonged temper tantrum about the Crown Office and Poli...
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"Yeah, you know that John Major guy? The Council of Europe FORCED him to give Scotland devolution. He only did it because they MADE him. FACT" - How Sara Salyers wrecked Salvo's credibility yesterday by trotting out a nutty, long-debunked claim

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As I said in a recent video , I've tried hard to remain open-minded about Salvo's approach to independence campaigning - not because...
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Some free - and mostly sincere - advice for Scottish Labour

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Scottish Labour have finally learned the lessons of two decades of defeats and realised what they need is another soul-crushing machine poli...
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Saturday, August 15, 2026

Stew reacts badly to poll showing the SNP with a double-digit lead over Labour - let's fact-check his meltdown

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The controversial Faragist blogger Stuart Campbell, known almost universally as "Stew", urged his followers to help elect a Labour...
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Friday, August 14, 2026

Seven Days Of Retro Scot Goes Pop - a marathon of conventional text-blogging with comment pre-moderation switched OFF - yes, it's the fundraising gimmick to end them all - it's going to be mayhem - you asked for it, you've got it, so strap yourselves in and prepare for the consequences

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Click here to go straight to my Ko-Fi donation page. Those of you who have been keeping an eye on the footer of each post will know I've...
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Analysis of the very strange Clacton by-election result

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Just a quick note to let you know that I was up early this morning to write an analysis piece about the Clacton by-election result for The N...
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