Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Is tomorrow's Scottish Parliament election the end of the road for Labour in Scotland?

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I've now completed my  profiles of all 73 Holyrood constituencies for The National .  I reckon in terms of combined word count they must...
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Paradoxically, the Daily Record's endorsement is clear evidence of both Labour's weakness and the Record's weakness

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The Daily Record's mindless support for the Labour party, regardless of circumstances, will survive the heat death of the universe. But ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Final YouGov MRP projection of the campaign suggests pro-independence parties will have 60% of the seats in the new Scottish Parliament

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Thanks to Marcia for alerting me to YouGov's update (the second and almost certainly final one) of their MRP projection for Holyrood.  I...
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SNP and Greens both improve their standing in the final More In Common MRP poll

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I took a little bank holiday jaunt to the seaside earlier, and it suddenly struck me that I didn't see a single election poster anywhere...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Alex Massie looks in the mirror and thinks he sees the true Scotland staring back at him

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Alex Massie's basic problem is that he doesn't just disapprove of the Scottish Government and want it changed. He also disapproves o...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

Scotland moves a step closer to independence as earth-shaking Norstat poll shows Yes support has surged to an astonishing 55%

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See what I mean about the way in which the unionist media seeks to bury independence polling results these days?  This is clearly a hugely s...
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Stonehaven REVELATION as "most accurate pollster" puts the SNP on course for an overall majority as Labour slump to FOURTH

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To be clear, the bit about "most accurate pollster" is Stonehaven's own self-description, but I always put that in because it ...
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Friday, May 1, 2026

"Stew-pid. Just Stew-pid." The advice that controversial blogger "Stew" would have given in a variety of dangerous historical situations

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The controversial Somerset-based blogger "Stew" seems to have had a screw loose ever since Kezia Dugdale psychologically damaged h...
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Which group of voters did Offord actually intend to impress with his boast about owning six boats?

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Paul Hutcheon's contributions to this campaign have been somewhat less than constructive, but I did think he was absolutely correct when...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

In a democracy, there has to be a route by which the most fundamental changes can be achieved if there is majority support for them, no matter how annoying or upsetting the process may be for the people who don't want those changes to happen

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It's a reminder of just how comprehensively Somerset Stew has moved over to the other side that right in the middle of a Holyrood electi...
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