tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6783610715406059721..comments2024-03-28T15:31:24.324+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: If Scottish Labour did seduction...James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80234565329145519972015-01-06T19:54:41.614+00:002015-01-06T19:54:41.614+00:00I have mixed feelings about the Lib Dems. Ignoring...I have mixed feelings about the Lib Dems. Ignoring Clegg himself, the one thing we don't actually have outside of the Lib Dems is a party that stands for socially liberal policies - legalising cannabis, ending the war on drugs, properly regulating prostitution (rather than pushing it under ground), opposing censorship, etc. We also lack a UK-wide party that is openly pro-EU and pro-immigration. Whether people agree with these policies or not, there's a clear space for them in the party system.<br /><br />If the Lib Dems go into meltdown in 2015 then hopefully a party emerges from the ashes that actually stands for these things and is willing to argue for them. The Lib Dems used to be that party but seemed to get sucked into the centre and lose its identity completely.Willonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25011185688680482842015-01-06T19:48:41.068+00:002015-01-06T19:48:41.068+00:00Grand coalitions have worked fairly well in Austri...Grand coalitions have worked fairly well in Austria and Germany. There's zero chance of it actually happening in 2015 here though.Willonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-51559380842337208462015-01-06T10:55:12.290+00:002015-01-06T10:55:12.290+00:00About 8.15 this morning there was a quick news fla...About 8.15 this morning there was a quick news flash on Radio 3 that simply said Murphy had pledged more nurses to support the Scottish NHS, but "admitted" these could only be afforded by using tax from wealthy home-owners in England.<br /><br />Is the man actually <i>trying</i> to stir up divisive resentment here?<br /><br />Just let us keep our own assets and wealth, and we'll figure out what we can afford, thankyouverymuch.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76235932791948543962015-01-06T07:02:39.335+00:002015-01-06T07:02:39.335+00:00Interesting comment on YouGov introducing their fi...Interesting comment on YouGov introducing their first GB poll of the year:<br /><br />"The first is a rationalisation of our sampling frame to produce a sample that better reflects the distribution of party support around Britain. Our overall demographic targets for Great Britain and the targets we use for our weighting remain unchanged, so these changes should not make any difference to our headline figures. However we are controlling our sampling in London and Scotland more carefully, so anyone who regularly studies our crossbreaks may notice a difference within them. Most importantly, we have started including controls on ethnicity in our London sampling, an important factor in driving voting intention."<br /><br />Not sure what this means. Adjusting for people born in Eng / Wales / NI but living in Scotland? The bigger news is that they are now prompting for UKIP as a "main party".<br /><br />Their sub-sample result is fairly typical (SNP 46, Labour 30, Tories 12). SNP + Labour total is a bit higher than normal. Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75742900909252000612015-01-06T01:00:20.704+00:002015-01-06T01:00:20.704+00:00Did Smithson seriously cite the numbering of a mot...Did Smithson seriously cite the numbering of a motorway (a decision made by the UK government decades ago) as an example of narrow Scottish nationalism? The man is fast turning into a self-parody.<br /><br />Still, it won't be long before Jim Murphy decides he wants to rename the A1 stretch between Edinburgh and Berwick as "the Great Patriotic Highway".James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-60130227996358246322015-01-06T00:29:58.687+00:002015-01-06T00:29:58.687+00:00I was polled on 5th Jan at 7pm so no chance Foulke...I was polled on 5th Jan at 7pm so no chance Foulkes could have any inkling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805837667362406549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32581292336245920082015-01-06T00:19:56.901+00:002015-01-06T00:19:56.901+00:00Well Glasgow Central is the successor to both Gove...Well Glasgow Central is the successor to both Goven and Hillhead which are fairly important historically. Will be interesting to see if the SNP can get around the Sarwar cabal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805837667362406549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63645030174240259562015-01-05T22:56:59.986+00:002015-01-05T22:56:59.986+00:00Whatever our political affiliation, and whatever o...Whatever our political affiliation, and whatever our predictions for the election, at least we can all unite in looking forward to the Cleggocalypse. One Scotland!keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-77276885721864586132015-01-05T22:55:36.856+00:002015-01-05T22:55:36.856+00:00The five listed parties only add up to 94%, which ...The five listed parties only add up to 94%, which is usually good news for the SNP (unless something odd has happened with the rounding).James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-70944970612079089522015-01-05T22:55:19.156+00:002015-01-05T22:55:19.156+00:00Argh, kill me now! Miliband really needs to kibos...Argh, kill me now! Miliband really needs to kibosh these rumours just in case they really end up taking off.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75333343000123183282015-01-05T22:51:25.969+00:002015-01-05T22:51:25.969+00:00http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11326...<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11326547/A-grand-Tory-Labour-coalition-might-be-good-for-British-business.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11326547/A-grand-Tory-Labour-coalition-might-be-good-for-British-business.html</a><br /><br /><b>A grand Tory-Labour coalition might be good for British business</b><br /> <br /><i>One positive part of a Conservative-Labour coalition would be that the worst excesses of the two main parties might cancel each other out...</i>Scottish_Skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7419650852647490442015-01-05T22:49:13.434+00:002015-01-05T22:49:13.434+00:00YouGov Westminster poll:
Labour 34%
Conservatives...YouGov Westminster poll:<br /><br />Labour 34%<br />Conservatives 31%<br />Ukip 14%<br />Greens 8%<br />Lib Dems 7%<br /><br />No word on the SNP yet. Lib Dems doing even worse than Greens.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11259004819294142792015-01-05T22:42:56.609+00:002015-01-05T22:42:56.609+00:00I was thinking along those lines. I never really ...I was thinking along those lines. I never really looked towards Foulkes for clues during the referendum campaign and he always struck me more as a drunken buffoon. Blair McDougall and Kevin Pringle were more my go-to guys.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33473058076893588932015-01-05T22:37:35.411+00:002015-01-05T22:37:35.411+00:00My experience of Foulkes during the iref was that ...My experience of Foulkes during the iref was that if he was excited about a poll, could well be good for Yes. He's not a undercover agent or something (I know, you do wonder sometimes what with his rants), just, well, not that bright. Hence why he's making decisions / voting on policy but is unelected; elevated to the Lords by Tony for backing Iraq etc.<br /><br />If Blair McDougall tweeted 'looking forward to the new poll' then chances are it was better for BT.Scottish_Skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20464299119260179372015-01-05T22:33:43.264+00:002015-01-05T22:33:43.264+00:00Usual bunch of labour lies at a General Election. ... Usual bunch of labour lies at a General Election. MP's have no power to hire Health Service staff in Scotland. Will the Smurph have his whopper exposed in the media? Or will we have to wait for every journalist in Scotland to be killed and replaced with a fully functioning human before that happens.<br /><br />In other news a cretin from darkest bedfordshire is railing against the petit (sic (twonk!)) Nationalism that causes the M74 not to be named the M6. apparently the dildo doesn't know that the our divine masters stopped the M6 several miles short of the border so that when the M74 was complete we still didn't have a motorway connection to the home of our imperial occupiers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90772326506641235982015-01-05T22:05:37.477+00:002015-01-05T22:05:37.477+00:00Well Labour's anti-English stance is being rei...Well Labour's anti-English stance is being reinforced by the southern press.<br /><br />Following on from resistance to EVEL, you have to admit they really asked for this one.<br /><br /><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6nhydkIgAITerc.jpg" rel="nofollow">Telegraph: Labour Tax on Wealthy English to Fund Scots Nurses</a><br /><br />Murphy is turning out worse (or better?) than expected.Scottish_Skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28357017414144845242015-01-05T22:05:31.233+00:002015-01-05T22:05:31.233+00:00Because of Labour's figures in Scotland, they&...Because of Labour's figures in Scotland, they'll be doing better in England and Wales than UNS would suggest. As far as I can remember Ashcroft's polling of Lab-Con marginals backed that up. Calumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298701198248993553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33616807594268656052015-01-05T21:50:44.128+00:002015-01-05T21:50:44.128+00:00"Should we take Foulkes' trailing of it a...<b>"Should we take Foulkes' trailing of it as an ill portent for the SNP?"</b><br /><br />That's the first thought that came into my head, but then if the fieldwork is very recent (As Alasdair Allan suggested), it's difficult to imagine how that could be the case.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85231528378918476872015-01-05T21:47:54.783+00:002015-01-05T21:47:54.783+00:00If Foulkes and/or ScotLab had anything it would ha...If Foulkes and/or ScotLab had anything it would have been all over the Internet already.Alasdair Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282612686734280239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15598858911979028032015-01-05T21:41:06.976+00:002015-01-05T21:41:06.976+00:00I wish he'd get a move on. This poll has been ...I wish he'd get a move on. This poll has been hyped for literally months!<br /><br />Should we take Foulkes' trailing of it as an ill portent for the SNP?keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-38134878322640590162015-01-05T21:39:07.087+00:002015-01-05T21:39:07.087+00:00I'd've thought Glasgow North or East might...I'd've thought Glasgow North or East might be more obvious candidates for a poll of "marginals". Not that either of them are marginal, going by the 2010 results, but there are clear factors at play that make them likely more winnable than Glasgow Central.keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-684511208943757262015-01-05T21:27:48.674+00:002015-01-05T21:27:48.674+00:00Lord Ashcroft has tweeted that he'll be puttin...Lord Ashcroft has tweeted that he'll be putting a full analysis of all the 114 Parliamentary seats that he's polled on Wednesday. Maybe he'll be revealing the Scottish constituency polls at the same time? George Foulkes last month also posted of a "significant polling development", in the new year, specifically mentioning January 7 and I understand that he's pretty cosy with Ashcroft.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-47785237753037617572015-01-05T20:23:53.535+00:002015-01-05T20:23:53.535+00:00Hereditary MP and millionaire "socialist"...Hereditary MP and millionaire "socialist" Anus Sidelined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805837667362406549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-86581411037405233802015-01-05T20:23:03.028+00:002015-01-05T20:23:03.028+00:00Ooh, looking forward to the Danny Alexander pollin...Ooh, looking forward to the Danny Alexander polling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805837667362406549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53115415068321211232015-01-05T20:22:03.502+00:002015-01-05T20:22:03.502+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805837667362406549noreply@blogger.com