Friday, June 8, 2018

Sensational YouGov poll suggests SNP would make sweeping gains in a snap general election, with support for an independence referendum also increasing

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For the first time in months we have a full-scale Scottish poll.  This one has certainly proved worth the wait, because on Westminster votin...
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Thursday, May 31, 2018

This barefaced hypocrisy from Ruth Davidson cannot be allowed to stand. Not this time.

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I've always thought that equal marriage and abortion law in Northern Ireland are the ultimate tests of how committed you really are to d...
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Monday, May 21, 2018

Earl of Dumbarton ROCKED by new SHOCK poll that suggests monarchy could be DOOMED

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There's a new poll out today that has a bit of something for everyone - republican-minded Yessers are delighted that it shows only a min...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

Twitter poll suggests a virtual three-way tie in the SNP depute leadership contest

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Just out of curiosity, I decided to run a poll on Twitter yesterday to see how people were planning to vote in the SNP depute leadership ele...
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Friday, May 18, 2018

The case for Chris McEleny

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As you probably know, voting is now open in the SNP depute leadership election, and if you're part of the 2%+ of the entire population o...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Is Sarah Smith auditioning (again) to become Scottish Tory press officer?

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As you probably know by now, the Scottish Parliament voted at 5pm today to deny legislative consent for Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Have the Sunday Herald built bridges after last week's misjudgements? (Spoiler: No, they've doubled down by going Full Leask with a disgraceful front page attack on Alex Salmond.)

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You might remember a while back that CommonSpace took a brief financial hit after running an attack piece about Wings Over Scotland that h...
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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Eurovision 2018: Prediction for Saturday's grand final

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So I got a slightly patchier 7 out of 10 qualifiers right on Thursday.  The three I didn't pick out were the Netherlands, Serbia and Slo...
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Friday, May 11, 2018

How does the SNP's near-total exclusion from BBC Question Time compare to the treatment of the Liberal Democrats when they were the UK's third party?

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There's an indisputable fact of political arithmetic that our broadcasters need to be urgently reacquainted with.  The SNP are not only ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Eurovision 2018: Prediction for Thursday's second semi-final

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So I correctly picked eight out of the ten qualifiers in the first semi.  The two I overlooked were Austria and Ireland, which is really odd...
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