Saturday, March 9, 2019

The SNP may now be close to assured of winning the next Westminster general election in Scotland

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I know it's almost a waste of breath to complain when newspapers run misleading headlines about opinion polls, but it has to be said tha...
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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Panelbase poll leaves Leonard looking like a lost cause

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Apologies for not being all over the latest Wings Over Scotland / Panelbase poll - I'm a bit under the weather today.  But I'll pos...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Abandoning the SNP for a new pro-indy party would be a terrible idea - and here's why

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Jason McCann ran a Twitter poll yesterday, asking whether a new pro-independence party should be set up if the SNP fail to use their mandate...
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Monday, March 4, 2019

Could Scottish Labour be heading towards a total wipeout at Westminster?

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This has only just occurred to me, but it should have occurred to me a couple of weeks ago.  What do we know, or think we know, about the se...
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Friday, March 1, 2019

If we really must "reinforce" the mandate we already have for a referendum, let's do it soon and make clear we won't go round in circles forever

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So just a few miscellaneous thoughts about the BBC's latest reporting on where the indyref2 saga goes from here.  I know some people alw...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Remember: if the UK and EU can't reach agreement on the length or purpose of an extension, No Deal next month remains the default outcome, regardless of how parliament votes

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As ever, trying to tease out Theresa May's real objective is the riddle at the heart of this latest Brexit development.  Using the threa...
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Not the Nine O'Clock News

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A few days ago, I took a first look at the schedules of the new BBC Scotland channel and came to a sudden conclusion that the whole thing wa...
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Sunday, February 24, 2019

The Independent Group look increasingly like the Tory B Team

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Heidi Allen revealed yesterday that the Independent Group have decided not to take any action that would precipitate a general election - an...
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Friday, February 22, 2019

If the 35-strong SNP group don't appear on network TV significantly more often than the Independent Group over the next few months, serious questions will be asked of the broadcasters

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Most political parties would be doing well to have a panellist on Question Time within three days of coming into existence.  The Independen...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Prepare to be STAGGERED: new YouGov poll shows the Independent Group have less support in Scotland than anywhere else

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The new YouGov poll testing potential support for the Independent Group was mentioned on the previous thread, because unlike the recent Surv...
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