Saturday, August 21, 2021

Some thoughts on Schrodinger's Coalition

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After the election in May, I was one of the very few Alba supporters who were reasonably positive about the prospect of an SNP-Green deal.  ...
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Monday, August 16, 2021

The boundary between moderation and extremism

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Given current events on the other side of the world, it might be worth pondering what it is that keeps our politics relatively moderate.  I...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

More about the poll showing that Yes supporters want an indyref within a year

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have an analysis piece in The National today about the new Redfield & Wilton poll, which shows...
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Sunday, August 8, 2021

Nominations for Alba office bearers close tomorrow (Monday) at 5pm

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Five people have now very kindly said they've either nominated me for one of the three male places on the Alba Party's National Exec...
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Saturday, August 7, 2021

New Redfield & Wilton poll confirms the public want an independence referendum to be held - and shows 48% support for independence itself

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We at last have our first independence poll since June, and it's also only the fourth to be conducted since the Holyrood election in ear...
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Friday, August 6, 2021

Just a reminder that we have hard evidence that the Scottish public want to be represented by Team Scotland at the Olympics, not Team GB

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As we move towards the end of Tokyo 2020 and the accompanying #ButchApronFest, it's worth reminding ourselves of the result of a Scot Go...
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Pro-independence vote increases markedly in East Livingston and East Calder by-election, as SNP take the vacant seat

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There was a by-election yesterday for a seat on West Lothian council, and three pro-independence parties were involved. East Livingston and ...
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Thursday, August 5, 2021

No, we don't need "considerably more" than 50% of the vote to win independence - just a simple majority. That's democracy.

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The Glasgow SNP councillor Mhairi Hunter posted this truly jaw-dropping tweet the other day -  "You are comparing apples & pears. T...
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Monday, August 2, 2021

Last year, the UK political class and their scientific advisers expected us all to accept Covid infection and a great many of us to die - and, no, they have no right to tell us to shut up about that episode now

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This is an observation I've made before.  I'm sometimes accused of being "on the wrong side of history", particularly in r...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

Solidarity with Craig Murray, and Alba nominations

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I think we're all a bit in shock that Craig Murray is actually going to jail, even though we've known for a few weeks that this mome...
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