Saturday, September 24, 2022

Sensational Social Attitudes Survey suggests that independence support has soared by almost TWENTY percentage points since the 2014 indyref - does this suggest that conventional polling has been underestimating Yes support for years?

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I've finally had a chance to catch up with the independence numbers from the Social Attitudes Survey that caused so much excitement a co...
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How English voters react to the new Thatcherism over coming days could be decisive for the Scottish independence project

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One type of context we sometimes lose when we think about political history is the sense of shock in the moment about certain developments. ...
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Friday, September 23, 2022

It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for control over stamp duty, which (checks notes) it appears we already have

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Given the extent of devolution that Scotland already has, it's inevitable that this package will be as much about the rest of the devolv...
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Thursday, September 22, 2022

The Sun's lies about their independence poll: an update for anyone pursuing a complaint to the press regulator

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A couple of people have been in touch with me after making complaints to the press regulator IPSO about The Sun's notorious article in w...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Two quick plugs

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Just a couple of little plugs while I'm thinking of them.  First of all, it looks like there are still delegate passes available for the...
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Fresh revelation from that notorious Sun / Deltapoll survey on independence: they didn't bother interviewing 16 and 17 year olds

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Every time there's a poll on independence that shows a No lead, there's always a minor chorus of people asking me "did they int...
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Monday, September 19, 2022

This one reason is enough to make a referendum on the future of the monarchy worthwhile

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So here's a polling observation of a very different sort from the ones I normally make on this blog.  If a pollster asks people how many...
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Sunday, September 18, 2022

A few pointers for any readers thinking of reporting the Sun's lies about their independence poll to the press regulator IPSO

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Duncanio asked me a question on the previous thread -  "James - do you intend to report this to the Press Complaints Commission and/or ...
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BREAKING: The Sun quite simply LIED about their new independence poll. It does NOT show Yes on 42%. It does NOT show a 7% drop in Yes support. It does NOT suggest support for independence has fallen - let alone "plummeted" - after the Queen's death. Outright lies like this are why journalists are not respected, and they have no-one to blame but themselves.

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As soon as I have time, I'm going to update this blogpost with full analysis of this shocking development (albeit a shocking development...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Here's why the Sun's claims of "plummeting independence support" should be taken with a heavy dose of salt

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Someone asked me on the previous thread if I had any analysis of the new poll in the "Scottish" Sun.  I hadn't heard about it,...
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