Saturday, February 17, 2024

SNP motion on a Gaza ceasefire will flush out Starmer - and possibly expose Scottish Labour's sham autonomy

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Credit where credit is due to the SNP under the Yousaf leadership - I don't know how much influence Fiona Robertson and her ilk still ha...
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Could the independence movement possibly avoid the slow-motion version of shooting itself in the foot in the Western Isles?

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Although the Find Out Now MRP poll the other day was unusually - and some would say unrealistically - positive for the SNP, one dark cloud i...
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Friday, February 16, 2024

Astroturfing for Humza: he's supposed to have been "finding his feet" and "growing in sureness-of-touch" for longer than you might realise

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When I switched pre-moderation off in the comments section of this blog a few weeks ago, my biggest concern about the decision was that it w...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

More analysis of the remarkable Find Out Now MRP poll showing the SNP on course for 40 seats at the general election

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Just a quick note to let you know I have an analysis piece in The National today about last night's Find Out Now MRP poll - you can read...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Find Out Now MRP projection suggests SNP will win landslide, Labour will flop in Scotland, and the Tories will be wiped out

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GB seats projection for next general election: Labour 452 (+249) Conservatives 80 (-285) Liberal Democrats 53 (+42) SNP 40 (-8) Greens 2 (+1...
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Labour's Britain-wide lead drops to just 12 points in new Savanta poll - warning shot for Starmer, or rogue poll?

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GB-wide voting intentions for general election (Savanta, 9th-11th February 2024): Labour 41% (-5) Conservatives 29% (+2) Liberal Democrats 1...
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Rachel Reeves' boy thinks asylum seekers should be dumped like nuclear waste in the north of Scotland - but BBC Scotland doesn't think it's a news story

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Don't worry, Chris, there'll be momentary concern and then relief when they realise the mainstream media are dutifully burying the s...
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Monday, February 12, 2024

Would you like HIM to be the cat? Starmer's purity police may have just handed George Galloway a real chance of winning the Rochdale by-election

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I said in a blogpost earlier today that Labour's decision not to withdraw support from Azhar Ali in the Rochdale by-election had made th...
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The contrast between Labour's ongoing support for Azhar Ali and the SNP's instant withdrawal of support for Neale Hanvey in 2019 underscores how fundamentally unserious the SNP leadership were about pursuing independence five years ago

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For me and a number of others who left the SNP to join Alba in 2021, there had been several steps along the way that made us realise that th...
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Saturday, February 10, 2024

The colonialist British state broadcaster in action: how BBC chiefs in *Salford* overruled BBC Scotland at the last minute to prevent Scots from watching their own national curling championships

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Last night, you might have seen on Twitter a last-minute announcement that the semi-finals and finals of the Scottish Curling Championships ...
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