SCOT goes POP!

A pro-independence blog by James Kelly - one of Scotland's three most-read political blogs.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Scot Goes Popcast: Eurovision 2024

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For those of you planning to watch the Eurovision tonight, I've recorded a short podcast with some scene-setting thoughts, which you can...
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Friday, May 10, 2024

Does 2 become 1?

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First of all, a quick note to let you know that I'm quoted in Alasdair Soussi's profile of John Swinney on the Al Jazeera website, w...
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Kate Forbes is upsetting all of the right people

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I didn't write about it at the time because I didn't want to tempt fate, but when the announcement was made that Kate Forbes had bee...
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First Savanta survey since Swinney swept in shows sizzling 48% support for independence

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Looking back at the dates, it seems to have been 2nd May on which it became obvious that John Swinney was the next SNP leader, so as this po...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Hallelujah, Swinney has done the right thing and appointed Kate Forbes as Deputy First Minister - so maybe now there will be some unity

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I was a bit sceptical about whether John Swinney would actually go as far as appointing Kate Forbes as Deputy First Minister, because it mar...
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Monday, May 6, 2024

When everything realistic has been tried and didn't work, you just have to shrug and say it wasn't meant to be - but at least there's now a quick turning of the page

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Without wanting to be overly critical, I think it's probably reasonable to say that Graeme McCormick has behaved slightly oddly, and not...
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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Sensational Norstat poll shows support for independence has INCREASED to 48% in spite of the crisis within the SNP

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This is a curate's egg poll, so let's start with the good part.  Support for independence has remained impressively untouched by the...
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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Are you an SNP member and do you want a contested leadership election? If so, here's how you get one.

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I'm purely offering this as information for any Scot Goes Pop readers who happen to be SNP members - and I'm getting it all second h...
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Friday, May 3, 2024

A serious suggestion for John Swinney: get the more charismatic Kate Forbes and Stephen Flynn to deputise for you in the TV election debates, and reap the benefits yourself

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Stewart McDonald made a ridiculous comment about John Swinney's speech yesterday along the lines that it had "made his heart sing...
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Thursday, May 2, 2024

The SNP again shy away from the transformational change that is required - but perhaps they've taken half a step forward

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Kate Forbes has clearly decided not to run, which is hopefully a decision made from a position of strength due to a deal with John Swinney. ...
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