Saturday, October 19, 2024

All of the last six GB-wide polls have put Labour in the 20s - that's the sort of unpopularity associated with Michael Foot, John Major and William Hague

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A new GB-wide poll from Techne shows that Labour's lead is down to just three points, which is the lowest that any firm with the excepti...
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Friday, October 18, 2024

So, Tory voters of Falkirk South: what was it that first attracted you to Keir Starmer's hard-right Labour party?

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I'm slightly puzzled that one or two people are defending Labour's false claim to have "gained" the seat in yesterday'...
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Find Out Now! Find Out How? Find Out WOW!!! Sensational MRP projection suggests SNP would win a 2019-style landslide victory if another general election was held now

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There was a brief moment of hope for Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership contest a couple of days ago when a Find Out Now MRP projection s...
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Gaza genocide could be a watershed moment in the relationship between the BBC and its viewers - from now on, social media may start to become more trusted than the state broadcaster

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With the recent 'generation anniversary' marking the passing of exactly one generation since the independence referendum was held in...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

The Famous Hypocrisy of the Grouse

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So it's a curious thing - as you may have seen on Twitter, I've been receiving some totally unprovoked abusive DMs from Grouse Beate...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

So where does the independence movement go from here?

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Robin McAlpine's latest piece presents the independence movement as having been "orphaned" by Alex Salmond's death, with a...
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Monday, October 14, 2024

Alex Salmond's appearance on the Scot Goes Popcast, 6th April 2021

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A couple of you have asked for the link to Alex Salmond's appearance on the Scot Goes Popcast at the time of Alba's founding.  You c...
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Sunday, October 13, 2024

John Mason's ridiculous expulsion suggests the SNP have learned absolutely nothing from the Rutherglen debacle - you can't throw seats away like confetti and expect there to be no consequences

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The SNP's decision to suspend the whip from John Mason a couple of months ago was interesting. They did it on the grounds that he had de...
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Simply astounding: just three months after their "loveless landslide", Labour have *lost their poll lead* and have a vote share similar to John Major in the mid-90s

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I said a few days ago that crossover seemed to be approaching, and although we still haven't quite hit that point yet, a major landmark ...
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Alex Salmond, 1954-2024

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Hopefully it goes without saying that my earlier blogpost today, which briefly mentioned Alex Salmond, was written before I heard the awful ...
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