Saturday, March 8, 2025

Labour's uncertainty transformed into despair using empirical strategies: Reform UK take the lead for the first time ever in any "Freshwater poll" (nope, me neither)

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I'm slightly baffled by this poll, because it's billed as the latest in a monthly series of polls by a firm called "Freshwater ...
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Friday, March 7, 2025

Reform UK lead in Find Out Now poll for EIGHTH time in a row

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Reform UK went "Full Alba" today by removing the whip from one of their five MPs and referring him to the police.  In a small way ...
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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Some genuine good news for the independence cause: it seems that Alba will *not* be splitting the Yes vote in constituency seats next year, no matter who wins the leadership election

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On Monday night, a commenter on this blog asked for my objective verdict on the STV mini-debate between Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill for th...
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The SNP must ignore the siren voice of Ian Blackford and hold fast to the principle of unilateral nuclear disarmament

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When I rejoined the SNP two months ago, I was well aware that I would find myself in a minority in taking a somewhat nuanced stance on the U...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Is Donald Trump just a cosplay fascist, or does his threats to conquer Greenland and parts of Panama make him the real thing?

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I was just watching a "highlights" video of Donald Trump's speech to Congress (if that's not a contradiction in terms) and...
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The Alba Party's relentless war against its own members continues despite McEleny's sacking - the NEC sticks two fingers up at the dozens of members who warmly welcomed the popular Leanne Tervit back to the party by crassly decreeing that, actually, she is FORBIDDEN TO REJOIN

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I said the other day that Craig Murray was naive for sticking to the article of faith that Alex Salmond must have had very good reasons for ...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

New YouGov poll suggests Labour's hopes of a "Falklands moment" for Starmer are so far proving delusional - and the SNP have an 11-point lead in the Scottish subsample

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I've been awaiting the first GB poll since the Trump v Zelensky showdown with a degree of trepidation, because that incident has at leas...
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Monday, March 3, 2025

The latest betrayal of Alba members is the most shameful - it's game, set and match to Tasmina as the party's unelected Tyrant-Queen gets her way on the retention of the discredited pay-per-vote system - her ruthless and callous tactics to crush all dissent appear to have SUCCEEDED as rumours strongly suggest members will *NOT* be given the option of introducing a democratic one member, one vote system for NEC elections

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Although the Alba leadership never admitted that the 2023 internal elections were rigged (quite the reverse, in fact - they maliciously exp...
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Sunday, March 2, 2025

Craig Murray's shock revelations about Alex Salmond add to the mountain of evidence that Alba's internal democracy has been a sham from day one

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I have owed an explanation and I now feel free to give it. I was elected to Alba national exec last year and declined to take up the post - ...
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Saturday, March 1, 2025

Starmer's cheerleaders need to make up their minds once and for all whether Trump is friend or foe

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When Alba HQ wonderbairn Robert Reid's dad Bob Reid made his prolonged attack on me about my views on Ukraine (although there was little...
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