Scottish Politics Thread

[Info Ops]

Weird indeed.

' . . . of the 1,037 Scottish adults questioned . . . '

You appear not to know how sample sizes matter in polling but the headlines don't change.

 

[Auld-Yin]

Go figure what? The Tories are marginal and on course to be routed at the May elections - as support for independence reaches 57%. The trend is only going one way and has been for some time.

But when it comes to elections the ScotTories don't do that badly - just remind which Party is the second largest in the Wee Hoose, in an increasing vote?

 

[gizmo17]

Go figure what? The Tories are marginal and on course to be routed at the May elections - as support for independence reaches 57%. The trend is only going one way and has been for some time.

But when it comes to elections the ScotTories don't do that badly - just remind which Party is the second largest in the Wee Hoose, in an increasing vote?

And the added factor of it may well be a new Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party that is campaigning pre may

 

[AfghanAndy]

That's amazing. How did the BBC manage to get Ipsos Mori to poll 100% of the population to get such figures?

Panelbase bans new members from independence polls

A LEADING polling organisation has banned new members from contributing to future polls on Scottish independence amid concerns that it has been swamped by Nationalists seeking to “influence” the results.

www.google.co.uk

Edit. I should add that’s a few years old, but as I noted back in 2014, the SNP utilised a rather effective online influencing campaign.

Cumstain 5 for example was on line at specific times calculated by somebody for optimum timings. And always tried to be the last to post. That’s a social media technique as quite often people only read the last comment.

 

[FourZeroCharlie]

You appear not to know how sample sizes matter in polling but the headlines don't change.

Priceless.

 

[History_Man]

Go figure what? The Tories are marginal and on course to be routed at the May elections - as support for independence reaches 57%. The trend is only going one way and has been for some time.

The fact that you've popped up again suggests to me that things might not be going according to plan in SNP Land.

If you really, really want independence give the English a vote too.

 

[Electromagnetic]

The fact that you've popped up again suggests to me that things might not be going according to plan in SNP Land.

If you really, really want independence give the English a vote too.

Expect the voting age to be reduced even further and non-resident foreign nationals added to the list.

 

[Dafty duck]

Weird indeed.

' . . . of the 1,037 Scottish adults questioned . . . '

Canvassing to have taken place in SNP strongholds. Obviously.

 

[headgear]

Weirdly, the reality is the public in vast numbers think Nicola has handled Covid better than BoJo:

BBC poll suggests Nicola Sturgeon has handled Covid-19 pandemic better than Boris Johnson

polls are bollocks , I have never met anyone who has ever been asked by a pollster and I can assure you that 9 out of 10 people in and around my acquaintance and family detest the SNP with a passion and wouldn't piss on Queen Nicola if she was on fire.

I highly suspect if you asked the mythical 57% if they wanted independence knowing that they would lose the Barnett formula and freebies, wouldn't be allowed to join the EU as we are no where near qualifying to join and the laughable Jock pound would be so worthless due to our shocking deficit vs GDP that we couldn't borrow money without a massive interest rate then they would reconsider.

Every day now the SNP/Sturgeon are actually being questioned by the media for the first time on their poor performance, many failings and internal party strife. This will be really ramped up in any indy attempt, particularly as Sturgeon and Fatty Blackfold's Bigotry and whining has really started to wind up your average decent English joe or Jane who have done us no harm and subsidise SNP electorate bribes and shocking wastage of funds.

If Sturgeon was serious she would put forward a credible 10 year fiscal plan that would show how our deficit would be solved and how she would attract business and investment and even more importantly start to get a grip of it now but dont hold your breath waiting for that to happen!

 

[Auld-Yin]

It could be argued that, with the spread of SNP constituency MSP seats that the majority of Scotland is SNP stronghold country.

 

[Info Ops]

But when it comes to elections the ScotTories don't do that badly - just remind which Party is the second largest in the Wee Hoose, in an increasing vote?

Every government should be held to account by an effective opposition but the Scottish Tories are toxic across vaste swathes of Scotland because of BoJo, Brexit and growing support for Sturgeon's leadership compared to BoJo's. But now the Scottish Tories are on course for a crushing defeat in May.

 

[Auld-Yin]

Ooops, life continues to get difficult for Nicola and her tame Head of the Scottish Civil Service

Alex Salmond inquiry: Police were asked 'hypothetical questions' on 'specific' cases while government policy was developed

The Scottish Government asked Police Scotland about the criminal process around accusations of historical sexual harassment while it was developing the policy which resulted in an investigation into former first minister Alex Salmond, it has been revealed.

www.scotsman.com

 

[Auld-Yin]

Every government should be held to account by an effective opposition but the Scottish Tories are toxic across vaste swathes of Scotland because of BoJo, Brexit and growing support for Sturgeon's leadership compared to BoJo's. But now the Scottish Tories are on course for a crushing defeat in May.

Boris Grrr! You are not a mate of Wets are you?

 

[gizmo17]

It could be argued that, with the spread of SNP constituency MSP seats that the majority of Scotland is SNP stronghold country.

Yes Equally with the voting system in place it wouldn't take a seismic change for the actual number of seats SNP take to go down as opposed to up.

 

[FourZeroCharlie]

Boris Grrr! You are not a mate of Wets are you?

I don't think he's that well acquainted with reality, either . . .

 

[Mick9abf]

Every government should be held to account by an effective opposition but the Scottish Tories are toxic across vaste swathes of Scotland because of BoJo, Brexit and growing support for Sturgeon's leadership compared to BoJo's. But now the Scottish Tories are on course for a crushing defeat in May.

Bit like Sturgeon is becoming toxic to some of the party eh? Maybe you should go back to backslapping each other on the relevant bigoted Facetwat pages.

Of course when she is ‘held to account’ St Nic becomes all flustered and can’t deal with anything bar pre screened questions.

 

[gizmo17]

This is the year of postal ballot elections it will be interesting to see how that pans out and affects vote share.

 

[Auld-Yin]

This is the year of postal ballot elections it will be interesting to see how that pans out and affects vote share.

Don't forget the 16&17 year olds!

 

[shellbackmac]

The in-law's paper being...?

The Dunfermline Press, breaking news: Cat stuck up tree in Steelend........

 

[buggrit]

Sturgeon's leadership

Continued blether on a scripted daily propaganda tv show where she ignores difficult questions, does not a leader make, as has been proved by her poor record on....well......everything that has anything to do with actually running Scotland, but you just keep on dreaming your little dream.