“Or could it be that the public is so heartily scunnered with Keir Starmer and the Labour government that they are willing to give separation another hearing?”
But Stephen , who is funding this poll. None other than the National. The Scottish givernments own version of Pravda. Is the poll also only of National readers.
Hi Bill. The poll was conducted by Find Out Now and sampled 1,417 Scottish adults. Find Out Now is a member of the British Polling Councils, whose rules can be found here: https://www.britishpollingcouncil.org/objects-and-rules/.
It’s a legitimate poll, though methodologies differ between polling companies and this can contribute to variations in results produced. I’d like to see a few more polls from a range of companies before saying there has or hasn’t been a decisive shift, but as a snapshot of Scottish public opinion as it was between April 7 and April 11, when the fieldwork was carried out, it’s certainly eye-catching.
But Stephen this situation cannot just continue where the existence of a mature liberal democracy is continually in question. Scotland’s interests are ill served by this constitutional purgatory. Holyrood needs reform or better still abolition.
Hi Barney. You’re preaching to the converted here. Unfortunately, the Tories had ample opportunity to reform devolution but all they did was expand it.
The Better Together crowd need to improve their act and start pushing it now, not waiting till it’s too late. I suppose that means me too, and I have had a pop with one article, which has a single like from a fellow blogger in Oldham. . .
We should double down on Project Fear, because it is accurate, but also have more people putting the case for staying in this great union of ours. The latter might better be put by Scottish people living in England, as we are less likely to get chibbed for it.
Hi Jim. I think the first task would be cobbling together a successor organisation to Better Together, because organised Unionism has fallen by the wayside, other than Scotland in Union and These Islands.
That makes sense. We can’t wait for another referendum in the offing though. There’s an opportunity for a media or political personality to make the running now, perhaps the likes of yourself or Peter Smith?
“Or could it be that the public is so heartily scunnered with Keir Starmer and the Labour government that they are willing to give separation another hearing?”
Got it.
But Stephen , who is funding this poll. None other than the National. The Scottish givernments own version of Pravda. Is the poll also only of National readers.
Hi Bill. The poll was conducted by Find Out Now and sampled 1,417 Scottish adults. Find Out Now is a member of the British Polling Councils, whose rules can be found here: https://www.britishpollingcouncil.org/objects-and-rules/.
It’s a legitimate poll, though methodologies differ between polling companies and this can contribute to variations in results produced. I’d like to see a few more polls from a range of companies before saying there has or hasn’t been a decisive shift, but as a snapshot of Scottish public opinion as it was between April 7 and April 11, when the fieldwork was carried out, it’s certainly eye-catching.
But Stephen this situation cannot just continue where the existence of a mature liberal democracy is continually in question. Scotland’s interests are ill served by this constitutional purgatory. Holyrood needs reform or better still abolition.
Hi Barney. You’re preaching to the converted here. Unfortunately, the Tories had ample opportunity to reform devolution but all they did was expand it.
The Better Together crowd need to improve their act and start pushing it now, not waiting till it’s too late. I suppose that means me too, and I have had a pop with one article, which has a single like from a fellow blogger in Oldham. . .
https://devojim.substack.com/p/you-cant-get-there-from-here
We should double down on Project Fear, because it is accurate, but also have more people putting the case for staying in this great union of ours. The latter might better be put by Scottish people living in England, as we are less likely to get chibbed for it.
Hi Jim. I think the first task would be cobbling together a successor organisation to Better Together, because organised Unionism has fallen by the wayside, other than Scotland in Union and These Islands.
That makes sense. We can’t wait for another referendum in the offing though. There’s an opportunity for a media or political personality to make the running now, perhaps the likes of yourself or Peter Smith?