Thursday, 31 January 2013
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Angus Reid subsample : SNP retake the lead in West...
SCOT goes POP!: Angus Reid subsample : SNP retake the lead in West...: A very quick post because I'm in a mad rush. Here are the latest Scottish figures for Westminster voting intention from Angus Reid - SNP ...
Gauging Govan: A New, Horrible Low for Labour in Scotland
Gauging Govan: A New, Horrible Low for Labour in Scotland: They haven't got a terribly high starting point. If they're not abusing women , stealing public money or cheating the disabled, it...
Weegiewarbler's Appendix: The Berwick Effect.
Weegiewarbler's Appendix: The Berwick Effect.: Elizabeth II – the illegitimate monarch. No, it’s not treason to state an issue that has the strong appearance of being supported by docum...
Frankly Independent: Brexit
Frankly Independent: Brexit: Although this blog is not intended to be fully reactivated before 2014, here is the first of a number of occasional posts...
Frankly Independent: The Secret Files
Frankly Independent: The Secret Files: Quebec First Minister Pauline Marois met Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in Edinburgh today. ...
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Monday, 28 January 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Electoral Commission's reputation for impartiality...
SCOT goes POP!: Electoral Commission's reputation for impartiality...: If anyone needed a reminder of why so many of us wanted a Scottish rather than a London body to have oversight of the independence referendu...
Sunday, 27 January 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Support for independence remains ...
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Support for independence remains ...: The latest Panelbase poll on independence is out, and although it shows an increase in the No lead, it's still more favourable for the Yes s...
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Lallands Peat Worrier: Ruth's Pushmi-Pullyu routine...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Ruth's Pushmi-Pullyu routine...: Just a brief thought today. Yesterday, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson gave a speech entitled "Scotland First". critically reviewed t...
Friday, 25 January 2013
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Lallands Peat Worrier: Despatches from Nationalist-occupied Scotland...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Despatches from Nationalist-occupied Scotland...: There's your vellum, there's your quill. Now bugger off and write your constitution. While that prospect might excite history's most avi...
Saturday, 19 January 2013
A Sair Fecht: Just Davidson, Or Are Others Complicit?
A Sair Fecht: Just Davidson, Or Are Others Complicit?: Following the outrageous comments of Ian Davidson MP (Labour - Glasgow South West) during the Section 30 Order Debate in the House of Common...
A Sair Fecht: Celebrating The Holidays
A Sair Fecht: Celebrating The Holidays: It's probably not considered good blogging practice to have three consecutive posts on the same subject but I am failing in my attempts to l...
Friday, 18 January 2013
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Political predictions for the year ahead
SCOT goes POP!: Political predictions for the year ahead: While I was making the long journey home from the Edinburgh Hogmanay street party (an experience I paid a heavy price for - I got caught in ...
Monday, 14 January 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Angus Reid subsample : SNP in joint lead for Westm...
SCOT goes POP!: Angus Reid subsample : SNP in joint lead for Westm...: As long-term readers will know, I regard Angus Reid's Scottish subsamples as being of slightly more interest than those of other pollsters, ...
Frankly: A Guid New Year
Frankly: A Guid New Year: First Minister Alex Salmond delivering his New Year message In his New Year message the pr...
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY: Under Instruction From London
Munguin's Republic: LABOUR'S SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY MYSTERY
Munguin's Republic: LABOUR'S SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY MYSTERY: Does anyone know what Labour's policy is on benefits? I ask because last week they voted against the changes proposed by the Liberals an...
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Saturday, 12 January 2013
Lallands Peat Worrier: "I'm issuing an injunction!"
Lallands Peat Worrier: "I'm issuing an injunction!": I'm always interested in the representations of law you find in popular culture. That needn't just mean fictional portrayals of courts an...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: La règle du jeu – Michael Moore and the independen...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: La règle du jeu – Michael Moore and the independen...: It’s easy to cast Michael Moore as a villain, the arch-enemy of the YES Campaign, the current Scottish Secretary whose predecessors had a r...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Monday, 7 January 2013
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Saturday, 5 January 2013
RedClydeside: David Cameron- deflecting from the real divisions
RedClydeside: David Cameron- deflecting from the real divisions: Earlier today we saw the Prime Minister pander to the most unsavoury elements of our society by inferring that multiculturalism in the UK ha...
SCOT goes POP!: "Disenfranchise" Neil Kinnock? How very dare we?
SCOT goes POP!: "Disenfranchise" Neil Kinnock? How very dare we?: In spite of my best efforts (and several re-readings), I'm not sure I entirely understand the point being made by the Ian Stewart article re...
Friday, 4 January 2013
Scottish Vision: Alistair….Darling….Please can we make it up?
Scottish Vision: Alistair….Darling….Please can we make it up?: This article was taken (with permission of course) from http://auldacquaintance.wordpress.com/ . Alistair..Darling…Please can we make ...
Frankly: Step 8
Frankly: Step 8: STEPS LEADING TO THE STEPPING STONE TO INDEPENDENCE (Part 8) Scotland: Old Nation, Young ...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Gauging Govan: The Curious Geographic Anomalies of the Independen...
Gauging Govan: The Curious Geographic Anomalies of the Independen...: For which I'm sure there's a perfectly simple explanation. Can you think of one? I can.