Tocasaid: Scottish Gaelic in the #SP16 manifestos

Tocasaid: Scottish Gaelic in the #SP16 manifestos: Or not, in the case of RISE Scotland and the Lib Dems. But more about them later. With the Scottish elections air faire - I thought I&...

SCOT goes POP!: Reader's questions : a Patrick Harvie conundrum

SCOT goes POP!: Reader's questions : a Patrick Harvie conundrum: Niall posed an interesting question on the previous thread, which I thought might be worth responding to in a bit of detail... "You kn...

SCOT goes POP!: NEW FILM : How the voting system for the Scottish ...

SCOT goes POP!: NEW FILM : How the voting system for the Scottish ...: A couple of weeks ago, I jetted off (if you can jet off by train) to a top-secret mystery town somewhere between Dunblane and Bannockbu...

Monday, 25 April 2016

Tarff Advertiser: Dead Space

Tarff Advertiser: Dead Space: Been off line living in the dark lands of depression, not interested in engaging with the world, finding eating a chore; in fact ignoring ...

SCOT goes POP!: One week on, have the Sunday Herald learned the le...

SCOT goes POP!: One week on, have the Sunday Herald learned the le...: The short answer to that question is "only partly".  As editor Neil Mackay hinted would probably be the case, they've gone bi...

Dateline: Brexit and Obama's intervention - plus thoughts on Boris!

Dateline: Brexit and Obama's intervention - plus thoughts on Boris!

Gerry Adams: it’s time to go?

Gerry Adams: it’s time to go?: This weekend, Gerry Adams will annoy a lot of people by being re-elected President of Sinn Féin for the 33rd successive time. Some of these will be Sinn Féin members who think it’s time Gerry stood aside and allowed Mary Lou McDonald or Pearse Doherty a go at leading the party. The overwhelming majority of …

Tommy Ball's Blog: Rising Bumpf

Tommy Ball's Blog: Rising Bumpf: Rise launched their manifesto  wish list this afternoon, and, predictably, an absolute comedy shambles.  Predictably, because the party...

SCOT goes POP!: Devastated Dugdale starts praying for a "Bobby Ewi...

SCOT goes POP!: Devastated Dugdale starts praying for a "Bobby Ewi...: Constituency ballot : SNP 53% (+1) Lab 18% (-3) Conservatives 17% (+1) Liberal Democrats 7% (+1) Regional list ballot : SNP 43% (-1) ...

SCOT goes POP!: A different type of 'outer darkness'

SCOT goes POP!: A different type of 'outer darkness': Iain Macwhirter in the Herald - "Though [John Curtice] has been cast into outer darkness along with the Sunday Herald for suggesting ...

SCOT goes POP!: In quotes : what John Curtice ACTUALLY said about ...

SCOT goes POP!: In quotes : what John Curtice ACTUALLY said about ...: To my genuine astonishment, the editor of the Sunday Herald has spent much of the last 24 hours sticking doggedly to the hopeless fiction th...

The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Reasons to be cheerful

The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Reasons to be cheerful: There has been a certain amount of turbulence in the Scottish Independence movement of late. This has been due to a tendency to allow party ...

SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald just totally misrepresented...

SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald just totally misrepresented...: And the nonsense about "tactical voting on the list" just goes on and on and on.  The SNP have got every right to be extremely ann...

Tarff Advertiser: As we approach, the final curtain ...

Tarff Advertiser: As we approach, the final curtain ...: So the weekend has gone and the British MSM has tried to pretend nothing much happened by largely ignoring the Junior Doctor's protest ...

SCOT goes POP!: Kalamity Kez in crisis after unsparing YouGov poll...

SCOT goes POP!: Kalamity Kez in crisis after unsparing YouGov poll...: Today's new YouGov poll will come as something of a relief for the SNP, because the fieldwork is bang-up-to-date (it concluded yesterda...

SCOT goes POP!: No, RISE are not "on 4% in Glasgow"

SCOT goes POP!: No, RISE are not "on 4% in Glasgow": I was assailed on Twitter today by Jonathan Rimmer, who I gather writes for Common Space and various other publications.  His profile doesn...

Munguin's Republic: IT'S NOT THE BEST WEEK HE'S EVER HAD...

Munguin's Republic: IT'S NOT THE BEST WEEK HE'S EVER HAD...: Last week was certainly not been a good week for David Cameron. There was the news that his government was spending £9 million of taxpa...

SCOT goes POP!: New podcast

SCOT goes POP!: New podcast: Just a quick note to let you know that myself and Michael Gray are the guests in this week's edition of the Newsnet podcast, hosted as ...

Cameron's Dad and Panama Scandal - what next?

Cameron's Dad and Panama Scandal - what next?

SCOT goes POP!: Dugdale's daft dreams turn to dust as brutal Surva...

SCOT goes POP!: Dugdale's daft dreams turn to dust as brutal Surva...: With less than a month to go until polling day, a new Survation poll has just been released placing Labour an eye-watering THIRTY-ONE points...

SCOT goes POP!: This TNS poll is so God-awful for Scottish Labour ...

SCOT goes POP!: This TNS poll is so God-awful for Scottish Labour ...: The monthly TNS poll of Holyrood voting intentions came out earlier today, and the big news is that Labour have returned to their all-time l...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Tarff Advertiser: So ..... We'd already guessed as much

Tarff Advertiser: So ..... We'd already guessed as much: Today's big news is the people who perceive themselves to be our ' rulers '; Westminster politicians, other neoconservatives an...

SCOT goes POP!: ORB telephone poll puts Leave just seven points be...

SCOT goes POP!: ORB telephone poll puts Leave just seven points be...: There does seem to be something about EU referendum polls.  Every time we need a particular type of poll to make things a little clearer, we...

Tommy Ball's Blog: A bit of fun

Tommy Ball's Blog: A bit of fun: On Thursday, 12th May, the modern Scottish Parliament will convene for the fifth time. The first order of business will be for MSPs to take...

Scots humour at its best - Best of Craig Ferguson

Scots humour at its best - Best of Craig Ferguson

The Scottish Scaremonger: Scottish Labour Policy Machine

The Scottish Scaremonger: Scottish Labour Policy Machine: The Scottish Labour Policy Machine A rare glimpse inside the heart of Scottish Labour's policy department where the daily tas...

Saturday, 2 April 2016

SCOT goes POP!: Magnificent Maryfield makes mincemeat of Dugdale's...

SCOT goes POP!: Magnificent Maryfield makes mincemeat of Dugdale's...: Maryfield by-election result (31st March) : SNP 49.5% (-1.3) Labour 22.7% (-13.7) Conservatives 10.5% (+3.2) Trade Unionists and Socia...

SCOT goes POP!: "David Coburn, leader of UKIP Scotland"

SCOT goes POP!: "David Coburn, leader of UKIP Scotland": It's probably not unusual for political parties to commission private polling which tests how voters react to a set of fairly extreme pr...

SCOT goes POP!: Hmmmm. Doesn't Kenny Farquharson know the rules?

SCOT goes POP!: Hmmmm. Doesn't Kenny Farquharson know the rules?: Fairly predictably, it's been confirmed that the SNP will use 'Nicola Sturgeon for First Minister' as their additional descripti...