Tuesday, 26 December 2017
Mapping Indigenous languages in Canada
Mapping Indigenous languages in Canada: See where 60 languages belonging to 12 language families are being used right now
Saturday, 23 December 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Catalan election dramatically reinforces mandate f...
SCOT goes POP!: Catalan election dramatically reinforces mandate f...: With almost all the votes in, this looks like being the result - Pro-independence parties: 70 seats Anti-independence parties: 57 seats ...
Friday, 22 December 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Momentous Panelbase poll suggests Brexit could lea...
SCOT goes POP!: Momentous Panelbase poll suggests Brexit could lea...: You've probably seen by now that Wings has a new Panelbase poll out . It looks like this is merely the first of several questions from...
Sunday, 10 December 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Ruth Davidson set for "future of demeaning irrelev...
SCOT goes POP!: Ruth Davidson set for "future of demeaning irrelev...: Stuart Campbell of Wings has tweeted the following Survation polling figures, which appear to be from a new full-scale Scottish poll. I c...
Saturday, 9 December 2017
SCOT goes POP!: It's IMPOSSIBLE for a devolved parliament to have ...
SCOT goes POP!: It's IMPOSSIBLE for a devolved parliament to have ...: In my last blogpost, I posed the question: given the entrenched positions of the DUP, the Irish government and anti-European Tory MPs, how w...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Hothersall faces bushtucker trial of the soul as e...
SCOT goes POP!: Hothersall faces bushtucker trial of the soul as e...: Fate has dealt Duncan Hothersall a cruel hand over the last eighteen hours or so. Deep down, he probably always anticipated that mystery ma...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Friday, 10 November 2017
‘Sex noise’ symphony over BBC Breakfast report leaves viewers baffled (VIDEO)
‘Sex noise’ symphony over BBC Breakfast report leaves viewers baffled (VIDEO): BBC reporter Emma Vardy was interrupted with loud sex noises this morning, leaving viewers horrified.
Friday, 3 November 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Take a bow, Anne McElvoy: the competition is stiff...
SCOT goes POP!: Take a bow, Anne McElvoy: the competition is stiff...: OK, so let's just briefly recap. * In 2015, the Catalan people freely elected a parliament in which the absolute majority of members w...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Spanish democracy : doubleplusgood
SCOT goes POP!: Spanish democracy : doubleplusgood: I wanted to vote but Big Brother told me it was illegal. I went to the polling station, and Big Brother's police smashed me in the face...
Sunday, 29 October 2017
Friday, 27 October 2017
Monday, 23 October 2017
Franco-Scottish alliance against England one of longest in history
Franco-Scottish alliance against England one of longest in history: A University of Manchester historian has uncovered evidence which shows how a defensive alliance against England between Scotland and France might never have formally ended – potentially making it the longest in history.
In a paper to be published next year, Dr Siobhan Talbott argues the Franco-Scottish Auld Alliance of 1295 survived centurie...
In a paper to be published next year, Dr Siobhan Talbott argues the Franco-Scottish Auld Alliance of 1295 survived centurie...
Sunday, 22 October 2017
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: How was your week?
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: How was your week?: I will come straight to the point for me it was just depressing, to the point of becoming clinical. Who can have watched any Tory respons...
Saturday, 21 October 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Europe is being slow to realise that it needs Spai...
SCOT goes POP!: Europe is being slow to realise that it needs Spai...: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, about what Nicola Sturgeon is likely to say and do in ...
SCOT goes POP!: It's getting close to unspoofable now
SCOT goes POP!: It's getting close to unspoofable now: Another day, another ill-judged analysis of Scottish politics from Stormfront Lite 's Bedfordshire-based editor Mike Smithson, known fon...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
SCOT goes POP!: New Scottish poll is "unmitigated disaster" for Ru...
SCOT goes POP!: New Scottish poll is "unmitigated disaster" for Ru...: It's a hat-trick, folks - and in more ways than one. YouGov's new poll is the third full-scale Scottish poll since the general elec...
Saturday, 7 October 2017
TerryEntoure: What Can The EU Actually Do?
TerryEntoure: What Can The EU Actually Do?: My last post on the limits of EU authority turned out to be slightly controversial. This time I'm going to dial up the confrontation to ...
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Homage to Catalonia
SCOT goes POP!: Homage to Catalonia: So I was just doing some basic sums. A little under 92% of Catalan voters who turned out yesterday voted in favour of independence. The ov...
Sunday, 1 October 2017
Catalan police in tears as they shield referendum voters from Civil Guard (VIDEOS)
Catalan police in tears as they shield referendum voters from Civil Guard (VIDEOS): Catalan police have been forced into multiple standoffs with Spain’s Guardia Civil after widespread and often brutal violence against voters at polling stations Sunday. Local support for the Mossos d’Esquadra has even brought the police to tears.
Saturday, 30 September 2017
Friday, 29 September 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Davidson's despair deepens as latest batch of subs...
SCOT goes POP!: Davidson's despair deepens as latest batch of subs...: I'm still in foreign climes, so I haven't been staying on top of the Scottish subsamples from Britain-wide polls. But here's a ...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Corbyn .... just another English imperialist
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Corbyn .... just another English imperialist: Funny that, I mean it is just fine for the Palestinians to be free of Israeli over lordship but a disaster if it happens to be any part of...
Monday, 18 September 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Sensational poll suggests SNP would make sweeping ...
SCOT goes POP!: Sensational poll suggests SNP would make sweeping ...: Rarely have I been so delighted to be proved wrong. I had suspected that last week's Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times contained a W...
Saturday, 16 September 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Massive boost for Sturgeon as Survation confirm SN...
SCOT goes POP!: Massive boost for Sturgeon as Survation confirm SN...: Hot on the heels of Panelbase's first Scottish Parliament poll in an eternity comes the same from Survation. The findings of the two po...
Friday, 8 September 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Could the sort-of-rise of "BUSP" be a boon for the...
SCOT goes POP!: Could the sort-of-rise of "BUSP" be a boon for the...: Much synthetic excitement in the unionist media today about the exploits of an "obscure unionist party" that narrowly beat the SNP...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Deny a shared language, deny a shared history, den...
SCOT goes POP!: Deny a shared language, deny a shared history, den...: A guest post by Edward Freeman I feel I must chime in on the subject of Scots language deniers, who are, I think, usually in that group of ...
Friday, 1 September 2017
Thursday, 31 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Kezia Dugdale's electoral record is mostly grim
SCOT goes POP!: Kezia Dugdale's electoral record is mostly grim: There's a tiresome article on LabourList which can basically be summarised as: "Kezia Dugdale is a woman, so if you were critical o...
Monday, 28 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Tommy Sheppard is wrong : the independence referen...
SCOT goes POP!: Tommy Sheppard is wrong : the independence referen...: I've only just discovered, via Peter A Bell's blogpost , that Tommy Sheppard used his Thomas Muir memorial lecture the other day to ...
Sunday, 27 August 2017
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Dark day for Dugdale as Opinium subsample puts SNP...
SCOT goes POP!: Dark day for Dugdale as Opinium subsample puts SNP...: Right on cue, here's the perfect antidote to the BMG subsample a few days ago that some people lost all sense of perspective over. Far ...
Friday, 18 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: BMG subsample turns anxiety into despair for embat...
SCOT goes POP!: BMG subsample turns anxiety into despair for embat...: After a delay of a few days, the datasets for the new GB-wide BMG poll have finally appeared. In spite of the Conservatives holding a narro...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: So what *is* a mid-spectrum blogger?
SCOT goes POP!: So what *is* a mid-spectrum blogger?: The world hasn't seen a debate as fierce as this since the fateful day Donald Trump first uttered the word "covfefe". Up and ...
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Will "The Democrats" respect the Scottish democrat...
SCOT goes POP!: Will "The Democrats" respect the Scottish democrat...: James Chapman, the former political editor of the Daily Mail , seems to think he's the British Emmanuel Macron. That's questionable...
Sunday, 13 August 2017
Ana Navarro detonates on Trump: ‘He doesn’t have the spine or the guts to call out white supremacists’
Ana Navarro detonates on Trump: ‘He doesn’t have the spine or the guts to call out white supremacists’: CNN’s Ana Navarro went on an epic tear Saturday in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, VA that killed one anti-racist protester and left dozens injured. Navarro told anchor Ana Cabre…
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Largest UK Navy carrier security under review after amateur lands drone on deck undetected
Largest UK Navy carrier security under review after amateur lands drone on deck undetected: Security will be reviewed at the aircraft carrier ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’ after a photo enthusiast landed a small drone aboard the largest ship in the Royal Navy and remained undetected, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Greer makes a sectarian attack - will the self-app...
SCOT goes POP!: Greer makes a sectarian attack - will the self-app...: Above is the Green MSP Ross Greer, in a cosy chat with the notorious James McEnaney of RISE, using sectarian anti-Irish lan...
Monday, 7 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Westminster bubble yet to catch up with the Scotti...
SCOT goes POP!: Westminster bubble yet to catch up with the Scotti...: James Forsyth had a very silly article in the Sun yesterday portraying Ruth Davidson as the kingmaker in any potential Tory leadership cont...
SCOT goes POP!: Lament for the Colonel as Scottish Tories remain i...
SCOT goes POP!: Lament for the Colonel as Scottish Tories remain i...: There's been such a drought of polling recently that I was beginning to think we weren't going to get anything more until the end of...
Proving the Irish Famine was genocide by the British
Proving the Irish Famine was genocide by the British: A book from Tim Pat Coogan could prove that the Irish Great Hunger was, in fact, genocide committed by the British.
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
SCOT goes POP!: But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning...
SCOT goes POP!: But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning...: I'm indebted to a certain controversial rapper, because if I hadn't randomly followed a link in one of his tweets, I would be unawar...
Sunday, 30 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The easily distracted
SCOT goes POP!: The easily distracted: Angela Haggerty is well within her rights to use her Sunday Herald column to further exacerbate the feud between CommonSpace and Wings Ove...
Saturday, 29 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: More inspiring civility from our friends on the ra...
SCOT goes POP!: More inspiring civility from our friends on the ra...: It's genuinely quite disconcerting when half a dozen people you don't know from Adam suddenly launch a downright nasty, childish tag...
SCOT goes POP!: Why should a citizen exercising his legal rights c...
SCOT goes POP!: Why should a citizen exercising his legal rights c...: As a result of last night's bizarre episode , I was left with little option but to block another batch of 'trendy Yessers' on Tw...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Has Colonel Ruth FALLEN OFF HER TANK? Another day...
SCOT goes POP!: Has Colonel Ruth FALLEN OFF HER TANK? Another day...: In the continued absence of any full-scale Scottish polling, arguably the most meaningful guide to the state of play is the Scottish subsamp...
Saturday, 22 July 2017
No. 10 shuts down access to PM May for Scottish leader Sturgeon
No. 10 shuts down access to PM May for Scottish leader Sturgeon: No. 10 has withdrawn Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon’s right to demand meetings with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in a move meant to downgrade the first minister’s status.
Friday, 21 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori subsample adds to the weight of evidenc...
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori subsample adds to the weight of evidenc...: Ipsos-Mori's subsamples (just like Survation's) tend to be very small and produce extremely volatile results. However, for what it&...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The crumbling of Colonel Calamity : evidence begin...
SCOT goes POP!: The crumbling of Colonel Calamity : evidence begin...: Just as a slight corrective to the recent string of good polling results for the SNP, there's a new ICM poll which has the SNP a little ...
Saturday, 15 July 2017
MEPs: We'll veto Brexit deal if citizens' rights not improved
MEPs: We'll veto Brexit deal if citizens' rights not improved: The leaders of five political groups said that the UK's offer on citizens' rights was a “damp squib” that risks “creating second-class citizenship”.
Flights to EU at risk if no Brexit deal, airlines warn
Flights to EU at risk if no Brexit deal, airlines warn: British people trying to book holidays to Europe could see disruptions as early as next year if there is no Brexit aviation deal, airlines have warned.
SCOT goes POP!: Relearning the oldest truth : voting Tory doesn't ...
SCOT goes POP!: Relearning the oldest truth : voting Tory doesn't ...: I've been having my latest technological meltdown, but 24 hours late, here's a quick note to let you know I have a new article on th...
SCOT goes POP!: Colonel says "Phew"! Huge scare for Ruth as SNP ru...
SCOT goes POP!: Colonel says "Phew"! Huge scare for Ruth as SNP ru...: It always looked fairly predictable that the Tories would win yesterday's Elgin North by-election. They had won the popular vote in the...
Friday, 14 July 2017
Britain finally accepts it must pay Brexit bill on leaving EU
Britain finally accepts it must pay Brexit bill on leaving EU: Britain has acknowledged for the first time it faces financial obligations to the EU after Brexit, in what appears to be a major concession to Brussels.
Saturday, 1 July 2017
SCOT goes POP!: And this is why Indyref 2 is not going away...
SCOT goes POP!: And this is why Indyref 2 is not going away...: As you may have seen, the House of Commons has just voted on an amendment to the Queen's Speech, tabled by Labour MP Chuka Umunna, calli...
Friday, 30 June 2017
Thursday, 29 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon sticks firmly with the policy of an indep...
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon sticks firmly with the policy of an indep...: For those that heard Nicola Sturgeon's speech, the title of this blogpost may seem like a statement of the bleedin' obvious, but I g...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Boost for SNP in massive Panelbase poll
SCOT goes POP!: Boost for SNP in massive Panelbase poll: My concern for the SNP over the last couple of weeks has been the risk they might slip to second place in Westminster voting intentions - no...
Sunday, 25 June 2017
TerryEntoure: Everybody In The Labour Party (I Hate)
TerryEntoure: Everybody In The Labour Party (I Hate): I'm not usually stuck for words but I find myself completely lacking the vocabulary to express my anger at the current state of Brexit....
TerryEntoure: The State That We Are In
TerryEntoure: The State That We Are In: The moment we've all been dreading has finally arrived. That's right, we're sending David Davis and his cohorts to begin negoti...
Sunday, 18 June 2017
HISTORICAL DISTORTIONISTS by Donal Kennedy - Jude Collins
HISTORICAL DISTORTIONISTS by Donal Kennedy - Jude Collins: When President Obama visited Ireland in 2011 he was briefed by distortionists . Those who wrote or heard his speeches may have imagined that Daniel O’Connell was the only Irishman supporting the rights of black people. But from the United Irishmen and women in the 1790s through John Boyle O’Reilly* in the 19th Century to …
On being British and neutral - Jude Collins
On being British and neutral - Jude Collins: British politicians like to be balanced in their approach to things Northern Ireland. Their argument is that for generations Northern Irish Protestants and Catholics have been fighting each other, and it’s Britain’s destiny to try to get them to work together peacefully . Having cast themselves in that role for decades, you’d think British politicians would …
SCOT goes POP!: Survation poll gives the lie to the notion that pe...
SCOT goes POP!: Survation poll gives the lie to the notion that pe...: Anyone who buys into the theory that people have just had enough of voting (and of referendums in particular) ought to take heed of the rece...
Friday, 16 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The SNP performed BETTER last week than in most re...
SCOT goes POP!: The SNP performed BETTER last week than in most re...: Someone suggested on an earlier thread that the SNP's performance last week was "by far the worst in seven years". That's...
SCOT goes POP!: An open suggestion : if anyone on the pro-indy sid...
SCOT goes POP!: An open suggestion : if anyone on the pro-indy sid...: Most of you have probably come across Peter Hitchens' famous quote about the purpose of opinion polls - "Opinion polls are a devi...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Of course the SNP will vote to bring down the Tori...
SCOT goes POP!: Of course the SNP will vote to bring down the Tori...: Over at Stormfront Lite , Alastair Meeks has mused that an early general election is unlikely to happen, and that part of the reason is that...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The SNP mustn't allow itself to become hobbled for...
SCOT goes POP!: The SNP mustn't allow itself to become hobbled for...: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, with more thoughts on why the SNP would be extremely u...
Saturday, 10 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: It would be a historic error for the SNP to revers...
SCOT goes POP!: It would be a historic error for the SNP to revers...: I'm sure by now we're all aware of the mood music which appears (I only say appears ) intended to prepare the ground for an announce...
Friday, 9 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Putting the SNP's latest landslide victory into hi...
SCOT goes POP!: Putting the SNP's latest landslide victory into hi...: I don't know about anyone else, but I punched the air when Stephen Gethins won the final Scottish seat by just two votes. In spite of t...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Is the WRITING on the WALL for Retoxified Ruth? N...
SCOT goes POP!: Is the WRITING on the WALL for Retoxified Ruth? N...: You might remember that at the weekend, I mentioned that Scottish data from the YouGov projection model had been revealed on Twitter, and it...
SCOT goes POP!: Will you be needing a new leader to INTERVIEW, Rut...
SCOT goes POP!: Will you be needing a new leader to INTERVIEW, Rut...: As I noted in my blogpost this morning, a consensus is emerging among the commentariat that the Tories are coasting to victory, and that som...
Monday, 5 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Mixed news from YouGov
SCOT goes POP!: Mixed news from YouGov: There's good news and bad news from the latest update of YouGov's projection model. At UK-wide level the model continues to defy th...
SCOT goes POP!: Could this be CURTAINS for Ruth? New blow for the...
SCOT goes POP!: Could this be CURTAINS for Ruth? New blow for the...: They say that looking into the night sky is a glimpse into the distant past - some of the stars you see no longer even exist, because the li...
SCOT goes POP!: Could this be CURTAINS for Ruth? New blow for the...
SCOT goes POP!: Could this be CURTAINS for Ruth? New blow for the...: They say that looking into the night sky is a glimpse into the distant past - some of the stars you see no longer even exist, because the li...
SCOT goes POP!: Lib Dem blogger Mike Smithson hits new low as he p...
SCOT goes POP!: Lib Dem blogger Mike Smithson hits new low as he p...: As long-term readers of this blog know, nothing ever surprises me about the antics of the Bedfordshire-based Liberal Democrat blogger Mike ...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov contradicts Survation by suggesting the SNP...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov contradicts Survation by suggesting the SNP...: The YouGov projection model isn't being updated today because of the tragedy in London, but our regular commenter 'Unknown' poin...
Saturday, 3 June 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Glaswegians march for Scottish independence (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Glaswegians march for Scottish independence (PHOTOS, VIDEO): Thousands have taken to the streets of Glasgow to march for Scottish independence, as political uncertainty looms over the upcoming UK general election.
SCOT goes POP!: Is it cos she is TYRANNICAL? Theresa rocked as Ip...
SCOT goes POP!: Is it cos she is TYRANNICAL? Theresa rocked as Ip...: You know the drill by now, folks. *puts on Canadian accent* It's another terrrrr -ible afternoon for the Conservative party. Brita...
Friday, 2 June 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Heartbreak for Ruth as SNP enjoy double-digit lead...
SCOT goes POP!: Heartbreak for Ruth as SNP enjoy double-digit lead...: With all due respect to the Herald , I fail to understand what earth-shattering insights we're supposed to glean six days before a gener...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Massive boost for the SNP as Ipsos-Mori phone poll...
SCOT goes POP!: Massive boost for the SNP as Ipsos-Mori phone poll...: Who can now believe that we used to dread the arrival of Ipsos-Mori's quarterly "Hi, I'm John MacKay" poll for STV? Recen...
'The British Government: Blackmailing The Unionists' by Donal Lavery - Jude Collins
'The British Government: Blackmailing The Unionists' by Donal Lavery - Jude Collins: The recent film about Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, like all historical films, is littered with historical inaccuracies – anyone with a faint hint of knowledge about the Saint Andrew’s era agreement will know that. But what surprised me about it was the tenacity with which it propagates the narrative that somehow the DUP leader …
i-David: Let them have it...
i-David: Let them have it...: I am sitting here on the other end of a computer staring at a screen and I feel angry, no, make that...really angry. Why? Well, in all...
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Indications that the new Survation phone poll may ...
SCOT goes POP!: Indications that the new Survation phone poll may ...: I'm going out on a limb with this one because these figures aren't officially confirmed yet, but having done a bit of Kremlinology o...
Monday, 29 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Full-scale Scottish poll from SurveyMonkey gives S...
SCOT goes POP!: Full-scale Scottish poll from SurveyMonkey gives S...: Today brings word of the first full-scale Scottish poll for quite a while, but frustratingly it's from SurveyMonkey - they have little t...
Sunday, 28 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Saturday, 27 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Fresh blow for Tyrannical Theresa as up-to-date Su...
SCOT goes POP!: Fresh blow for Tyrannical Theresa as up-to-date Su...: The second poll to be conducted after the suspension of campaigning has been released by the US outfit SurveyMonkey. They've made a sma...
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
Friday, 26 May 2017
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Tories as up-to-date YouGov poll unex...
SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Tories as up-to-date YouGov poll unex...: It's that time again, folks. *puts on Canadian accent* It's another terrrrr -ible night for the Conservative party. Bri...
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: It's more important than ever that pro-independenc...
SCOT goes POP!: It's more important than ever that pro-independenc...: First of all, a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, which was inspired by an exchange I saw on Tw...
Monday, 22 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Sunday, 21 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: Never forget that more than 42% of Moray voters ba...
SCOT goes POP!: Never forget that more than 42% of Moray voters ba...: Matt Singh of Number Cruncher Politics has drawn attention to the fact that the SNP (at least according to the latest YouGov poll) have lost...
England’s youth ‘worst at literacy & basic math’ in developed world – report
England’s youth ‘worst at literacy & basic math’ in developed world – report: Literacy rates among young people in England are the lowest in the developed world, with many students graduating high school with only a basic grasp of English and math.
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Refuelling station launched as Aberdeen leads the way in hydrogen technology
Refuelling station launched as Aberdeen leads the way in hydrogen technology: Aberdeen’s second hydrogen refuelling station was officially opened today [Monday, 27 February] along with the launch of a fleet of 10 hydrogen fuelled Toyota Mirai cars.
Aberdeen City Council’s lead member for hydrogen, Councillor Barney Crockett was joined by Toyota GB President and Managing Director - Paul Van Der Burgh, and Hydrogenics CE...
Aberdeen City Council’s lead member for hydrogen, Councillor Barney Crockett was joined by Toyota GB President and Managing Director - Paul Van Der Burgh, and Hydrogenics CE...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll : Labour's current voters are less hos...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll : Labour's current voters are less hos...: Since my last post I've had a chance to look at the YouGov datasets, and I was particularly interested in seeing what has happened to SN...
SCOT goes POP!: Finally the election explodes into life as YouGov ...
SCOT goes POP!: Finally the election explodes into life as YouGov ...: Whenever you see a Britain-wide poll showing a huge Tory lead (which has basically been every single poll in this campaign so far), it's...
Friday, 19 May 2017
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
TerryEntoure: (Tory) Experiment in Terror
TerryEntoure: (Tory) Experiment in Terror: Count to ten, breath deeply. Count to ten, breath deeply. Count to ten, br...... Ah, sorry, you caught me right in the middle of my calming ...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP vote increases in "heartening" full-scale Scot...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP vote increases in "heartening" full-scale Scot...: After an insanely long wait of several weeks, we finally have the fourth bona fide full-scale Scottish poll of this campaign, and it comes f...
i-David: Well it would seem that in Scotland, politically a...
i-David: Well it would seem that in Scotland, politically a...: Well it would seem that in Scotland, politically at least, the SNP have become the great unwashed. No-one wants to work with them. Arguabl...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Drama as Lib Dem manifesto implicitly concedes the...
SCOT goes POP!: Drama as Lib Dem manifesto implicitly concedes the...: This is a direct quote from the Liberal Democrat manifesto published today - "Keeping the UK in the EU will remove the basis for the ...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Latest subsample average suggests SNP have a huge ...
SCOT goes POP!: Latest subsample average suggests SNP have a huge ...: We may simply have had a run of good results by complete chance, but it has to be said that the last week of Scottish subsamples has made fo...
Blair prosecuted for Iraq War? Ex-PM’s legal immunity challenged in court
Blair prosecuted for Iraq War? Ex-PM’s legal immunity challenged in court: The first steps towards overturning a legal ban on prosecuting former Prime Minister Tony Blair over the Iraq War will be considered by the High Court on Tuesday.
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Monday, 15 May 2017
Sunday, 14 May 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: "Remarkable" Scottish poll incoming?
SCOT goes POP!: "Remarkable" Scottish poll incoming?: Probably the less said about my Eurovision prediction the better, although I've got a few crumbs of comfort to cling to - I was correct ...
SCOT goes POP!: "Remarkable" Scottish poll incoming?
SCOT goes POP!: "Remarkable" Scottish poll incoming?: Probably the less said about my Eurovision prediction the better, although I've got a few crumbs of comfort to cling to - I was correct ...
SCOT goes POP!: Subsample average fails to find any post-locals mo...
SCOT goes POP!: Subsample average fails to find any post-locals mo...: Well, the "remarkable" poll in the Sunday Times did turn out to be an anti-climax, not for either of the reasons I speculated las...
Saturday, 13 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: List of links to SNP crowdfunders in battleground ...
SCOT goes POP!: List of links to SNP crowdfunders in battleground ...: As you probably know, many individual SNP candidates are running crowdfunders for the forthcoming general election. All of them are well wo...
Friday, 12 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Take a bow, SNP voters of Irvine Valley - you vote...
SCOT goes POP!: Take a bow, SNP voters of Irvine Valley - you vote...: I know that some people are looking for reassurance that the "vote till you boak" message didn't go totally unheeded on Thursd...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
Thursday, 11 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Subsample average puts SNP on 45%
SCOT goes POP!: Subsample average puts SNP on 45%: You may have heard a rumour today that Panelbase's latest Scottish subsample puts the Conservatives in the lead, but that's not actu...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
How the Daily Mail reacts differently when Theresa May and Ed Miliband propose the same thing
How the Daily Mail reacts differently when Theresa May and Ed Miliband propose the same thing: This was how the Daily Mail reacted when Ed Miliband, the then Labour leader, suggested a price cap on energy companies back in 2013. And this was how it reacted when Theresa May, during the current election campaign, suggested the very same thing. Spot the difference? TODAY: We change our mind on controlling energy prices …
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Elgin councillor out after five days in the job
Elgin councillor out after five days in the job: A Moray councillor elected last week has stood down.
SCOT goes POP!: Housekeeping Note
SCOT goes POP!: Housekeeping Note: If you leave a comment on this blog, please ensure that you don't use extreme or excessive swearing. Please also refrain from making d...
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Popular vote totals revealed : the over-hyped Scot...
SCOT goes POP!: Popular vote totals revealed : the over-hyped Scot...: So, three days later than we might have hoped, we finally have the popular vote figures for the Scottish local elections. Both of the predi...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Saturday, 6 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The vastly over-hyped Scottish Tory surge
SCOT goes POP!: The vastly over-hyped Scottish Tory surge: Just a quick note to let you know that I have new article in The National , which takes a look at the SNP's local election victory, poin...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP soar to best ever result in local elections
SCOT goes POP!: SNP soar to best ever result in local elections: As the BBC are busily misleading their viewers by claiming that the SNP have "lost seven seats since 2012", I thought it might be ...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: A video guide to the local election voting system ...
SCOT goes POP!: A video guide to the local election voting system ...: It's crept on us, but tomorrow is local election day. It'll be only the third time that the Single Transferable Vote system has bee...
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
SCOT goes POP!: May Day! May Day! It's not May's Day, as Google ...
SCOT goes POP!: May Day! May Day! It's not May's Day, as Google ...: I'm not sure if the Record have abandoned Survation as their regular pollster, but for whatever reason they've commissioned Google ...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Monday, 1 May 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Tyrannical Theresa takes a timely tumble in the we...
SCOT goes POP!: Tyrannical Theresa takes a timely tumble in the we...: As the late, great Professor Anthony King would have said in his inimitable Canadian accent, "it's another terrrr -ible night for t...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tarff Advertiser: The BBC - beyond Goebbels
Tarff Advertiser: The BBC - beyond Goebbels: On a recent " Have I got news for you " Ian Hyslop forensically took the BBC's fawning attitude towards the current Tory Gove...
Saturday, 29 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Your anti-Tory tactical voting guide for the 59 Sc...
SCOT goes POP!: Your anti-Tory tactical voting guide for the 59 Sc...: As Marcia has pointed out, a lot of tactical voting at the forthcoming general election will be aimed at keeping the Tories out, or at least...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence shoots back up in crucial...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence shoots back up in crucial...: Tonight brings word of YouGov's first full-scale Scottish poll since Theresa May called the snap general election, and it provides treme...
SCOT goes POP!: The ghost of #Pounds4McDougallGate
SCOT goes POP!: The ghost of #Pounds4McDougallGate: I must admit I burst out laughing when I heard that Blair McDougall is going to be Labour's general election candidate in East Renfrewsh...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Drama as No-friendly TNS poll finds half of the Sc...
SCOT goes POP!: Drama as No-friendly TNS poll finds half of the Sc...: I've been having a look at the newly-released datasets from TNS to see if there is any potential explanation (other than the obvious one...
‘Lead the world in preventing tourism’: Theresa May makes embarrassing campaign trail gaffe (VIDEO)
‘Lead the world in preventing tourism’: Theresa May makes embarrassing campaign trail gaffe (VIDEO): Seemingly discontent with the Brexit result, which once fully enacted will further restrict immigration to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May now says she wants to make holiday makers suffer and “lead the world in preventing tourism.”
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Nostalgia night as TNS reverts to being an extreme...
SCOT goes POP!: Nostalgia night as TNS reverts to being an extreme...: You might remember that throughout much of the long campaign leading up to the 2014 independence referendum, TNS was one of the group of No-...
Monday, 24 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Terror strikes Tyrannical Theresa as astonishing B...
SCOT goes POP!: Terror strikes Tyrannical Theresa as astonishing B...: Should Scotland be an independent country? (BMG) Yes 43% (+2) No 45% (+1) UPDATE : When I first put this post up, I thought I'd on...
SCOT goes POP!: Tories left reeling as new polls suggest support f...
SCOT goes POP!: Tories left reeling as new polls suggest support f...: It shows you how much the calling of a snap general election changes our priorities, but we've just had two new polls in which the quest...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tarff Advertiser: A Scotch Coo
Tarff Advertiser: A Scotch Coo: So the big message from the Yoonistas to Scotchland, in June's forth coming Generial Infection is: " We know better than you, so...
'Don't back me,' says Tory SIC 'paper candidate' for Lerwick North - The Shetland Times
'Don't back me,' says Tory SIC 'paper candidate' for Lerwick North - The Shetland Times: One of the candidates in next month’s council elections has pleaded for constituents not to vote for him, calling his appearance on the ballot papers a “co
'Don't back me,' says Tory SIC 'paper candidate' for Lerwick North - The Shetland Times
'Don't back me,' says Tory SIC 'paper candidate' for Lerwick North - The Shetland Times: One of the candidates in next month’s council elections has pleaded for constituents not to vote for him, calling his appearance on the ballot papers a “co
Friday, 21 April 2017
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
SCOT goes POP!: Introducing the Scot Goes Pop Poll of Polls for th...
SCOT goes POP!: Introducing the Scot Goes Pop Poll of Polls for th...: Just for the sheer hell of it, we might as well have a Poll of Polls for Scottish voting intentions at the general election. I was going to ...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
See Me | MSP Speaks About the Importance of Talking About Depression
See Me | MSP Speaks About the Importance of Talking About Depression: See Me is led by a partnership of SAMH and MHF Scotland and is funded by the Scottish Government and Comic Relief.
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
There’s one issue in Scotland: Indyref2
There’s one issue in Scotland: Indyref2: In calling the UK general election on June 8 Theresa May is playing into the separatist dreams of Nicola Sturgeon
SCOT goes POP!: Tyrannical Theresa is snapping Scotland out of it
SCOT goes POP!: Tyrannical Theresa is snapping Scotland out of it: A second 'quick note' of the day, this time to let you know that I have a new article at the International Business Times , about th...
SCOT goes POP!: Your STV questions answered
SCOT goes POP!: Your STV questions answered: Over the last few days, I've received a number of emails asking for clarification on various aspects of the Single Transferable Vote sys...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Radio interview on independence
SCOT goes POP!: Radio interview on independence: As I mentioned earlier, I took part in a discussion on independence this afternoon on the London-based radio station Voice of Islam. Natura...
SCOT goes POP!: Snap!
SCOT goes POP!: Snap!: Apologies for not having posted anything about the snap election yet - I've had a few things on today, including a live interview on the...
SCOT goes POP!: Don't let people con you into thinking that using ...
SCOT goes POP!: Don't let people con you into thinking that using ...: I've been dipping into some of the discussion on Facebook about whether voters should use their lower rankings in the local elections, a...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
The Long Tweets: Behind the barricades
The Long Tweets: Behind the barricades: Checking the lie of the land on my approach to the SNP conference I was first greeted by 2 older chaps in bright red T shirts proffering &...
Saturday, 15 April 2017
How Jeff Sessions Is Laying the Groundwork for an Authoritarian State @alternet
How Jeff Sessions Is Laying the Groundwork for an Authoritarian State @alternet: The attorney general is courting law enforcement by reducing accountability and renewing a war on people of color. With Donald Trump appearing to be on the verge of blowing up the world, it stands to reason that people might not be paying attention to his attorney general’s attempt to consolidate support for the administration among local law enforcement by selling off the rights of the American people.
SCOT goes POP!: A guide to the local election voting system
SCOT goes POP!: A guide to the local election voting system: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article in The National , about the Single Transferable Vote system that will be used to...
Friday, 14 April 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Thursday, 13 April 2017
‘Don’t you dare insult Russia!’: Moscow envoy chides UK counterpart at UNSC meeting
‘Don’t you dare insult Russia!’: Moscow envoy chides UK counterpart at UNSC meeting: Moscow’s representative at the UN Security Council launched an extraordinary attack on his British counterpart, using some decidedly undiplomatic language, at a tense session ahead of a vote on a Syria resolution.
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The DUP: standing firm on the wrong side of history (again)?
The DUP: standing firm on the wrong side of history (again)?: It’s interesting that Nigel Dodds is the person fronting up the DUP addresses to the press and media these days. The assumption must be that if they let Arlene loose, she may come out with another alligator allegation or otherwise put the DUP on the back foot. Not that they’re not there already. But you …
Tarff Advertiser: There are fibs, lies, deceits and then there is UK...
Tarff Advertiser: There are fibs, lies, deceits and then there is UK...: So what do you know .... it turns out after weeks of every media outlet pumping out just how brilliantly Ruth the Mooth was doing, how she ...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: Local Election Misinformation
SCOT goes POP!: Local Election Misinformation: I'm getting to the point where I almost despair of our chances of clearing up the misunderstandings about how the STV voting system work...
Monday, 10 April 2017
Sunday, 9 April 2017
A Tour Of The British Isles In Accents
A Tour Of The British Isles In Accents: Dialect coach Andrew Jack takes you on a rather good vocal tour…
Saturday, 8 April 2017
Tarff Advertiser: "A SMALL EXPANDING SUN"
Tarff Advertiser: "A SMALL EXPANDING SUN": On Tuesday I sat in the cafe of the Nagasaki Nuclear Bomb museum pondering what sort of person takes human ingenuity and turns it into a we...
Friday, 7 April 2017
AAV: When did Britain turn into a huge national self-pi...
AAV: When did Britain turn into a huge national self-pi...: In this article I'm going to be careful to avoid generalising about all Brexit voters. If you're a Leave voter there are only two...
‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word’ by Catherine Kelly
‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word’ by Catherine Kelly: In the days following the death of Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, political punditry and commentary became focused on the concept of apology and the deceased man’s lack thereof. Even fine Christians were seeking repentance from a deceased man – fine people who have no idea what is in any man’s heart or …
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
Thursday, 6 April 2017
‘Can you BELIEVE what Ken Livingstone just said?’
‘Can you BELIEVE what Ken Livingstone just said?’: It’s always interesting to watch people who see themselves as ‘fair-minded’ or ‘right-thinking’ struggle with stuff they don’t like. Usually it’s not much of a struggle because they insist that the ground on which they stand is reasonable and rational, whereas those who disagree with them are at best trouble-makers and at worst irrational. I’ve …
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
AAV: Rupert Murdoch's guide to joined-up thinking
AAV: Rupert Murdoch's guide to joined-up thinking: The jingoistic anti-Spanish blabbering of Brexiter Tory MPs and the hard-right press is absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who thinks a war ...
Monday, 3 April 2017
Sunday, 2 April 2017
AAV: The blue passport farce
AAV: The blue passport farce: The results of a recent YouGov poll about what people think the government should do in post-Brexit Britain creates a horrifying picture...
Saturday, 1 April 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Why I Did It
SCOT goes POP!: Why I Did It: A guest post by Glasgow Working Class First of all, I want to sincerely thank James Kelly for allowing me this opportunity to set the reco...
Friday, 31 March 2017
AAV: "Suicide's an option" - UKIP's Neil Hamilton
AAV: "Suicide's an option" - UKIP's Neil Hamilton: In May 2016 the disgraced former Tory MP Neil "cash for questions" Hamilton was handed a lifeline back into politics by the 2...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Case for Scottish independence 'increasingly feeble', says Carmichael - The Shetland Times
Case for Scottish independence 'increasingly feeble', says Carmichael - The Shetland Times: MP Alistair Carmichael's less than enthusiastic response to calls for a second independence vote.
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Should a national list be top of the list?
SCOT goes POP!: Should a national list be top of the list?: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at The National , pondering what the effect might be if the Holyrood regional l...
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Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Brexit Pie - Recipe For Disaster.
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Brexit Pie - Recipe For Disaster.: Why did Sterling plummet following Brexit? Perhaps it’s simply because the markets themselves and the fiscal powerhouses that quietly dr...
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The Greens' vote in favour of an independence refe...
SCOT goes POP!: The Greens' vote in favour of an independence refe...: The latest desperate tactic of unionist politicians and journalists is to attempt to deligitimise the Greens' forthcoming vote in favour...
Monday, 20 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: HALF of Scottish public want an independence refer...
SCOT goes POP!: HALF of Scottish public want an independence refer...: Today brings word of the first full-scale Scottish poll to be wholly conducted since Nicola Sturgeon fired the starting-gun for a second ind...
Sunday, 19 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: The Tories simply cannot win on the "mandate" poin...
SCOT goes POP!: The Tories simply cannot win on the "mandate" poin...: It's been obvious for some time that the Tories' number one objective is to push back the timetable for the independence referendum,...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov produce bizarre outlier poll putting the Ye...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov produce bizarre outlier poll putting the Ye...: After a sequence of polls from other firms strongly suggesting that support for independence has increased over the last few weeks, YouGov ...
SCOT goes POP!: Independence support hits all-time high in your su...
SCOT goes POP!: Independence support hits all-time high in your su...: For almost twenty years, the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey has been asking an annual question on constitutional preferences for Scotland ...
SCOT goes POP!: Significant Survation survey puts Yes on a solid 4...
SCOT goes POP!: Significant Survation survey puts Yes on a solid 4...: For the love of God, will you give me a chance to draw breath, chaps? This is the third poll in the space of an hour! The Survation one is...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll : Hammerblow for Theresa May as Scotti...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll : Hammerblow for Theresa May as Scotti...: The datasets for last night's downright weird YouGov poll are now out, and there is actually some good news to be found in them. (Most...
SCOT goes POP!: This is now a hostage situation - Theresa May atte...
SCOT goes POP!: This is now a hostage situation - Theresa May atte...: If the 'sources' chatter from journalists is correct, Theresa May will this afternoon reverse decades of British government policy a...
SCOT goes POP!: What are Nicola Sturgeon's options for holding a v...
SCOT goes POP!: What are Nicola Sturgeon's options for holding a v...: Nicola Sturgeon said tonight she was determined to hold a vote on Scotland's future on the reasonable timescale she has already set out,...
SCOT goes POP!: Theresa is tanking : blow for autocrat PM as YouGo...
SCOT goes POP!: Theresa is tanking : blow for autocrat PM as YouGo...: I have to say I find it pretty incredible that a YouGov poll in which the headline Yes vote was unusually low has been so good for us in a v...
SCOT goes POP!: HALF of Scottish public want an independence refer...
SCOT goes POP!: HALF of Scottish public want an independence refer...: Today brings word of the first full-scale Scottish poll to be wholly conducted since Nicola Sturgeon fired the starting-gun for a second ind...
Saturday, 18 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: How an early Scottish election can be triggered
SCOT goes POP!: How an early Scottish election can be triggered: Opinions differ on how possible/probable the options of a consultative referendum or early Holyrood election are in the event that Theresa M...
AAV: How this hate-spewing Little Englander makes the c...
AAV: How this hate-spewing Little Englander makes the c...: Sometimes the best strategy isn't to campaign with everything you've got, but to just sit quietly for a while and allow your deba...
Friday, 17 March 2017
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Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Thursday, 16 March 2017
The Past Bastard: Scottish Rite Tensions Come to a Head Over Social ...
The Past Bastard: Scottish Rite Tensions Come to a Head Over Social ...: Saint Louis, MO - In the recent wake of widespread dissatisfaction arising out of the increasing disparity in social status at Scottish Ri...
A Sair Fecht: First and Worst. A Layman's Analysis...
A Sair Fecht: First and Worst. A Layman's Analysis...: Back in the mists of time, when I used to blog, I wrote a little about the supposed (at that time) £6 billion deficit in Scotland. Looking a...
Tarff Advertiser: Leaving on a Jet Plane
Tarff Advertiser: Leaving on a Jet Plane: I am sitting in Edinburgh Airport waiting for my flight to Amsterdam and onwards to Japan. Behind me Sky News are still trying to sell th...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Final set. It's Nicola to throw first. The very ...
SCOT goes POP!: Final set. It's Nicola to throw first. The very ...: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the International Business Times , about the rather amusing irony of the day ...
Monday, 13 March 2017
Sunday, 12 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Braveheart pensioners sound death-knell for the Un...
SCOT goes POP!: Braveheart pensioners sound death-knell for the Un...: The Sunday Post have an odd habit of commissioning Scottish polls among over-60s only. Admittedly, that carries the advantage for them of ...
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Answering your questions about #TheSpanishVetoMyth...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Answering your questions about #TheSpanishVetoMyth...: SNP willing to sacrifice its comradeship with the Catalans for the sake of pragmatism—avoiding Spanish veto in EU https://t.co/5Kkr3kFMt...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Spanish Veto Myth debunked #ScotlandinEurope #...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Spanish Veto Myth debunked #ScotlandinEurope #...: Video via WingsoverScotland.com Aparte da anécdota do video de Rajoy evitando preguntas en inglés, hai outro video que é importantÃs...
Friday, 10 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: A bit more about that Ipsos-Mori poll
SCOT goes POP!: A bit more about that Ipsos-Mori poll: A second 'quick note' of the night, the time to let you know that I have an analysis piece at The National about the remarkable new...
SCOT goes POP!: Theresa May's assault on devolution risks making h...
SCOT goes POP!: Theresa May's assault on devolution risks making h...: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website about the unprecedented threat the Scottish Parliament ...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence soars to 50% in sensation...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence soars to 50% in sensation...: There was a time, in the run-up to the first indyref, when we used to dread the "Hi, I'm John MacKay" telephone polls conducte...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Sillars v Sillars
SCOT goes POP!: Sillars v Sillars: Jim Sillars, 2014 : On 18th September, between the hours of 7am and 10pm, absolute sovereign power will lie in the hands of the Scottish pe...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: This will shock you, but it turns out the Express ...
SCOT goes POP!: This will shock you, but it turns out the Express ...: So you may have seen claims in the Express yesterday - and repeated on TV by Ruth Davidson - that a new BMG poll had found a 2-1 majority a...
Monday, 6 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: A bit more on the value of using all (or most) of ...
SCOT goes POP!: A bit more on the value of using all (or most) of ...: I've been having a polite dispute this morning with someone on Twitter who takes issue with my view (a view that is arithmetically indis...
Sunday, 5 March 2017
Ukrainian nationalists honor Nazi collaborator & other ‘fallen heroes’ with torch-lit march (VIDEO)
Ukrainian nationalists honor Nazi collaborator & other ‘fallen heroes’ with torch-lit march (VIDEO): Far-right activists alongside veterans of the ultranationalist Azov battalion have held a torch-lit march commemorating a Nazi collaborator and late leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, as well as contemporary “heroes” who lost their lives in Ukraine's civil war.
Tarff Advertiser: More Mayhem? Not Really.
Tarff Advertiser: More Mayhem? Not Really.: I will be honest with you, I did not listen to Ms May's speech for the benefit of the British Establishment media today from a two thir...
Saturday, 4 March 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon takes the gloves off : No Tory Mandate Me...
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon takes the gloves off : No Tory Mandate Me...: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the International Business Times , about the extraordinary unwillingness of T...
Friday, 3 March 2017
Independent Scotland would need ‘hard border’ with rest of UK – Scottish Secretary of State
Independent Scotland would need ‘hard border’ with rest of UK – Scottish Secretary of State: Should Brexit spur Scotland to become an independent country, then harder borders are virtually guaranteed, according to Scottish Secretary of State David Mundell.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Tarff Advertiser: Dougie; Patriot of Britain
Tarff Advertiser: Dougie; Patriot of Britain: As this week stumbles along the surreal world of Labour in Scotland continues to astound and amaze those looking in from the outside. The...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: "Respecting democracy", Yookay-style
SCOT goes POP!: "Respecting democracy", Yookay-style: At the weekend, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn grotesquely urged the SNP to "respect democracy" by doing absolutely nothing while...
Monday, 27 February 2017
AAV: Sadiq Khan's ill-judged intervention in Scottish p...
AAV: Sadiq Khan's ill-judged intervention in Scottish p...: The Labour Party in Scotland have suffered one of the most rapid declines in popularity in British political history, but it's absolu...
SCOT goes POP!: Memo to Corbyn : the most recent polls show an INC...
SCOT goes POP!: Memo to Corbyn : the most recent polls show an INC...: Jeremy Corbyn said a number of puzzling things in his dire speech to the Scottish Labour conference today (he surprised even himself by sayi...
Sunday, 26 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Auntie Backwater?
SCOT goes POP!: Auntie Backwater?: Because the announcement of the new "BBC Scotland" channel was genuinely unexpected, I've been struggling to get my head aroun...
Saturday, 25 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Coping with Copeland
SCOT goes POP!: Coping with Copeland: Before any important English by-election, I always try to work out which result would be best for us from a strategic point of view. ("...
Friday, 24 February 2017
This comment from a reader of the FT has gone viral because it nails the remainer/leaver Brexit row
This comment from a reader of the FT has gone viral because it nails the remainer/leaver Brexit row: @Duncancastles over on Twitter has spotted an interesting comment left on the FT that totally nails this interminable row that’s consumed everyone for months. Duncan Castles says, “From an @FT comments page. Seems a fair summary and tweet has gone viral with over 4000 retweets & likes, and here’s a full transcript so you can …
Tarff Advertiser: BBC - fool us once ...
Tarff Advertiser: BBC - fool us once ...: I note in today's National and commentators across the pro indy media have met the BBC's generous offering of a sop to Scotland wit...
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Monday, 20 February 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Friday, 17 February 2017
Britain eyes up share of EU assets as part of Brexit divorce
Britain eyes up share of EU assets as part of Brexit divorce: Britain will demand a substantial share of EU assets worth more than €150 billion in an attempt to soften the Brexit divorce bill.
SCOT goes POP!: Westminster rocked as majority of Scottish public ...
SCOT goes POP!: Westminster rocked as majority of Scottish public ...: As we've discussed on this blog a number of times, the recent Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times holds the world record for being more...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
SCOT goes POP!: Valentine's vapourisation for doomed Dugdale after...
SCOT goes POP!: Valentine's vapourisation for doomed Dugdale after...: Someone said to me a couple of weeks ago that I'd be kept busy as May approaches, because of a flurry of opinion polls for the local ele...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Take your bully-boy tactics elsewhere, Mr Robertso...
SCOT goes POP!: Take your bully-boy tactics elsewhere, Mr Robertso...: As you may have seen, I wrote a blogpost yesterday that criticised a columnist for joking that Donald Trump should be "kicked in the b...
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
A Clerk of Oxford: Medieval Valentine's Day
A Clerk of Oxford: Medieval Valentine's Day: Lovers, from British Library, Royal 6 E VII, f.150 Every year I can tell from my stats page when the googling world starts preparing it...
Monday, 13 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Labour nearly slump to single figures in latest Sc...
SCOT goes POP!: Labour nearly slump to single figures in latest Sc...: I wouldn't normally post about an individual Scottish subsample from a Britain-wide poll (although I used to do that circa 2009), but it...
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything: The Babel Fish Weekly by Derek Stewart Macpherson
SCOT goes POP!: Bombshell on BBC bias : BMG poll reveals that less...
SCOT goes POP!: Bombshell on BBC bias : BMG poll reveals that less...: As you may have seen overnight, it turns out that the BMG/ Herald poll also asked a question about BBC bias against independence. Because ...
Friday, 10 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: *** AGRICULTURE IS ALREADY DEVOLVED ***
SCOT goes POP!: *** AGRICULTURE IS ALREADY DEVOLVED ***: Well, the title pretty much makes my point for me, but I'll expand on it just a little. Three days ago, there was an Orwellian, black-i...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence surges to 49% as the roof...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence surges to 49% as the roof...: After a six or seven month spell during which polls across all firms have stubbornly refused to put support for independence any higher tha...
Scottish parliament rejects triggering of Brexit in symbolic vote
Scottish parliament rejects triggering of Brexit in symbolic vote: The Scottish parliament has voted against invoking Article 50, formally opposing the UK government starting the Brexit process.
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin
Van Edenburgh's Back Green Bulletin: We know another Scotland is possible, Injustice in the end produces independence! by Van Edenburgh
Trump casually offers to ‘destroy’ Texas senator who dared to suggest law amendment (VIDEO)
Trump casually offers to ‘destroy’ Texas senator who dared to suggest law amendment (VIDEO): President Donald Trump casually threatened to “destroy” the career of a Texas state senator who suggested introducing a law that would require a suspected criminal’s conviction before having their assets seized.
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland will become independent, says 61% of publ...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland will become independent, says 61% of publ...: Panelbase have updated their datasets, thus solving the mystery of yesterday's tweet from Jason Allardyce suggesting that the public bel...
Monday, 6 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Congratulations to the Scottish Tories on entering...
SCOT goes POP!: Congratulations to the Scottish Tories on entering...: A week on, further details have been released from the Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times - thus allowing the Tories to triple the number...
Sunday, 5 February 2017
SCOT goes POP!: Daisley FINALLY admits that STV didn't "silence" h...
SCOT goes POP!: Daisley FINALLY admits that STV didn't "silence" h...: Stephen Daisley's former bosses at STV must have felt entirely vindicated yesterday after his decision to join the Daily Mail and write...
Saturday, 4 February 2017
Tarff Advertiser: The Bear and the Elephant's big day out
Tarff Advertiser: The Bear and the Elephant's big day out: So Donald and Mickey want to have a war with China, while Walt Disney ... Mr Putin has slipped his dogs of war in the ethnic Russian par...
SCOT goes POP!: A reminder of the Scottish Government's four main ...
SCOT goes POP!: A reminder of the Scottish Government's four main ...: Michael Fallon, who was probably just shooting his mouth off without his masters' knowledge, has walked back his "forget it" c...
Friday, 3 February 2017
‘Become a suicide bomber!’: Trident whistleblower says artist’s spoof Navy ads are accurate
‘Become a suicide bomber!’: Trident whistleblower says artist’s spoof Navy ads are accurate: Spoof Royal Navy recruitment posters, which claim sailors on board Britain’s nuclear submarines are effectively suicide bombers, have won the approval of Trident safety and security whistleblower William McNeilly.
The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism: Chris Hedges
The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism: Chris Hedges: College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now these elites are being made to pay. Their duplicity has brought them—and the rest of us—Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
- 2016/08/08
- 2016/08/08
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