The Peter Murrell situation makes a big turnout even more important at Believe in Scotland and Pensioners4Indy rally in Glasgow tomorrow. It's about support for independence not for ANY political party. Chance for Yessers to show indy support is solid. thenational.scot/news/24264338.…

This is a member of the Israeli government. I mean, what the fuck. These are the guys we’re supposed to be standing shoulder to shoulder with ? Really ?

Ahead of the expected announcement on Scotland’s climate targets a little context to where 75% came from, why it was always described as “stretching”, what has happened and the questions it raises

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Calculating the approximate % of the electorate who didn't vote in 2014 is easy. It's everyone 25 and younger plus 15.4% of everyone else (turnout was 84.6%).
It's currently around 28% of the electorate.
It amazes me that so many pollsters are unable to get even close.
#Indyref2

If you look at the unweighted samples over time, the different trends among 2014 Yes and No voters are pretty clear. The % who voted No has dropped more steeply due to the older demographics of this cohort.
#Indyref2

Calculating the approximate % of the electorate who didn't vote in 2014 is easy. It's everyone 25 and younger plus 15.4% of everyone else (turnout was 84.6%).
It's currently around 28% of the electorate.
It amazes me that so many pollsters are unable to get even close.
#Indyref2

Scotland’s alcohol related hospital admissions. Note minimum unit pricing start date, complementing existing improvement policies.
I’ll be voting SNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Manipulating the #indyref2 polling may be useful for unionists in the short-term, but it has not halted the continuing increase in support for #ScottishIndependence .
Independence is inevitable, it’s just a case of when.

'should they wish to express the wish to have another referendum.'

Presumably we do this through the medium of a population wide interpretive dance or by pulling a sword out a big stone. Rather than at every single democratic event for almost a decade. They don't count.

Another interesting set of data tables in the latest Panelbase/ Norstat #Indyref2 poll. The unweighted figures show a whopping 7-pt Yes lead gets turned into a 7-pt No lead through weighting & turnout adjustment. A reasonable reweighting of the original figures would show a tie.

You can see what the Panelbase weighting does to the #Indyref2 voting intention clearly in the polling tables.
The top line is weighted; the second line is unweighted.
This is not unusual, but the effects of this bizarre weighting are becoming more extreme.

Aye, right enough, restaurants etc. cannot operate effectively without a certain amount of hate.
Preventing gammon in-migration is the unintended consequence we can all appreciate!
#HateCrimeActScotland

Gordon Brown 2014: “Staying in the UK is the only way to meet the aspirations of the Scottish people.”

Gordon Brown 2024: “I really didn’t think we could go as far backwards as we’ve gone.”

I’m glad that at last Gordon Brown can see that the union does not work for Scotland, many of us have been telling him and others this for decades. #VoteSNP #ForScotland #Independence

BBC Scotland's coverage of the Hate Crime law has nothing to do with informing the public. The broadcaster doesn't care if the new law is effective. It's only interested in the tabloid politicking. Announcers & reporters can't even explain why it's controversial. It just is.

Lad is priming himself for a top job in the Westminster Government. He’s a replicant of the type of Labour politician that made them unelectable in Scotland circa 2015.