The Scottish Politics thread

[Coatigan]

The snp have supposedly seen a post Humza 'bounce' in the polls.

Poll predicts the SNP would take 48% of the vote in the Westminster election, with Labour at 20%, the Tories at 14% and the LibDems at 9%.

The SNP’s rating in the latest poll, carried out on Yousaf’s first full day as First Minister, was up from research carried out on March 22 this year, which predicted 44% of Scottish voters would back the party.

Not that it means much really, as he hasn't had time to shit the bed yet.

 

[Thornliebank]

Saw a couple of eccentric old wackos in Edinburgh yesterday. Turns out they’d been at an Independence march to honour the passing of Sheldon, a dog who used to parade at separatist marches.
They really aren’t a cult at all. Oh no, sir. Not a cult.

 

[Magicpole]

Go ahead.

I often dispute polling figures. But that's all they can base it on. Someone else posted similar above with a pretty much the same breakdown. Other polls are consistent with it too. I've not seen a single one that is even close to your claim that only the over 65s voted no more than yes.

All groups, apart from 25-39 voted more no than yes. In various percentages.

And if you think about it, it is the only realistic truth too, otherwise the result would never have been what it was, even with a largely ageing population.

I don’t know which one is correct. I know there are always conflicting reports or claims. We will just need to wait and see.

 

[Coatigan]

I don’t know which one is correct. I know there are always conflicting reports or claims. We will just need to wait and see.

Wait and see for what, it has been 9 years, how people voted in 2014 won't have changed.

I'd quite happily see other contradiciting numbers. My point is there aren't any, they are all fairly consistent. So the claim (that over 65s are the only group to have voted no more than yes) is blatantly untrue, based on all the poll findings out there. And on common sense too, because if it Was true, yes would have won.

 

[Coatigan]

Saw a couple of eccentric old wackos in Edinburgh yesterday. Turns out they’d been at an Independence march to honour the passing of Sheldon, a dog who used to parade at separatist marches.
They really aren’t a cult at all. Oh no, sir. Not a cult.

Cool story brah.

 

[Magicpole]

Wait and see for what, it has been 9 years, how people voted in 2014 won't have changed.

I'd quite happily see other contradiciting numbers. My point is there aren't any, they are all fairly consistent. So the claim (that over 65s are the only group to have voted no more than yes) is blatantly untrue, based on all the poll findings out there. And on common sense too, because if it Was true, yes would have won.

We now have the utter disaster of Brexit, we are out of the EU market, we have the reality of England continually voting Tory and the economic and social disaster that is. I just hope these realities will have moved the dial. It may not, and if it doesn’t, then we are nothing but a nation of take the knee, pathetic forelock tugging shitebags.

 

[Coatigan]

We now have the utter disaster of Brexit, we are out of the EU market, we have the reality of England continually voting Tory and the economic and social disaster that is. I just hope these realities will have moved the dial. It may not, and if it doesn’t, then we are nothing but a nation of take the knee, pathetic forelock tugging shitebags.

All fair, all possible even. Not really what we were discussing, but we've exhausted that, so all good.

 

[blueparrot]

Wait and see for what, it has been 9 years, how people voted in 2014 won't have changed.

I'd quite happily see other contradiciting numbers. My point is there aren't any, they are all fairly consistent. So the claim (that over 65s are the only group to have voted no more than yes) is blatantly untrue, based on all the poll findings out there. And on common sense too, because if it Was true, yes would have won.

How I voted in 2014 has changed and my wife is wavering. Both my children didn't vote but I suspect one at least would vote Yes now.

 

[Koniec]

How I voted in 2014 has changed and my wife is wavering. Both my children didn't vote but I suspect one at least would vote Yes now.

I know 2 over 65s who voted No who regret that and are now Yes. Brexit changed the game

 

[Saddleworth2]

We now have the utter disaster of Brexit, we are out of the EU market, we have the reality of England continually voting Tory and the economic and social disaster that is. I just hope these realities will have moved the dial. It may not, and if it doesn’t, then we are nothing but a nation of take the knee, pathetic forelock tugging shitebags.

Thats where we are mate sadly. Because despite Brexit and everything that the Tories and Johnson have shovelled onto everyone, the dial has barely twitched. That was with Sturgeon in charge too. Mark Renton was correct.