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Posted on July 06, 2015 by Calum Ferguson

I started lurking on PoliticalBetting.com in the run up to the referendum and enjoyed reading the “robust” debates. A couple of months after the vote I got more actively involved and was immediately puzzled as to why many PBers, commentators, party strategists and – particularly – supposedly infallible bookmakers were all struggling to accept the accuracy of the Scottish opinion polls.

At this point the polls were already indicating that Scottish Labour was going to lose many of its 41 seats and could end up with fewer than five. I started commenting that from where I sitting in Stirling the opinion polls were accurate, the SNP surge was real and indeed that it had not yet peaked.

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- Skip_NC on Signal and noise: “Lorna Slater has her uses when it comes to the trans issue. She was the source of much merriment in…” Mar 13, 02:02
- Young Lochinvar on Signal and noise: “I’d say reap what you sow; but then again there is Breathy Bain.. Maybe that’s why SHE is so cocky,…” Mar 13, 01:48
- Anthem on Signal and noise: “I feel the same. Just thinking on what she said today, that she “may join another party”. This is her…” Mar 13, 00:57
- Young Lochinvar on Signal and noise: “I thought the telling bit on the TV was when SHE who shall not be named love-honey was quoted hoping…” Mar 12, 23:57
- sarah on Signal and noise: “The problem is that most people haven’t heard about Salvo and the Liberation Movement. Even an ex-MSP of the Highlands…” Mar 12, 22:03
- lindsay on Signal and noise: “By extension this has to be the best discription ever of what today passes as Scottish “parliament”” Mar 12, 21:55
- Nae Need! on Signal and noise: “Of course there’s only ONE side cloaking the debate. The ones wearing cloaks, real and figurative.” Mar 12, 21:40
- Nae Need! on Signal and noise: “Couldn’t agree more, Lorn.” Mar 12, 21:35
- sarah on Signal and noise: ““Because it’s a waste of time. You cannot declare independence…unless you’ve had some sort of democratic event demonstrating that it…” Mar 12, 21:28
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: “I don’t agree with everything you say, but I do agree with some. See the last sentence, can we change…” Mar 12, 21:10
- Mark Beggan on Signal and noise: “All aboard!! The last train to Wokeseville leaving from platform Scotland. All aboard!” Mar 12, 20:58
- Mark Beggan on Signal and noise: “Generations of inbreeding.” Mar 12, 20:48
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: “IF there are any changes they’ll be the type of changes that remain the same.” Mar 12, 20:42
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: “Undoubtedly. There is always more. This is the REDACTED parliament, after all. But I don’t think it’s what YL says.…” Mar 12, 20:36
- Southernbystander on Signal and noise: “Yes I am sure you are right that in fact it is a very narrow set of ‘communities’ being referenced…” Mar 12, 20:35
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: ““I cannot understand why Stuart Campbell has chosen to ignore organisations like SALVO and Liberation.Scot consisting of dedicated independence supporters…” Mar 12, 20:14
- George Ferguson on Signal and noise: “Agreed. Young people have no understanding of Scotland of the past. Social migration was there for working class Scottish people…” Mar 12, 20:13
- Hatey McHateface on Signal and noise: ““transgender and nonbinary people contribute immensely to the wellbeing of Scotland’s communities” You need to focus on the communities that…” Mar 12, 19:52
- lorn on Signal and noise: “The ‘trans’ lobby utilizes these individual cases at huge public cost in order to wear down women. Simple as that.…” Mar 12, 19:49
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: “They’re not stupid. They are richer. And the deal they made with their ‘lack of conscience’ bothers them not one…” Mar 12, 19:49
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: “Indeed. It’s certainly interesting (to me, at least) how Tommy has been scrutinised by both Peter A Bell AND Wings…” Mar 12, 19:33
- Nae Need! on The evolution of fairness: ““And they would turn Scotland into a extreme left wing authertarian hellhole And they would make trump look like an…” Mar 12, 19:29
- sarah on Signal and noise: “OK that’s me put off my dinner. Holyrood is sickening and Sturgeon having the gall to open her mouth and…” Mar 12, 19:22
- lorn on Signal and noise: “The rights of these men to enter female spaces? Is there such a right? Don’t think so, Scott K.” Mar 12, 19:19
- Lorn on Signal and noise: “That Vic Valentine, Scottish Trans Manager, Equality Network, stated that his organization makes sure that people in public and private…” Mar 12, 19:15
- Southernbystander on Signal and noise: “‘The Parliament believes that transgender and nonbinary people contribute immensely to the wellbeing of Scotland’s communities’, say the Greens. Eh?” Mar 12, 19:11
- Chris on Signal and noise: “Without wishing to stress the obvious here, but isn’t the simple way to stop this nonsense to elect more Tory…” Mar 12, 19:08
- Hatey McHateface on Signal and noise: “The entire stooshie is looking and sounding most unfortunately WHITE, WHITE, WHITE. I’m not a big fan of the BROWN,…” Mar 12, 18:28
- twathater on The evolution of fairness: “To use your example of IT being a waste of time, you used your knowledge and dedication to produce the…” Mar 12, 18:14
- agent x on Signal and noise: ““Speaking to reporters ahead of the debate on a rare appearance at the Scottish Parliament, Ms Sturgeon said: “I think…” Mar 12, 17:52
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