Almost nine in ten Scottish voters now back a second referendum on independence. This rather startling news was brought to us at the weekend by an unlikely source, in the form of walking brain vacuum Annie Wells MSP.
Wells was absolutely unequivocal that NO other vote this Thursday – not Labour, not Lib Dem, not Brexit Party – would constitute opposition to a second indyref.
(She emphasised the point by RTing a tweet from the Scottish Tories’ boorish and obnoxious head of media Adam Morris which described both Nigel Farage and Vince Cable as “weak on Scotland’s place in the UK”.)
We watched the whole of the Labour shadow Scottish Secretary’s interview on this morning’s Sunday Politics Scotland, and can confirm that this is a wholly accurate representation of what she said on it with regard to Labour’s position on Brexit.
So for those of you keeping score: Labour does NOT support a second referendum, does NOT support the current deal, does NOT support no deal, but WOULD vote for the current deal if it included a second referendum, and would INSIST on a second referendum on any alternative deal.
Honestly, we have no idea why anyone’s still confused.
We got a tweet this morning from one of those odd Twitter accounts that’s been going for eight years and still only has six followers. This one appears to be a fairly moderate right-wing, UK-nationalist Brexiter with only a few dozen tweets (nearly all replies) to their name since 2011.
Almost exactly two years ago, this website suggested that it might not be the smartest idea for Labour to go along with Theresa May’s call for a snap election. (Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it couldn’t have happened without Labour’s support.)
And it occurred to us today that if they hadn’t, the current government would only have a maximum of one year left to run.
The Conservatives’ disastrous handling of, and failure to deliver, Brexit seems to have finally begun to hurt them in the polls, with a clutch of recent stats showing Labour with a significant lead for the first time in many months.
Most seat projections on the numbers show Labour failing to reach a majority either on their own or with the Lib Dems, but being able to get Jeremy Corbyn in to Downing Street with the assistance of an increased number of SNP MPs.
We’ve still got a few of the results from our last Panelbase poll (conducted last month) to round up, and this one seems pertinent this week:
As has been the case ever since we started asking this question about the nation’s twin constitutional dilemmas back in July 2015, the single most popular option in a four-way choice remains an independent Scotland inside the EU, which leads the impending reality (a UK Scotland outside the EU) by a clear 10 points.
Scotland isn’t merely about to get something it doesn’t want, it’s about to get the exact opposite of the thing it wants most. But oh boy, is it ever more complicated than that.
Billions of years from now, when the Sun finally dies and expands to swallow and burn up the Earth in a final cataclysmic explosion, the very last thing to turn to dust and atoms will be Scottish Labour’s brass neck.
Coming from The Eternal Abstainers themselves that’s already quite a breathtakingly hypocritical claim, but if you look at last night’s results closely it gets a lot worse.
Spartan 117 on Response Level Upgrade: “An enthusiastic rejection of tyrannical Net Zero policies by the voters of Aberdeen South who have seen high-quality employment and…” Jun 19, 08:34
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “The Scots that went down to sit in the parliament of Englands Westminster were no longer members of a Scottish…” Jun 19, 08:13
Captain Caveman on Response Level Upgrade: “Wow, more random brain farts in the dead of night, YL? What has any of this nonsense got to do…” Jun 19, 07:52
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “Sam. King James was known as the Great pretender in England and later in Scotland dueto him self declaring himself…” Jun 19, 07:51
MaryB on Response Level Upgrade: “Correction above: The SNP lost Aberdeen South” Jun 19, 06:33
Willie on Response Level Upgrade: “So, the SNP have lost Edinburgh South by election to the Tories and held on to the Arbroath Broughty Ferry…” Jun 19, 06:16
Cynicus on Response Level Upgrade: “SNP hold Arbroath SLab drop to 4th having run SNP close in 2024. “Starmer factor” seems to have benefited SNP…” Jun 19, 02:11
Cynicus on Response Level Upgrade: “SNP hold Arbroath and Broughty Ferry -with 41% of the vote. SLab down to 4th.” Jun 19, 01:59
Cynicus on Response Level Upgrade: “Tories have indeed won Aberdeen South Tories destroy SNP there with majority of c. 6000 votes Should they send their…” Jun 19, 01:52
Young Lochinvar on Response Level Upgrade: “Aidan Bad enough that it may have been so without you wishing it so and now crowing over it..” Jun 19, 01:31
Cynicus on Response Level Upgrade: “Tories tipped to win Aberdeen South. SNP source:”we have lost”” Jun 19, 01:15
Cynicus on Response Level Upgrade: “Tories tipped to win Aberdeen South. SNP siurce:”we have lost”” Jun 19, 01:15
Young Lochinvar on Response Level Upgrade: “Jimmy 6 of Scotland, held and tutored (mentally tortured?) by Protestant Lords and what I suppose you would call (English…” Jun 19, 01:04
Young Lochinvar on Response Level Upgrade: “CC My goodness! When you post all teary eyed and Unionist like this it’s difficult to read yer posts without…” Jun 19, 00:00
James on Response Level Upgrade: “Adrian got it half right for once. The first half, obvs; you’re right; I couldn’t give a flying fuck about…” Jun 18, 22:52
sam on Response Level Upgrade: “Was he not already king of Scotland, therefore crowned here, before he was offered and took crown of England?” Jun 18, 20:35
Aidan on Response Level Upgrade: “Well that’s good news on this lovely summer evening, let’s all open a beer to celebrate.” Jun 18, 20:00
Aidan on Response Level Upgrade: ““James” Rather than expressing completely ingenuine and totally unnecessary concern for me, why don’t you address your own enormous and…” Jun 18, 19:54
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “The Westminster parliament for England and annexed Wales was a little bit too anxious to capture Scotland and rushed it…” Jun 18, 19:18
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “Sam, Correct me if I am wrong, Was king James coronated or crowned in Scotland or did he self declare…” Jun 18, 19:01
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “It is a devolved parliament in to Scotland that serves two masters,” Jun 18, 18:40
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “The old Scottish parliament was adjourned under Sine Die in Scotland on 25th March 1707, The monarch of England under…” Jun 18, 18:30
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “Sam, And the rest of Scotlands land and sea was taken under the posed question that the parliament for England…” Jun 18, 18:10
James Che on Response Level Upgrade: “100% yes. If the treaty of union were real, then article XV11 for the subjects of Scotland would provide Scotlands…” Jun 18, 18:02
100%Yes on Response Level Upgrade: “In The Rag “John Swinney refuses to halt AI data centres amid ‘free-for-all'” it amazes me how anyone can read…” Jun 18, 17:12
agentx on Response Level Upgrade: “Good luck to Scotland (women) tonight.” Jun 18, 17:06
