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.
Aidan on Faces In Sand: ““Liberation Scotland has been visiting the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to present violations to our human rights,…” Oct 22, 12:14
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Historical treaty grievances don’t change how sovereignty works today. Modern international bodies don’t adjudicate 18th-century constitutional arrangements. They respond to…” Oct 22, 12:12
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Alf — human rights concerns can and should be raised wherever people feel they’re not being heard. But even when…” Oct 22, 12:05
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North Code, The UN and the law on treaties would have to consider Scotlands claim that there is no such…” Oct 22, 11:41
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Just a few suggestions of why .. 24/7 pumped propaganda. CIA NGOs littering the place pretending to be charitee. CIA…” Oct 22, 11:36
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “Except I haven’t used AI in any of what I wrote above, I’ve simply used the autotrader app to do…” Oct 22, 11:26
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: ““Scotland currently has: – full civil rights” Dinna be daft. Liberation Scotland has been visiting the United Nations Human Rights…” Oct 22, 11:19
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North Code, The UN cannot declare Scotland is a Colony, It may be outside their remit, But nor can they…” Oct 22, 11:14
Dan on Faces In Sand: “Test. There’s a post for you waiting in moderation…” Oct 22, 11:10
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “My 03 plate Mondeo 2.0D Ghia X was easily the worst car I have ever owned. Absolute piece of shit.…” Oct 22, 11:08
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “” There is no democracy possible for a people whose territory has been alienated” World history is littered with clear…” Oct 22, 10:48
Dan on Faces In Sand: “You can call bollocks all you want, but the reality is I have worked in and around the automotive industry…” Oct 22, 10:44
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Alf — I understand the argument you’re making, but the point I’m raising sits at a different level. Territorial alienation,…” Oct 22, 10:42
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “Good post, Northy. Credit where it’s due.” Oct 22, 10:37
James Che on Faces In Sand: “The Westminster parliament for England and Wales, the westminster parliament for Great Britain, and the Anglo Irish Westminster parliament of…” Oct 22, 10:32
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “On the plus side, we now know ScotGov can write. Maybe they’re already harnessing the power of AI.” Oct 22, 10:18
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Rev Stu should post a copy of that on his site, with a permanent link to it at the top…” Oct 22, 10:15
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: ““the only real path to independence is democratic legitimacy” There is no democracy possible for a people whose territory has…” Oct 22, 10:12
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “I watched Professor Alf Baird’s speech on territorial alienation at the recent SSRG Conference. He makes some valid sociological points,…” Oct 22, 09:45
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “He gets on tae the laptop when his maw gangs oot. I guess she has no alternative to leaving him…” Oct 22, 09:42
James Che on Faces In Sand: “The SNP pretending it is Sovereign In Scotland regarding laws to do as it pleases is a laugh, whilst it…” Oct 22, 09:41
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Dan, I’ve worked on vehicles with electric handbrakes from 2 manufacturers, Vauxhall and VAG. In both cases, the calliper motor…” Oct 22, 09:27
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “He’s learnt how to copy and paste and now he thinks a letter is on its way from Mensa. Generally…” Oct 22, 09:04
Aidan on Faces In Sand: ““Regularly seeing cars in an aquaintence’s scrap yard at 10 years old now when a vehicle used to make 20…” Oct 22, 09:02
Willie on Faces In Sand: “It’s not a matter of the Scottish Government just saying that they’ve written to the health boards to ‘ reinforce…” Oct 22, 08:16
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Faces In Sand: “SANDIE PEGGIE URGES NHS SCOT TO ENFORCE SINGLE-SEX SPACES Nurse Sandie Peggie has urged NHS Scotland to follow NHS England…” Oct 21, 23:37
