We all knew this already, of course. Last year we commissioned a poll from Panelbase which found an enormous 41-point gap between Yes and No voters on immigration. But it was still nice to have it both confirmed and laid out so clearly by Sir John Curtice on Good Morning Scotland earlier today.
(About 1h 55m in. We’re having some trouble recording sound on our new PC at the moment, we’ll get you a proper audio link as soon as we’ve figured it out.)
It’s worth keeping to hand the next time some witless Scottish Labour goon tries to tell you that independence is bad because it’s “separatist” and that voting for the Union is the international-solidarity option. Because that’s a flat-out lie.
We now have the verdicts on Brexit from three of the UK’s four nations. The Scottish Parliament, speaking for the Scottish nation, voted overwhelmingly this afternoon to reject both Theresa May’s draft agreement and leaving the EU without a deal.
At a time of unprecedented political chaos and uncertainty, just about the only thing you can still count on is that for any given situation, senior Labour figures will issue proclamations both firmly in favour of it and stoutly opposed to it, usually the same day.
So the stories below, which are respectively from today’s Scotsman and today’s Times, won’t come as much of a shock to anyone.
But against the odds, we think we’ve made some sense of it.
The front page lead of today’s Scottish Daily Mail:
As alert readers of this site will know, the Mail has a particular fondness for presenting statistics bereft of any context so that people have no idea how big or small they really are. So is 1,600 passengers a week receiving compensation for delays a lot or a little? Let’s find out.
All political discourse is plagued with genuine imbeciles, of course. But what’s far more depressing is when educated and normally perceptive people merely act like imbeciles for money, such as the case of Alex Massie in the Sunday Times today.
Because for the last two years, commentators who ought to know better have insisted in presenting Scotland’s choice as between Brexit or Brexit plus independence, and solemnly concluding that the uncertainties and risks of the latter being piled on top of those of the former prove that independence is no solution.
And we don’t care to have our intelligence insulted in that way.
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Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Strange as it is for me to be sticking up for Confused, he does have a point. I am willing…” Jul 31, 19:43
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “It’s doable if we get the towel heids to do all the hard bits. No doubt that’s the part of…” Jul 31, 19:32
Insider on The Nobodies: “Anthem @ 6:05, You’re having a laugh, aren’t you ?” Jul 31, 18:53
Anthem on The Nobodies: “A little off topic, but why can’t the Scottish government purchase the oil & Gas from BP? It would make…” Jul 31, 18:05
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Minceheid on The Nobodies: “To be fair they did have a few clever ideas back in yer Golden Age, but sadly it all went…” Jul 31, 16:59
100%Yes on The Nobodies: “The words coming out of your mouth started Nazi Party in Germany. But its only joking, its a same that…” Jul 31, 16:26
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Occam’s Razor suggests they did invent zero. They needed to put something on the measuring stick to record their cultural…” Jul 31, 15:25
agentx on The Nobodies: “Headline: “Craig Murray unveils Scottish independence plan – that could trigger war” ———————————– Read the full fantasy proposals here: https://archive.ph/okGN0#selection-1235.0-1235.72” Jul 31, 15:18
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “All very true, Northy, but on an Indy supporting site like this one, you omit (I’m certain accidentally 🙂 )…” Jul 31, 15:12
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Alf Baird on The Nobodies: “A highly informative paper, Fearghas. I especially noted the following, although there is much more in the paper to explain…” Jul 31, 14:40
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “MSM now reporting 60,000 migrants. The usual population of Ceuta is approximately 84,000. This is the second mass invasion. The…” Jul 31, 14:38
Northcode on The Nobodies: “Ceuta is land-joined to North Africa and is not a part of mainland Spain. Most of the 49,000 migrants walked…” Jul 31, 14:28
Captain Caveman on The Nobodies: “Well, I don’t think the Italians are best pleased with Spain’s hopelessly lefty government right now. Not at all. Not…” Jul 31, 13:59
Minceheid on The Nobodies: “Captain Caveman says: 31 July, 2026 at 12:52 pm I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500…” Jul 31, 13:32
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “@Captain Caveman says: 31 July, 2026 at 12:52 pm ‘I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500…” Jul 31, 13:31
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Captain Caveman on The Nobodies: “I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500 swimmers”.” Jul 31, 12:52
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Minceheid on The Nobodies: “Hatey McHateface says: 31 July, 2026 at 11:11 am Interesting to see that the calls for suspension of EU freedom…” Jul 31, 12:15
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “49,000! That’s a lot of renewable energy consultants, dentists and optometrists. Interesting to see that the calls for suspension of…” Jul 31, 11:11
agentx on The Nobodies: ““The Spanish interior ministry has just said that more than 49,000 people are believed to have swum or walked into…” Jul 31, 10:34
agentx on The Nobodies: “AI response: “On the Wings Over Scotland blog, the absence of a “reply” button on certain comments is caused by…” Jul 31, 10:31
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “@ Young Lochinvar says: 30 July, 2026 at 11:05 pm “I see the casting of a black actress … is…” Jul 31, 10:14
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “The “Spanish Gibraltar”, Ceuta, is appealing for help from the mother country after an estimated 2 to 3 thousand Moroccans…” Jul 31, 08:26
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Aw, Dave, dinna be like that. Nae cant’s asking for a share of your humongous betting bonanza pay off. Although,…” Jul 31, 07:53
