The Daily Record’s politics lead story today is a slightly underwhelming poll that shows 41% of Scots believe the Tories are carrying out a power grab against the Scottish Parliament, against 34% who think they aren’t (and 25% who have no idea).
Which seems a good time to round up the last results of our own most recent poll, and some slightly disturbing revelations about the Scottish public’s grasp of devolution.
Especially your later stuff. You are the obvious natural successor to those other great leaders, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush – the perfect combination of dodgy and thick. You’ve got it all.
Since the first day of your tangeroid slithering into Barack’s old gaff, you’ve gone from strength to strength. I thought building a thousand mile wall to stop people escaping would be your greatest triumph. But putting kids in cages? Genius.
Most of Scottish Twitter has been enjoying itself greatly for the last few hours after England’s exit from the World Cup, but scattered in amongst the amusing memes has been a fair amount of angst about victors Croatia – a nation of 4 million people – being in the final when Scotland once again failed to qualify.
And while we’ll more than happily listen to any amount of criticism of the unbelievably incompetent, hapless clowns who’ve been in charge of the SFA/SPL/SPFL for the last several decades, that judgement is a bit harsh on the players and coaches and the nation as a whole. Because there really hasn’t been much in it.
Scotland’s qualification for World Cup 2018 hinged and ultimately faltered on a split second and a single badly-chosen pass in stoppage time.
In the light of David Davis’ resignation last night and the continuing shambolic chaos that is UK politics, it seemed a pertinent time for these findings from our latest poll.
Alert readers may recall that a few weeks ago we revealed how an independent Scotland could reduce its budget deficit by billions of pounds a year – by renting out the Faslane naval base to the rest of the UK to keep their nuclear weapons in.
Voters in England, we learned, were more than happy to pay Scotland £5bn annually – and perhaps even more – for a Trident submarine park during the decades that it would take to build a replacement base south of the border.
Of course, that plan is only any good if the people of Scotland would accept it too.
From time to time in our Panelbase polls we like to test Scotland’s opinion of its media, since that’s the main focus of our website, and our newest poll was one such time. It found that Scotland’s preferred broadcaster for political coverage was… Channel 4.
The station scored a net +23 rating with respondents, higher than STV (+19), with BBC Scotland trailing in last but still on +16 overall.
The BBC was the only one which had a notable difference in perception between Yes and No voters. C4 got +25 from Nos and a very similar +21 from Yessers, STV was closer still at +20 vs +19, but the BBC had a sizeable gap: just +6 from independence supporters (which is still startlingly high), but a thumping +23 from Unionists.
All broadcasters in Scotland are required by Ofcom rules to be neutral and balanced. We suppose that two out of three more or less managing it isn’t bad.
Socrates MacSporran on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “I don’t see a by-line, other than Anas Sarwar on that Record pish, but, it definitely reads like they’ve let…” May 6, 11:48
Geri on Seven Days Too Long: “Have you ever heard or followed Eva Comrie? In a handbags at dawn showdown with the TRA, my money would…” May 6, 11:44
Den on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Added to your testimony I’d like to add he is a bare faced liar, who lost all credibility in his…” May 6, 11:35
KOF on Binfire Of The Vanities: “By wilful cooperation, or just plain ignorance, all those who serve political parties serve the plans of Satan. It does…” May 6, 11:31
Rev. Stuart Campbell on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “In percentage terms, definitely the latter.” May 6, 11:27
Highland Wifie on Seven Days Too Long: “Lorncal says “Perhaps it is time for women here to stand up for themselves and set up ‘The Party of…” May 6, 10:44
agentx on Anas Sarwar is a winner: ““A former SNP council leader has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting five young men. Jordan Linden, who…” May 6, 10:43
James Che on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “It is difficult to vote for change in Scotland if we persist in voting for Colonial political parties, the submission…” May 6, 09:30
100%Yes on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Please have a look at this and post your thoughts please? https://www.thenational.scot/news/26076591.poll-voting-scottish-parliament-election/ it states “How will you be voting in…” May 6, 09:25
100%Yes on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “All the parties including SNP saying vote for us to keep reform out when its the SNP who’s going to…” May 6, 09:14
ALANM on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Which has fallen most over the last twenty years – the Labour vote or the Record’s circulation?” May 6, 08:57
100%Yes on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Labour promoting Change, I’m just wondering what is it Scottish Labour can do that British Labour can’t? I would agree…” May 6, 08:13
Captain Caveman on Binfire Of The Vanities: “Oh. My. Word…. Who knew that my whole life was a lie, I’m a failed “lifestyle influencer” and I couldn’t…” May 6, 07:40
Effijy on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “I wonder how much the whopping lie the Vow proved to be and bias Lame duck Labour has seen the…” May 6, 07:02
ScottieDog on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “One of AS’ (Alex Salmond) few flaws – he supported the wrong Edinburgh team 😉” May 6, 06:59
Anas Sarwar on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Here’s another one. They’ll never steal your flag.” May 6, 04:40
Karen on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “That would be the Glasgow banter. And The Heart of Midlothian.” May 6, 04:38
wordwatcher on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “That’s quite a description! It really highlights how some statements just miss the mark completely, doesn’t it?” May 6, 04:10
Al-Stuart on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “. When Sarwar gets the Order of The Boot, please can we have the promiscuous political party hopping tart, James…” May 6, 03:40
twathater on Anas Sarwar is a winner: “Anas desperate to be considered relevant, poor wee arsehole naebody likes or listens to” May 6, 03:31
Geri on Binfire Of The Vanities: “No foreigners.. I’d agree with that too. They’ve been nothing but bad news at Holyrood. I’d also extend that to…” May 6, 03:08
Angus on Binfire Of The Vanities: ““Whether people have the balls for it nowadays is the unfortunate question..” YL, that is indeed the question and we…” May 6, 02:49
Geri on Binfire Of The Vanities: “Shiteface, Indy is already in the bag. It has been since September 19th 2014. “Scottish” Tories put a neverending *pinned*…” May 6, 02:36
Young Lochinvar on Binfire Of The Vanities: “HMcH @ 10.19 C’mon Hatey “old boy”, just between us- no one else would know. How much did your (ahem)…” May 6, 00:39
Geri on Binfire Of The Vanities: “Yes, that 90 billion is already earmarked to Zs inner friends & one who has a factory. €1 billions to…” May 6, 00:21
Young Lochinvar on Binfire Of The Vanities: “Beggars Aye very good bumpkin.. An issue that grips you? Talking from experience Adolf? To hear a Unionist bleating about…” May 6, 00:18
Young Lochinvar on Binfire Of The Vanities: “Fat Slag Wilma Flintstone @ 7.20 Whit? Are you for real? Honestly! Business not going so well so you’re now…” May 6, 00:14
