Scot goes Pop!

A pro-independence blog by James Kelly

James Kelly analyses opinion polling from a pro-independence perspective, trying to explain how voting for Holyrood elections, under the d’Hondt system really works .

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Has the Philosopher-Tory successfully philosophised his way out of his most cynical lie? (Spoiler: no, he hasn't.)
26th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 29 views
Stuart Campbell blows his top as he confirms he is now a Tory voter: "I don't give a s**** and you are all unf***able nutjobs
25th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 50 views
WINGS-WATCH: Having already publicly abandoned his support for Scottish independence, Stuart "UKOK" Campbell has announced he will vote Tory at the next general election
24th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 45 views
It's good that the SNP leadership have stated that they don't think "TERFs" should be put to death - but now we need to hear that they shouldn't be subjected to a civil death either
22nd Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 38 views
Why is a campaign on "the right side of history" characterised by hate speech and threats of extreme violence?
21st Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 34 views
It's actually not "the second-highest Yes vote ever recorded" - but 54% for independence in a remarkable new poll is still plenty high enough to be getting on with
20th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 37 views
No, Mr Kavanagh, "decent nationalists" have not suddenly started rejecting independence and cheering on Tory rule in Scotland. You'll find that people who do that sort of thing are generally known as "Unionists
19th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 53 views
WINGS-WATCH: When someone tells you who they are, believe them
17th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 61 views
Pro-indy politicians who loathe the GRR Bill should take care not to lose the room by appearing to be on the wrong side of a dispute between Scottish democracy and Westminster diktat
17th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 40 views
The Scottish Government have used apocalyptic language to justify the absolute necessity of the GRR Bill. Surely, therefore, London's veto of the Bill creates a "human rights emergency" that MUST now be addressed by an urgent push towards independence?
16th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 11 views
A Westminster veto on gender self-ID, combined with Starmer becoming a born-again sceptic on the issue, could be the perfect storm that radicalises the SNP and Green leaderships on independence
16th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 40 views
A warning from the future
15th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 39 views
If presented with a straight choice between the two options that the SNP's NEC set out today, I would without doubt choose Westminster 2024 as the de facto referendum, in spite of the disadvantages of a limited franchise. Waiting until 2026 - an entire decade after the EU referendum - would be totally unacceptable
14th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 31 views
WINGS-WATCH: Campbell yet again trots out his dodgy graph falsely claiming Yes support has flatlined on 47% since the indyref - even though it has been comprehensively debunked multiple times
12th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 35 views
Alister Jack's direct lie that "Scotland does not want to be part of the European Union" is so brazenly at odds with every available piece of polling evidence that it's almost comical
11th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 21 views
Einstein said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results - but that won't stop the SNP's NEC considering the possibility on Saturday
10th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 34 views
Survation's propaganda polling for "Scotland in Dungeon" is BACK - and it shows support for Scotland "leaving the United Kingdom" has held up since September, with the SNP on course for another landslide win at the UK general election
9th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 24 views
WINGS-WATCH: Campbell appears to want someone in Ohio to be executed, he also wants Kezia Dugdale to "die down a well", and can anyone introduce me to his "fifty employees"?
7th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 95 views
Stewart McDonald is not just rewriting the past - he's rewriting the present as he attempts to downgrade Nicola Sturgeon's firm policy of a de facto referendum to merely "one option that has been widely covered
7th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 36 views
Positive straw in the wind from YouGov for the independence campaign
6th Jan 2023 - James Kelly - 29 views