Scot goes Pop!

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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We need to stop wrongly referring to Humza Yousaf as "the continuity candidate". By even flirting with the idea of making him First Minister, the SNP…
27th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 42 views
The case for thinking this contest is winnable for Kate Forbes
26th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 46 views
Kate Forbes holds a clear lead in yet another poll - this time from Panelbase
25th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 35 views
If the SNP emerges from this leadership election as a party in which Adam Tomkins and his views would fit comfortably, something will have gone catas…
25th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 43 views
UPDATE: Boost for Kate Forbes as it emerges today's poll showing her in the lead was conducted almost entirely post - witch - hunt
24th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 28 views
New poll reveals Kate Forbes is the big favourite of SNP voters to succeed Nicola Sturgeon
24th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 25 views
Yet more disastrous poll numbers for Humza Yousaf, this time from YouGov. Somehow, some way, the SNP have got to avoid chucking themselves headlong i…
22nd Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 47 views
Some free advice to Kate Forbes and her campaign team (before it's too late)
21st Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 51 views
The self - styled SNP "realists" need to get real about this - you have picked the wrong champion in Humza Yousaf. Even if staying in government is a…
21st Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 51 views
Angus Robertson's decision leaves us with a fascinating contest - because the current SNP elite are now fighting an against - the - odds battle to re…
20th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 46 views
Ash Regan electrifies the SNP leadership contest with an unashamedly crystal - clear plan for winning independence, of the sort that the Yes movement…
19th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 62 views
Survation poll shows that SNP vote has increased slightly since Nicola Sturgeon resigned - and that Kate Forbes is frontrunner to be the next First M…
18th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 14 views
A gentle reminder: SNP leadership elections are conducted by preferential voting, not first - past - the - post, so there's no need to lecture potent…
18th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 36 views
Kate Forbes is the public's strong favourite to be First Minister, according to a new Ipsos poll
17th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 21 views
Unionists and doomsters in despair as two out of three new polls show Yes on almost 50% of the vote - and one of them is a POST - RESIGNATION poll
17th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 26 views
Support for independence SOARS by two percentage points to 49% in staggeringly satisfying Survation survey
17th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 23 views
You won't be surprised to hear that The Sun are not telling the truth: there is not a YouGov poll showing a "16 point drop" in SNP support since 2019
17th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 13 views
NEC member's arrogant "de facto is dead in the water" boast - this is beginning to look very much like a coup, or an attempted one
17th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 47 views
SNP members: it's time to grab yourselves a leader with the will to win independence in a reasonable timeframe. That opportunity is right now - throw…
16th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 11 views
Postponing the promised SNP emergency conference would be totally unacceptable and a subversion of internal democracy
15th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 45 views