Tories have a 4% lead in new Opinium poll as Labour's tactic of endlessly prattling on about "economic credibility" reaps dividends. The pattern of there being an inverse relationship between the plaudits they get from the Tory/Blairite political commentariat and their poll ratings continues.

Opinium have consistently had the Tories ahead recently. As ever, it is impossible to conclude anything from a single poll.

Tories have a 4% lead in new Opinium poll as Labour's tactic of endlessly prattling on about "economic credibility" reaps dividends. The pattern of there being an inverse relationship between the plaudits they get from the Tory/Blairite political commentariat and their poll ratings continues.

Cute.

OK, YouGov have Labour up 3%.

 

If only you guys hadn't quoted me so that I could covertly edit that post :drama:

:D

...and yet another last minute desperate bribe to voters from the Tories as they decide it's time for the taxpayer to not get a return on the money paid out to save Lloyds, and instead divert that cash into an election bribe for anyone with enough cash to buy shares.

 

 

Why are commentators not ripping them apart for consistent diversion of taxpayer money into election bribes for policies that benefit a few at the expense of the many.

 

Answers on a virtual postcard, and feel free to use asterixed expletives...

If anything the concept of 'you people don't have a right to comment on our politics' is more of a unionist idea, given that was their line to both the British and Irish governments during the Troubles.

 

But yes, I am an unashamed (British) unionist, and deeply resent the idea (that has just been rejected) that only Scottish people have the right to comment on Scottish affairs. It's a fucking poisonous idea, and it's the normalisation of that idea that is exactly what the SNP want, because it separates Scotland from the rest of the nation.

 

I was making the point in relation to the 'you are British' point and relate it to unionist position in N.Ireland when they tell nationalists whether they like it or not they are British and that in turn leads them to positions of having union flags flying 365 days a year on council offices.

 

I also take issue with the view that the SNP are the only 'nationalists' in the arguement and unionists aren't in someway nationalists too.

I was making the point in relation to the 'you are British' point and relate it to unionist position in N.Ireland when they tell nationalists whether they like it or not they are British and that in turn leads them to positions of having union flags flying 365 days a year on council offices.

 

I also take issue with the view that the SNP are the only 'nationalists' in the arguement and unionists aren't in someway nationalists too.

The difference is that, short of UKIP, British nationalism doesn't seek to isolate large parts of the country it's part of.

No but it mismanages areas making them feel isolated. In Ireland I am a nationalist and in Scotland I have sympathy with the lack of a workable situation in terms of a uk parliament. I am a Devo max supporter.

I was making the point in relation to the 'you are British' point and relate it to unionist position in N.Ireland when they tell nationalists whether they like it or not they are British and that in turn leads them to positions of having union flags flying 365 days a year on council offices.

 

I also take issue with the view that the SNP are the only 'nationalists' in the arguement and unionists aren't in someway nationalists too.

The difference is that nationalism is miles down on the priority list for most unionists, as opposed to being above education and health for a lot of nationalists - both of the Scottish and British variety.

But that is obv the case for a nationalism which is dominant?!

Scottish Labour may have finally found a seat they can win: only 3% behind in Edinburgh South.

 

 

This was one of the most anti-independence seats of all.

 

SNP close to 60% in the Scottish subsamples of today's national polls.

Edited April 20, 201510 yr by Danny

Scottish Labour may have finally found a seat they can win: only 3% behind in Edinburgh South.

 

 

This was one of the most anti-independence seats of all.

Which just goes to show how influential the crossover from a referendum to a first past the post vote can be!

 

*zooms to parallel universe where the Lib Dems held off the AV vote until 2014 and are heading into the general election polling at 33%*

Which just goes to show how influential the crossover from a referendum to a first past the post vote can be!

 

*zooms to parallel universe where the Lib Dems held off the AV vote until 2014 and are heading into the general election polling at 33%*

 

And also shows how successful an unapologetically left-wing/social-democratic agenda can be if they have leaders who don't lose their nerve whenever the press starts criticising them.

Edited April 20, 201510 yr by Danny

Electorally, yeah - we've been on the same page on this for over a year now! My point was always that I don't see it succeeding for long once it reaches office. The SNP have the luxury of being able to blame everything that goes wrong on Westminster - which isn't a luxury a national government gets.

YouGov Scotland poll: SNP 49%, Labour 25%.

Edited April 20, 201510 yr by Danny

YouGov Scotland poll: SNP 49%, Labour 25%.

 

Latest personal ratings from Scotland:

 

Nicola Sturgeon +42

Jim Murphy -22

David Cameron -29

Ed Miliband -31

Nick Clegg -49

 

It's debateable whether Murphy or Ed is the bigger hindrance to Labour in Scotland. Although Murphy has a better net rating overall, that's only because he polls well among Tory voters. With 2010 Labour voters (i.e. the people Labour desperately need to win back), Ed does better.

 

http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/docu...420_Website.pdf

Edited April 21, 201510 yr by Danny

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/...-plans-says-ifs

 

Awkward.

My favourite news story of the week remains The curious case of Contribsx.

He really is one arrogant wee shite Grant Shapps no matter what comes out about him he denies everything.

 

In other news Farage had a 7 point lead in South Thanet!

My favourite news story of the week remains The curious case of Contribsx.

I love his claim that he couldn't possibly have done it because he "was elsewhere at the time". Does this mean that he has evidence that he was somewhere with no internet access? Of course, it could have been a supporter of Shapps (I suppose they exist) acting without his knowledge. However, his denials, echoed - naturally - by Michael Green, are less than convincing. This, of course, is the man who threatened to sue a constituent for making an allegation which we now know to have been true.