From YouGov based on fieldwork on 24th to 26th January with 140 ‘adults’:
- Party Percentage
- SNP 50
- Con 27
- Lab 13
- Lib Dem 6
- Green 2
- Brexit 1
So, with 16 and 17-year-olds not considered, that a pretty good result which, if repeated in a Holyrood election, would give the SNP the overall majority which they feel we need for Indyref2. With the Greens at 2% it suggests pro-Indy parties at 52% and pro-Indy support perhaps a bit higher given what we know about Labour voters and the younger voters not surveyed here.
Notably, as before, but perhaps more markedly, when asked to select the three most important issues facing the country, only 15% of the Scots sub-sample chose crime. In London, a staggering 39% chose it and the figure across the rest of the UK was 23 or 24%. This pattern can be seen in poll after poll. Given that Scots were comparably concerned about health and education, this suggests that the MSM scare stories on these issues are effective while those on crime are less so. I find that very interesting but cannot explain it.
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I don’t know that crime is used quite so politically by the BBC as the others, but not sure why either, but for sure the criminal justice system in England is well and truly broken – you should follow the Secret Barrister to find out the truly horrific state of affairs. It would be interesting to see comparisons with Scottish criminal justice too – sadly I know less about that except some key principles.
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I’m guessing, but I suspect there is more profit making to be had in health services especially if there was privatisation. I suspect also that the scare stories about the Scottish NHS are to make people turn to private health care – the first steps to privatisation because ‘that’s what the people want’. In education – the more kids you get paying for their own education, the more cuts to state education you can make. You are a bit stuck with having to pay the same amount for criminals whether it’s private or not.
It may also have something to do with the sacrosanct nature of criminal justice in Scotland – it isn’t a devolved thing, it is independent. I wonder how much power that sector would have if it was threatened?
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interesting ideas. However, is the media/political establishment in Scotland that invested in private education and health?
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They are supporting the UK State, which wants to privatise, I mean. We don’t actually have our own media or politics, just some local people working in those sectors really, when you think about it.
Did you see the video Craig Murray posted of himself being interviewed? He just accepted the lies about education and NHS, only ‘suspecting’ they weren’t true. I found that a bit despairing, that a leading activist knows so little about the facts.
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Health – frontline is the GP and in many surgeries getting to see a GP is still fraught with difficulty.
Education – many younger people now are single so have no direct experience of the system today same goes for older folk.
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I’m very aware of the media running daily attacks on our NHS , a bit less on Education , and a lot less on Crime.
In fact the last attack collapsed when Farry Lannigan sided eith John Swinney. Swinney was interviewed immediatelly after 8am news, Lannigan at 8.35am , after peak audience.
As. Contrary said Craig Murray was weak in defending our NHS and Education. He needs to start reading this site.
The Galloway Vs Murray head to head was well worth a watch, Craig has linked it in his latest article.
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