It’s only a sub-poll based on 212 Scots over 18 years-of-age for the next UK election, so limited on its own, but the scale of the SNP lead and the first 40+ figure is notable. Also notable, unlike YouGov Holyrood polls, their Westmnister polls are not weighted (skewed) to mirror the 12 year-old Referendum 55/45 ratio. To illustrate the changing picture in Scotland, in early January and for most of February 2026, YouGov had the SNP at 35% but in March an upward trend has become apparent, heading toward 40% and perhaps now beyond that. In YouGov’s last full Holyrood … Continue reading SNP hit 42% and 26 point lead in latest YouGov Westmnister sub-poll

Who owns Lord Ashcroft Polls: Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, PC (born 4 March 1946)[1] is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972[2][3] and was the 132nd richest person in the UK, as ranked by the Sunday Times Rich List 2021, with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion.[4] Developing from work he did for the Conservative Party in his Deputy chairman role, since 2010.[55] Lord Ashcroft has been a major independent public pollster of British political opinion. This has included polling at constituency level, which is rare in British psephology.[56][57] Lord Ashcroft Polls’ results are freely available online[58] and are … Continue reading Tory Lord ‘s less 2014-like poll puts SNP close to 40%, Tories sixth and last and SNP 25% ahead of nearest competitors

From Global News today: Twenty years after the sinking of the Queen of the North, a former chief executive of BC Ferries says the tragedy remains one of the darkest moments in the company’s history. In an interview with Global News, former president and CEO David Hahn recalled the night the ferry struck Gill Island in Wright Sound and sank, saying the situation was “bewildering” and “very scary” as details slowly emerged. The vessel went down at about 1:40 a.m. on March 22, 2006, with 101 passengers and crew on board. Ninety-nine people were rescued, but two passengers, Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, … Continue reading As Canada today remembers a ferry sinking with two lives lost in 2004, there has never been a CalMac sinking

BBC UK tonight telling us that Iran, after hitting Diego Garcia, could hit European cities including London with one of its long range missiles and showing us the above ranges. It was like 2003 and Iraq’s missiles, we were told then, a threat within only 45 minutes of hitting the UK. Then we got this blobby image. Why didn’t they, as expected, draw perfect circles around Tehran? Do they think we’re daft and will be convinced by a blobby image like that? Well then how about some simple distances? Here they are: Now if the Shahab 3 hit Diego Garcia, … Continue reading To hit London, Iran would need a missile launch site in Europe, maybe Albania, and to hit Faslane, in Vienna, but BBC try to convince us with a blobby range image and no numbers

Thanks to Graham for alerting me to this. In the P&J two days ago: Once more, the local press unafraid to tell the truth about where this curse originates though the term ‘North West of England’ means Liverpool. How bad is this? Continue reading Local press unafraid to tell the truth about where this Country Lines drug curse originates