Based on polling on 11-15 October 2024, Electoral Calculus predict Labour in England would hold on but with a reduced majority in the next General Election. In Scotland, however, it is predicted that the SNP would return to 48 seats with the other 9 held by a resurgent Conservatives in North-East and South Scotland and, at best, one Labour MP in Edinburgh South. This is a shocking condemnation of Scottish Labour and of millionaire Anas Sarwar’s leadership. https://x.com/LeftieStats/status/1846972671113748522 Continue reading Sarwar humiliated as latest poll predicts SNP to gain 39 seats in next General Election

The above report from Saltwire, yesterday, allows ferry-users in the area around Digby in Nova Scotia, to vent their anger. There is only one ferry operating this 2 hour 30 min service, to a population of around 5 000 in Digby, Lunenberg and smaller villages in the area. To be fair, there is a 256 mile, 4 hours by car if you’re fast, or a 4 bus 37 hour route, for the elderly non-driver, if it’s clear, land route. Imagine this was in Scotland. Remember when the Calmac, Campbelltown to Ardrossan ferry which took longer than the bus, was cancelled? … Continue reading ‘Complete insanity’ as Canadian ferry service is cut completely for two months, despite calmer seas, to population the size of Arran

By Professor John Robertson OBA Many thanks to Legerwood for alerting me to this. The above from TURAS | Data Intelligence paints a far more positive picture of the achievements of the Scottish Government in its management of the NHS contrasting with that commonly presented by the MSM. How does this compare with NHS England and Wales? NHS Scotland has 181 000 staff, 1 for every 30 members of the population of 5.44 million. NHS England has 1.4 million staff, 1 for every 40 members of the population of 56 million. NHS Wales has 90 000 million staff, 1 for every … Continue reading Scottish Government achieve 18% increase in staffing in last 10 years

In a survey of 2 000 GB adults on 11-13 October 2024, JLP found Labour on 29% and Cons on 25% but in Scotland, the above narrowing may have become a life-threatening collapse for Anas Sarwar: An admittedly small sub-sample of 145 Scots returned these results. Cons – 25% Labour – 16% Lib Dems – 14% Reform – 15% SNP – 24% Still worrying for the SNP and casting doubt on their centrist/rightist drift on Palestine and, most recently, human rights, but a complete disaster for Labour, flirting with 5th place, 9 points behind the Cons and 8 behind the … Continue reading Latest poll – Evidence of Labour collapse far worse in Scotland for Sarwar than for Starmer in UK