Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
Greetings from Hong Kong. Judging by the weather reports from the UK it looks like a good time to be away doing our bit for Brexit Britain. Off to Shanghai on Saturday, where we have a big event taking place at the Ritz Carlton from Sunday to Tuesday. The lag is cruel!
Given that the SNP (and SDLP and PC and Green) will caucus with Labour only and not the Tories if we put them in a red rainbow column what lead would the assorted left need to win?
I think that is a solid point. A major factor in this very high lead for Labour before they get a majority is the catastrophe they have suffered in Scotland where 50 previously very safe seats have all gone massively reducing the efficiency of their vote overall. But those seats have gone to the SNP and they are very unlikely to support a tory government, especially one committed to Brexit so the efficiency comes back again indirectly.
In contrast according to the ICM poll yesterday the Tories are at the giddy heights of 30% in Scotland. Given the hegemony of the SNP this actually reduces the efficiency of their vote because that 30% would win them less than 5 seats resulting in over 1m wasted votes.
It would also reduce Labour's inefficiency, as they'd have around 150k fewer votes returning 1 less MP.
Indeed. The downside, as we saw in 2015, is that the English may not fancy a Labour government propped up by the SNP and vote accordingly.
Greetings from Hong Kong. Judging by the weather reports from the UK it looks like a good time to be away doing our bit for Brexit Britain. Off to Shanghai on Saturday, where we have a big event taking place at the Ritz Carlton from Sunday to Tuesday. The lag is cruel!
Good luck in flying the flag.
Yep, I always found that part of the world was vicious for the lag. Tokyo was the most brutal. Awake all night, asleep for the meetings!
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
And a very happy St Andrew's Day to one and all !
A cause that can unite Remain and Leave Tories
It seems to have required the SNP one-party state to detoxify the Tories.
Greetings from Hong Kong. Judging by the weather reports from the UK it looks like a good time to be away doing our bit for Brexit Britain. Off to Shanghai on Saturday, where we have a big event taking place at the Ritz Carlton from Sunday to Tuesday. The lag is cruel!
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
And a very happy St Andrew's Day to one and all !
A cause that can unite Remain and Leave Tories
It seems to have required the SNP one-party state to detoxify the Tories.
*hides behind turnip-proof flame door....*
It required the black hole that is Scottish Labour. It is a lesson that Labour seriously need to consider in England. If they don't fulfil the role of an Opposition ultimately someone else will. It is the way of these things.
Greetings from Hong Kong. Judging by the weather reports from the UK it looks like a good time to be away doing our bit for Brexit Britain. Off to Shanghai on Saturday, where we have a big event taking place at the Ritz Carlton from Sunday to Tuesday. The lag is cruel!
Good luck in flying the flag.
Yep, I always found that part of the world was vicious for the lag. Tokyo was the most brutal. Awake all night, asleep for the meetings!
Tokyo is bearable if you get the right flight and stay up all night before flying so you get 7-8h on the plane. I used to do it a lot and worked out a pattern which left me feeling reasonable after arriving.
I am sat in Heathrow T5. Seems fitting, the day before Richmond.
Not in the Business Lounge and not about to fly Business Class. However, I have just spotted a Wacko Jacko look-alike, so everything is good.
I agree that the true comparisn isn't Labour v Con but Labour plus fellow travellers v Con. With Labour and Con on an equal vote share, who forms the government?
The SNP has been accused of barely lifting a finger to try and prevent the Brexit vote after it emerged the party spent less than a well-known pub chain on its EU referendum campaign.
Official figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the Nationalists spent just £90,830 fighting to keep the UK in the EU despite their upper limit being £700,000 and their buoyant finances following a surge in party members.
This was less than the £98,597 they spent unsuccessfully fighting the Glenrothes by-election for Westminster in 2008 and the £94,585 spent by pub chain JD Wetherspoon campaigning for Leave.
Talking of the freezing weather I have an entomological question that arose on the train in this morning: Where do flies and insects go in winter or how do they survive the frost? For the fly species to survive in the UK they must be alive in some part of their lifecycle and physically somewhere. Does anyone know how flies re-emerge in spring and where from?
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
Labour, meanwhile, is trailing both parties — and Kezia Dugdale is far less popular than her rival leaders. Her net approval rating is negative 21, while her party has dropped a point to 15 per cent in the constituency vote and a point in the regional vote to 14 per cent.
This would translate into seats of
SNP 63 (nc)
Con 32 (+1)
Lab 17 (-7)
Greens 12 (+6)
LD 5 (nc)
The Green surge and lack of SNP decline gives the separatists a parliamentary majority however. Not good.
As painful as it may seem, Labour need to start doing better in the constituencies that the Tories would never win to make sure the union stays secure.
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
And a very happy St Andrew's Day to one and all !
A cause that can unite Remain and Leave Tories
It seems to have required the SNP one-party state to detoxify the Tories.
*hides behind turnip-proof flame door....*
Apart from the formidable Ruth Davidson is there any star though? Always risky to have all the eggs in one basket.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Given that the SNP (and SDLP and PC and Green) will caucus with Labour only and not the Tories if we put them in a red rainbow column what lead would the assorted left need to win?
I think that is a solid point. A major factor in this very high lead for Labour before they get a majority is the catastrophe they have suffered in Scotland where 50 previously very safe seats have all gone massively reducing the efficiency of their vote overall. But those seats have gone to the SNP and they are very unlikely to support a tory government, especially one committed to Brexit so the efficiency comes back again indirectly.
In contrast according to the ICM poll yesterday the Tories are at the giddy heights of 30% in Scotland. Given the hegemony of the SNP this actually reduces the efficiency of their vote because that 30% would win them less than 5 seats resulting in over 1m wasted votes.
David, don't tell me even you are getting infected with "surge" fever. Get help.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Slightly tragic watching the Brexiteers voyage of self discovery.
Support for Scottish independence has slumped below the 45 per cent achieved by Yes campaigners in the referendum and now stands at its lowest point since September 2014, according to a new poll for The Times.
The research comes at the end of the SNP’s national survey, in which Nicola Sturgeon pledged to have her party communicate with two million Scots to determine the mood of the nation and work out how to convert “no” voters to her cause.
Although the Nationalists are not publishing the results of the survey — which concludes today, on St Andrew’s Day — YouGov now puts support for separation at just 44 per cent, while backing for the Union is at 56 per cent.
It also reveals that only 31 per cent of Scots want the Scottish government to campaign for independence in the next two years. Fifty-six per cent think it should not, while the rest do not know. Even among those who voted “yes” in 2014, only 60 per cent want ministers to campaign for separation in that time-scale, while the figure among “no” voters is only 9 per cent.
John Curtice, Scotland’s leading polling expert, said the Times data was the first poll to suggest that the “yes” vote has fallen below the level of September 18, 2014.
The last paragraph is a straight fact that in the reader's mind gives the poll more 'meaning' than might otherwise be attached. It could be a genuine dip for Scottish independence or just noise - Prof Curtice has not opined on that.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Slightly tragic watching the Brexiteers voyage of self discovery.
At least Boris had come up with an idea we can all support.
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
And a very happy St Andrew's Day to one and all !
A cause that can unite Remain and Leave Tories
It seems to have required the SNP one-party state to detoxify the Tories.
*hides behind turnip-proof flame door....*
Apart from the formidable Ruth Davidson is there any star though? Always risky to have all the eggs in one basket.
Especially a comedy basket , the laughs will drop off for sure
The SNP has been accused of barely lifting a finger to try and prevent the Brexit vote after it emerged the party spent less than a well-known pub chain on its EU referendum campaign.
Official figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the Nationalists spent just £90,830 fighting to keep the UK in the EU despite their upper limit being £700,000 and their buoyant finances following a surge in party members.
This was less than the £98,597 they spent unsuccessfully fighting the Glenrothes by-election for Westminster in 2008 and the £94,585 spent by pub chain JD Wetherspoon campaigning for Leave.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Slightly tragic watching the Brexiteers voyage of self discovery.
At least Boris had come up with an idea we can all support.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Slightly tragic watching the Brexiteers voyage of self discovery.
Remain moaner doesn't like brexiteer end of story.
Ms Davidson’s personal net approval is now at 25 points, up from 21 in the last Times poll three months ago. Her overall net positive rating is more than double Ms Sturgeon’s 11 points.
Support for the Conservatives is up in both the constituency vote and the regional vote, from 21 per cent in both in August, to 25 per cent and 24 per cent. Support for the SNP, meanwhile, has dropped from 52 per cent to 48 per cent in the constituency vote and 45 per cent to 39 per cent in the regional vote.
And a very happy St Andrew's Day to one and all !
A cause that can unite Remain and Leave Tories
It seems to have required the SNP one-party state to detoxify the Tories.
*hides behind turnip-proof flame door....*
Apart from the formidable Ruth Davidson is there any star though? Always risky to have all the eggs in one basket.
Especially a comedy basket , the laughs will drop off for sure
Yes malc s hine falling of the SNP, a couple of Ge down the line and you'll be moaning about how unfair it all is..
Mr. Eagles, it takes a special sort of person to blame a victim of sexual abuse for sexual abuse occurring.
Edited extra bit: alleged victim* [whilst I suspect they're all telling the truth, accusations are not proof of guilt, though the accused individual here has previously been found guilty of related offences].
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
No talk of the Richmond by election this morning. Was there yesterday. Only thing that will stop Zac tomorrow is turnout. Below 50% and he may struggle.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
No talk of the Richmond by election this morning. Was there yesterday. Only thing that will stop Zac tomorrow is turnout. Below 50% and he may struggle.
Morning all,
Yes, there was some debate yesterday evening. iiirc someone said they had been told by a LibDem that they were 10 points behind. On the other hand Zac looked a bit downhearted on Ch4 news last night.
Is the Scottish party leaders question " good job" or " personal approval"?
Not seen the tables yet but in the past they've asked
Do you think Nicola Sturgeon/Ruth Davidson is doing well/badly in their job as First Minister/Leader Scottish Tories
Coola boola, Ruth does well at "good job" and gets negative satisfaction on "personal approval", which matches how I would answer the questions. I can appreciate someone I don't like doing a good job.
The problem with a conservative led Better Together 2 is that the people still voting Lab have a visceral hatred of the Tories.
Lab calling a big percentage of their voters Nazis didn't work out well for them even though it got No over the line. The Cons calling non Cons Nazis surely isn't going g to go over well with non Con voters in general.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
Malky seems even grumpier than usual on this St Andrew's Day.
It's supposed to be joyous. And civic !
That's because Sindy is an even more stupid idea now than it ever was. We've passed peak Sindy and are on the downslope. That's gonna hurt. We get handbagged and called numpties etc but the core issues of currency, lender of last resort, massive intra-UK deficit, England as key trade partner, etc, etc have not and will not go away however much you wish them to. And there aren't any good answers. More and more Scots are looking at the idea and concluding 'nah'.
The SNP has been accused of barely lifting a finger to try and prevent the Brexit vote after it emerged the party spent less than a well-known pub chain on its EU referendum campaign.
Official figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the Nationalists spent just £90,830 fighting to keep the UK in the EU despite their upper limit being £700,000 and their buoyant finances following a surge in party members.
This was less than the £98,597 they spent unsuccessfully fighting the Glenrothes by-election for Westminster in 2008 and the £94,585 spent by pub chain JD Wetherspoon campaigning for Leave.
I vividly recall me delivering Scottish Labour leaflets and even, god help me, wearing Labour badges at events where they were campaigning for the Union.
Golly, after all that squawking over Labour for Independence being an SNP front!
There is no doubt that a new Better Together would be led by Ruth
I suppose even her supporters know by now that TRuthy saying something is precisely zero guarantee of it being the actualité.
'Ruth Davidson rules out fronting No campaign in future independence referendum Ruth Davidson has ruled herself out of leading the No campaign in any future referendum on Scottish independence.'
Losing access to the single market will cost British motor manufacturers and motorists £4.5 billion a year, the head of the UK automotive trade has warned.
Production of the latest Land Rover model is to be switched to Slovakia and the electric Jaguar I-Pace will be made in Austria. The new Land Rover Discovery launched at the Paris motor show two months ago is to go into production next year in Solihull.
However, production will switch to Slovakia when Jaguar Land Rover’s new plant is completed in 2018.
The problem with a conservative led Better Together 2 is that the people still voting Lab have a visceral hatred of the Tories.
Lab calling a big percentage of their voters Nazis didn't work out well for them even though it got No over the line. The Cons calling non Cons Nazis surely isn't going g to go over well with non Con voters in general.
Wouldn't it be better if campaigners simply stated the positive advantages of their proposals instead of branding their opponents as a basket of nazis and waiting for the inevitable avalanche of votes to roll in?
That's because Sindy is an even more stupid idea now than it ever was. We've passed peak Sindy and are on the downslope. That's gonna hurt. We get handbagged and called numpties etc but the core issues of currency, lender of last resort, massive intra-UK deficit, England as key trade partner, etc, etc have not and will not go away however much you wish them to. And there aren't any good answers. More and more Scots are looking at the idea and concluding 'nah'.
The same is true of Brexit, but it seems the Zoomers are further along the path of self awareness than the Brexiteers...
Given that the SNP (and SDLP and PC and Green) will caucus with Labour only and not the Tories if we put them in a red rainbow column what lead would the assorted left need to win?
I think that is a solid point. A major factor in this very high lead for Labour before they get a majority is the catastrophe they have suffered in Scotland where 50 previously very safe seats have all gone massively reducing the efficiency of their vote overall. But those seats have gone to the SNP and they are very unlikely to support a tory government, especially one committed to Brexit so the efficiency comes back again indirectly.
In contrast according to the ICM poll yesterday the Tories are at the giddy heights of 30% in Scotland. Given the hegemony of the SNP this actually reduces the efficiency of their vote because that 30% would win them less than 5 seats resulting in over 1m wasted votes.
David, don't tell me even you are getting infected with "surge" fever. Get help.
That's because Sindy is an even more stupid idea now than it ever was. We've passed peak Sindy and are on the downslope. That's gonna hurt. We get handbagged and called numpties etc but the core issues of currency, lender of last resort, massive intra-UK deficit, England as key trade partner, etc, etc have not and will not go away however much you wish them to. And there aren't any good answers. More and more Scots are looking at the idea and concluding 'nah'.
The same is true of Brexit, but it seems the Zoomers are further along the path of self awareness than the Brexiteers...
The same is categorically not true of Brexit. Scotland is not a financially viable entity (at least not as a socialist utopia - they'd need to live 100% within their means). The UK most definitely is viable. For the UK the core issue is democracy and identity. If we remain we'll be controlled by a non-British European superstate. An undemocratic superstate. Every time a remoaner comes here bleating about money and economic loss I'm left wondering if they just don't care to be able to vote for a different government or a different set of policies.
Losing access to the single market will cost British motor manufacturers and motorists £4.5 billion a year, the head of the UK automotive trade has warned.
Production of the latest Land Rover model is to be switched to Slovakia and the electric Jaguar I-Pace will be made in Austria. The new Land Rover Discovery launched at the Paris motor show two months ago is to go into production next year in Solihull.
However, production will switch to Slovakia when Jaguar Land Rover’s new plant is completed in 2018.
JLR's Slovakia plant was in the pipeline long before the referendum. That's the logic of the four freedoms. You either get Slovakians flying to Solihull or capital flying to Slovakia.
@ScottyNational: St. Andrews Day:In memory of St. Andrew, Indy supporters to spend day getting cross on Twitter. And blaming Scot Labour for his crucifixion
Wow, marginally in favour of not holding a second EUref in Scotland. Surprised by that given how different the result in Scotland was to the national result.
Also just 68% of SNP supporters favour the government campaigning for a SIndyref2. There is a lot of scope for Labour and the Tories to pick up soft "Yes" voters in the coming years if Nicola tries to keep both sides of her coalition together and forgets to run the country.
Even split on Scotland remaining in the EU if the rest of the UK leaves. Given the direction of travel lately I think this will shift so that a majority will support the national decision despite Scotland voting differently to the national result. On that question 25% of Yes supporters aren't interested in staying in the EU which doesn't bode well for the SNP if Nicola doesn't tone down the EUphile rhetoric. 30% of the Westminster vote as well.
And whether or not you would support it, if Scotland is still part of the UK do you think it would be relalistically possible for Scotland to remain part of the EU after the rest of the UK leaves?
Yeah, marvellous point if it hadn't been the ICM WM voting subsample that was being referred to.
Anyway, you never got back to me last time after I set you a little quiz. It really is very easy to answer.
Who wrote this on 25/06/16?
'4. Next PM. It's May for me, anyone but Boris.
5. Corbyn should go too. A total tool. About as effective as a leader and potential PM as a fart in a hurricane.
6. Lastly and this will shock many but Scotland should now opt for independence. There I said it. The will of the Scottish people on the EU, a matter of the most crucial significance for the future, was clear. Hopefully it will be an amicable uncoupling. I would vote for YES in SINDY2, if still around.
SINDY2 should take place within 18 months and a YES vote take effect on the date of BREXIT two years after Article 50 is enabled or before 2020 whichever is sooner.'
Is the Scottish party leaders question " good job" or " personal approval"?
Not seen the tables yet but in the past they've asked
Do you think Nicola Sturgeon/Ruth Davidson is doing well/badly in their job as First Minister/Leader Scottish Tories
Coola boola, Ruth does well at "good job" and gets negative satisfaction on "personal approval", which matches how I would answer the questions. I can appreciate someone I don't like doing a good job.
if Nicola tries to keep both sides of her coalition together and forgets to run the country.
Nicola's been busy getting the trains to run on time/at all holding a 'National Conversation' with 2 million Scots
Over the last three months the SNP have been carrying out a "National Conversation" survey on independence. Have you been approached to take part in the "National Conversation" survey?
Yes: 13 (that's about 500,000, a tad shy of 2,000,000) No: 82
On those YouGov figures I don't see a path to Sindy. Not within the next 10 years at least. I do hope we move to a federal structure in the UK though with much more autonomy for the four home nations, the current structure where Scotland has some say in a few matters and a pretty useless parliament, Wales and NI have even less say and completely pointless assemblies and England having no say over its own affairs is completely unsustainable. Every home nation should have the same say over its domestic affairs.
"New research from Arcadis has found that nearly 215,000 workers could disappear from housebuilding and infrastructure if the UK pursues a ‘hard’ Brexit. However, the consultant warned that even a ‘soft’ Brexit could see the industry miss out on 135,000 workers at a time when the skills gap is acute."
Or, put another way, big pay rises on the cards for British bricklayers, plasterers, etc.
More thoughts on that 25% of Yes voters who don't support staying in the EU if the rest of the UK leaves. It seems to me that there is a rather large minority of Yes voters (and SNP voters) who want Scotland to be properly independent, outside of the Union and the EU. I think one of the reasons Sindy is losing favour is because Sturgeon is presenting Sindy as a choice between the UK and EU, to that 25% of Yes voters, neither option is palatable. I think if the UK government were to deliver on a more federalised structure for the UK with more powers going to all of the home nations then that 25% who don't support joining the EU could be convinced to vote No in any Sindyref.
I also don't see how Sturgeon would win any Sindyref based on the idea of Scotland leaving the UK only to join the EU. For Unionists there is no higher cause than the union, the EU ranks way down the list of priorities, but for separatists proposing to leave one union in which Scotland has some power and fairly strong representation to join one in which they wouldn't even be in the Championship let alone the Premier League seems like a losing idea. Those No voters who voted to remain will be much easier to retain than the Yes voters who voted to Leave, IMO.
"New research from Arcadis has found that nearly 215,000 workers could disappear from housebuilding and infrastructure if the UK pursues a ‘hard’ Brexit. However, the consultant warned that even a ‘soft’ Brexit could see the industry miss out on 135,000 workers at a time when the skills gap is acute."
Or, put another way, big pay rises on the cards for British bricklayers, plasterers, etc.
Or to put it another way the price of new houses and renovation goes up, or there become delays in work.
"New research from Arcadis has found that nearly 215,000 workers could disappear from housebuilding and infrastructure if the UK pursues a ‘hard’ Brexit. However, the consultant warned that even a ‘soft’ Brexit could see the industry miss out on 135,000 workers at a time when the skills gap is acute."
Or, put another way, big pay rises on the cards for British bricklayers, plasterers, etc.
The construction industry is heavily reliant on unskilled or semi-skilled workers from abroad and any restrictions on this could send costs rising and stall or cancel new projects stalled.
Arcadis believes to mitigate this impending crisis the industry rapidly needs to modernise and accelerate its use of technology and off-site manufacturing.
What? Improve productivity?
No! No! No! - we should carry on relying on imported unskilled labour subsidised through the benefits system.....
"New research from Arcadis has found that nearly 215,000 workers could disappear from housebuilding and infrastructure if the UK pursues a ‘hard’ Brexit. However, the consultant warned that even a ‘soft’ Brexit could see the industry miss out on 135,000 workers at a time when the skills gap is acute."
Or, put another way, big pay rises on the cards for British bricklayers, plasterers, etc.
Hopefully enough of a payrise to attract young people into apprenticeships instead of being on the dole.
The SNP has been accused of barely lifting a finger to try and prevent the Brexit vote after it emerged the party spent less than a well-known pub chain on its EU referendum campaign.
Official figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the Nationalists spent just £90,830 fighting to keep the UK in the EU despite their upper limit being £700,000 and their buoyant finances following a surge in party members.
This was less than the £98,597 they spent unsuccessfully fighting the Glenrothes by-election for Westminster in 2008 and the £94,585 spent by pub chain JD Wetherspoon campaigning for Leave.
How desperate can the unionist propaganda organs become
SNP outspent by a Pub Chain on a question of 'fundamental constitutional importance' lol....
Oh well, at least the SNP got the trains to run on time......
Hard for them to run London based Network rail and trains are running at best they have in 40 years , just goes to show that setting high targets rather than none improves servicves.
More thoughts on that 25% of Yes voters who don't support staying in the EU if the rest of the UK leaves. It seems to me that there is a rather large minority of Yes voters (and SNP voters) who want Scotland to be properly independent, outside of the Union and the EU. I think one of the reasons Sindy is losing favour is because Sturgeon is presenting Sindy as a choice between the UK and EU, to that 25% of Yes voters, neither option is palatable. I think if the UK government were to deliver on a more federalised structure for the UK with more powers going to all of the home nations then that 25% who don't support joining the EU could be convinced to vote No in any Sindyref.
I also don't see how Sturgeon would win any Sindyref based on the idea of Scotland leaving the UK only to join the EU. For Unionists there is no higher cause than the union, the EU ranks way down the list of priorities, but for separatists proposing to leave one union in which Scotland has some power and fairly strong representation to join one in which they wouldn't even be in the Championship let alone the Premier League seems like a losing idea. Those No voters who voted to remain will be much easier to retain than the Yes voters who voted to Leave, IMO.
Your knowledge of Scotland and Scottish matters remains at its recent peak of cretinous Max.
Interesting that YouGov managed to have a pretty much perfectly unweighted sample of Yes/No voters. Panelbase consistently have more Yes than No voters in the unweighted sample and so have to weigh heavily.
Losing access to the single market will cost British motor manufacturers and motorists £4.5 billion a year, the head of the UK automotive trade has warned.
Production of the latest Land Rover model is to be switched to Slovakia and the electric Jaguar I-Pace will be made in Austria. The new Land Rover Discovery launched at the Paris motor show two months ago is to go into production next year in Solihull.
However, production will switch to Slovakia when Jaguar Land Rover’s new plant is completed in 2018.
"...It’s an odd thing to get upset about since City AM’s initiative is for charity. The money raised is being given to Maggie’s cancer centres, which offer support to cancer victims. Even odder that Greenslade would attack newspapers charging for work experience, given just last year the Guardian charged £600 for a summer work experience placement. The difference? City AM are giving the money to charity, the Guardian kept the cash for themselves…
Comments
Yep, I always found that part of the world was vicious for the lag. Tokyo was the most brutal. Awake all night, asleep for the meetings!
*hides behind turnip-proof flame door....*
TUE fallout - no froome or wiggins on BBC Sports personality
Not in the Business Lounge and not about to fly Business Class. However, I have just spotted a Wacko Jacko look-alike, so everything is good.
I agree that the true comparisn isn't Labour v Con but Labour plus fellow travellers v Con. With Labour and Con on an equal vote share, who forms the government?
Official figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the Nationalists spent just £90,830 fighting to keep the UK in the EU despite their upper limit being £700,000 and their buoyant finances following a surge in party members.
This was less than the £98,597 they spent unsuccessfully fighting the Glenrothes by-election for Westminster in 2008 and the £94,585 spent by pub chain JD Wetherspoon campaigning for Leave.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/snp-accused-barely-trying-eu-referendum-outspent-wetherspoon
As painful as it may seem, Labour need to start doing better in the constituencies that the Tories would never win to make sure the union stays secure.
@nicktolhurst: Reported today that British Ambassador to Brussels has complained about "having to explain to David Davis what a Customs Union is" #Brexit
https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/803723462653132800
Edited extra bit: alleged victim* [whilst I suspect they're all telling the truth, accusations are not proof of guilt, though the accused individual here has previously been found guilty of related offences].
Was there yesterday. Only thing that will stop Zac tomorrow is turnout. Below 50% and he may struggle.
Do you think Nicola Sturgeon/Ruth Davidson is doing well/badly in their job as First Minister/Leader Scottish Tories
Yes, there was some debate yesterday evening. iiirc someone said they had been told by a LibDem that they were 10 points behind. On the other hand Zac looked a bit downhearted on Ch4 news last night.
Lab calling a big percentage of their voters Nazis didn't work out well for them even though it got No over the line. The Cons calling non Cons Nazis surely isn't going g to go over well with non Con voters in general.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/27/inside-fidel-castros-life-of-luxury-and-ladies-while-country-starved/
It's supposed to be joyous. And civic !
https://twitter.com/neiledwardlovat/status/803878024827535360
Where does this leave UKIP? F*cked, unless it starts campaigning to restore capital and corporal punishment.
Oh well, at least the SNP got the trains to run on time......
'Ruth Davidson rules out fronting No campaign in future independence referendum
Ruth Davidson has ruled herself out of leading the No campaign in any future referendum on Scottish independence.'
http://tinyurl.com/jbv634t
Production of the latest Land Rover model is to be switched to Slovakia and the electric Jaguar I-Pace will be made in Austria. The new Land Rover Discovery launched at the Paris motor show two months ago is to go into production next year in Solihull.
However, production will switch to Slovakia when Jaguar Land Rover’s new plant is completed in 2018.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/dont-mess-up-brexit-car-trade-warns-t7bfcbmhs
https://twitter.com/MichaelPDeacon/status/747000584226607104/photo/1
For the UK the core issue is democracy and identity. If we remain we'll be controlled by a non-British European superstate. An undemocratic superstate. Every time a remoaner comes here bleating about money and economic loss I'm left wondering if they just don't care to be able to vote for a different government or a different set of policies.
Clearly not just Twitter...
That's what most of you want, but each and every last one of you is too chickensh*t to say so.
SNP; 48 (-4)
Con: 25 (+4)
Lab: 16 (-1)
Regional List:
SNP: 39 (-6)
Con; 24 (+3)
Lab; 14 (-1)
Green: 11 (+2)
http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ditypa75v5/TimesScotlandResults_161129_W.pdf
It looks as though the fit has been done by requiring both lines to pass through (Oct 14, 50 per cent) for some obscure reason.
Perhaps to extract a "trend" where there appears to be little evidence for one.
Might have known ScottP would reproduce a graph without engaging any critical faculties!
Sturgeon: +11 (-9)
Davidson: +25 (+4)
Dugdale: -21 (-4)
Or not...
Also just 68% of SNP supporters favour the government campaigning for a SIndyref2. There is a lot of scope for Labour and the Tories to pick up soft "Yes" voters in the coming years if Nicola tries to keep both sides of her coalition together and forgets to run the country.
Even split on Scotland remaining in the EU if the rest of the UK leaves. Given the direction of travel lately I think this will shift so that a majority will support the national decision despite Scotland voting differently to the national result. On that question 25% of Yes supporters aren't interested in staying in the EU which doesn't bode well for the SNP if Nicola doesn't tone down the EUphile rhetoric. 30% of the Westminster vote as well.
Net Possible: -40
SNP: -5
Anyway, you never got back to me last time after I set you a little quiz. It really is very easy to answer.
Who wrote this on 25/06/16?
'4. Next PM. It's May for me, anyone but Boris.
5. Corbyn should go too. A total tool. About as effective as a leader and potential PM as a fart in a hurricane.
6. Lastly and this will shock many but Scotland should now opt for independence. There I said it. The will of the Scottish people on the EU, a matter of the most crucial significance for the future, was clear. Hopefully it will be an amicable uncoupling. I would vote for YES in SINDY2, if still around.
SINDY2 should take place within 18 months and a YES vote take effect on the date of BREXIT two years after Article 50 is enabled or before 2020 whichever is sooner.'
And who replied:
'Nice to see you ****.
I agree on all 3 points.'
Those datapoints should carry error bars, say of a few per cent. If there is a trend in that data, it is pretty marginal.
Someone I don't like / doing a good job
Or
Someone / I don't like doing a good job
?
Over the last three months the SNP have been carrying out a "National Conversation" survey on independence. Have you been approached to take part in the "National Conversation" survey?
Yes: 13 (that's about 500,000, a tad shy of 2,000,000)
No: 82
TMay sees sharp YouGov ratings drop in Scotland. To the doing job well/badly question she's moved from net PLUS 13% in Aug to MINUS 5% now
However, the consultant warned that even a ‘soft’ Brexit could see the industry miss out on 135,000 workers at a time when the skills gap is acute."
Or, put another way, big pay rises on the cards for British bricklayers, plasterers, etc.
And why might 50% be an important number?
Take your time...
I also don't see how Sturgeon would win any Sindyref based on the idea of Scotland leaving the UK only to join the EU. For Unionists there is no higher cause than the union, the EU ranks way down the list of priorities, but for separatists proposing to leave one union in which Scotland has some power and fairly strong representation to join one in which they wouldn't even be in the Championship let alone the Premier League seems like a losing idea. Those No voters who voted to remain will be much easier to retain than the Yes voters who voted to Leave, IMO.
Arcadis believes to mitigate this impending crisis the industry rapidly needs to modernise and accelerate its use of technology and off-site manufacturing.
What? Improve productivity?
No! No! No! - we should carry on relying on imported unskilled labour subsidised through the benefits system.....
Worried you might be stuck on a train......
I should have realised at outset that there is no point in trying to explain elementary statistics to the man who failed the Monty Hall problem.
Makes me trust YouGov more on this.
the LR Slovakia decision was taken in 2015. It takes 3-4 yrs to get a factory up and running at full production.
LR are also on the record this week as telling HMG to improve infrastructure and it will create 10k jobs.
Quoting lazy journos fed by PR execs is just stupid
NEW THREAD
http://order-order.com/2016/11/30/media-guardians-sneer-city-backfires/
"...It’s an odd thing to get upset about since City AM’s initiative is for charity. The money raised is being given to Maggie’s cancer centres, which offer support to cancer victims. Even odder that Greenslade would attack newspapers charging for work experience, given just last year the Guardian charged £600 for a summer work experience placement. The difference? City AM are giving the money to charity, the Guardian kept the cash for themselves…