I see that Railings and Thrasher have computed the national votes shares as Cons 40% Lab 30%. The BBC projected share two days ago looked all wrong to me: they had 'other' on 18% which was … (View Post)

p.s. Well done to TSE for brilliantly predicting that Welsh Labour would do well. 'Returning to the fold' is a phrase I think he used of their support. (View Post)

I don't think this is true. Wales is in a happy place supporting unionist parties (Labour and Conservatives). Scotland at the moment is not pro independence. The split is something like 55-45 in… (View Post)

I do think we spend a lot of time on here churning over things which we think are important but which are less so to the majority of people. Wallpaper being an example. Scottish independence is proba… (View Post)

The thing is, the battle doesn't need to be fought. The once in a generation battle was fought in 2014. The SNP have not won a majority to alter that view. End of. The union remains. (View Post)