Sure, but didn't the Baltic States all have to work that out in a hurry in 1991, and I don't think any of them ever regretted it? The idea that Scottish independence is impossible merely be… (View Post)

The constituency share of the vote for the SNP in Holyrood elections, and the IndyRef share for Yes, has been: 1999 28.7% 2003 23.8% 2007 32.9% 2011 45.4% 2014 IndyRef 44.7% 2016 46.5% 2021 47.7% 202… (View Post)

Yes, Miliband won in part due to union support, but it wasn't a block vote, it was the vote of union members. Your comment suggested you believed the trade union third of the vote was cast by un… (View Post)

For starters, the death rate is at least an order of magnitude higher... (View Post)

The constituency share of the vote in the 2011 Holyrood election was a reasonable proxy for the Yes vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, so I'd suggest that a majority of the vote … (View Post)