In my naive days I would have thought not. But then the UK Conservatives started to emulate the way that US Republicans practise voter suppression. What you see in the likes of Nevada is simply the p… (View Post)

It is a false parallel. The difference is that every Spanish citizen 14 or older is required to have a national identity card or "Documento Nacional de Identidad". No-one has any objection … (View Post)

Good thread Mike. It would be ironic if a politically-motivated change to voting regulations turned out to harm the Conservatives rather than to aid them. In practice though, the Conservatives will n… (View Post)

Yes. Also, as TSE pointed out in the last but one thread ("IS IT SCÖTTERDÄMMERUNG FOR THE SNP?"*) the changes in the net favourability ratings in the R&W poll are significant too. Lab w… (View Post)

That's 4 Scottish poll leads of 10% or less in a row. Yet around a year ago YouGov were publishing headline leads of 24% and 28%. Your relief when celebrating an increase in a YouGov poll of 1% is pa… (View Post)