New MRP poll from the Telegraph. Fieldwork 27 Jan to 5 Feb "The Conservatives would be relegated to Westminster’s third party behind the Scottish National Party in a snap election, new polling f… (View Post)

Leaving aside the leader ratings that Mike has highlighted, which effectively show Sturgeon and Starmer all but tied in net terms, the rest of the IPSOS findings are also worth a look.… (View Post)

On the contrary, it is very clear that you're trying to face two ways at one, depending on which way suits you at the time. Perhaps that's why you won't commit to a specific position, not that I care… (View Post)

I note a correction in the second edition. If an empire is plastic, it won't snap. It'll just deform into a state from which it can never elastically recover to its former self. Snapping requires it … (View Post)

No, its not. I think it's more about how Sturgeon's attempt to provoke a constitutional crisis with the UK government has gone off at half cock because, while she clearly thinks that her own view is … (View Post)