Tonight’s Opinium poll sees CON lead down 4% and Johnson’s approval down 6%
The vaccine bounce seems to be almost over
What does Salmond want and what will he achieve?
It’s difficult to see Alba doing anything other than damaging Sindy chances Not all politics is personal but it’s very hard to explain Alex Salmond’s return to the front line of Scottish politics in any other terms. He feels very wronged. Wronged by the actions of his former party and his former deputy and successor, whose behaviour towards him may or may not have been inappropriate depending on which report or inquiry you read; and wronged by the Scottish government…
After the longest wait for a by-election since GE1945 it looks like there’ll be two on the same day
The Wikipedia panel above shows the outcome of the general election in the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shottswhere where there will be a Westminster by-election in the first week of May. It looks as though the LAB defence of Hartlepool will take place on the same day. The Scottish vacancy follows the resignation of the sitting member Neil Gray to run in the corresponding seat in the Holyrood election. Labour could have a chance if the unionist vote gets…
The Scottish independence movement may have just gone all People’s Front of Judea v. Judean People’s Front
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After their party’s flops at WH2020 and the Senate run-offs Georgia’s Republicans act to make it more difficult to vote
The GOP – Working hard to make the US less democratic The Washington Post reports: Georgia lawmakers approved a sweeping voting measure Thursday that proponents said is necessary to shore up confidence in the state’s elections but that critics countered will lead to longer lines, partisan control of elections and more difficult procedures for voters trying to cast their ballots by mail..The measure is one of the first major voting bills to pass as dozens of state legislatures consider restrictions to how…
The May 6th Welsh Senedd election is starting to look very tight
To put these numbers into context at the constituency vote for 2016 Welsh election the vote split was: LAB 34.7% CON 21.2% PC 20.5% LD 7.7% UKIP 12.5% So the Tories are getting very close to Labour helped enormously by UKIP’s successor party, Reform, only being on 3%. Also we have the “Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party polling 7% on the regional list. Could it be possible that the Welsh Tories could pull off a surprise here?
How the UK by some margin leads the way in Europe on vaccination
But will a grateful nation reward to the Tories? We all know what a huge political issue vaccinations has become in Europe over the past few months and the above table from Politico shows country-by-country how many have actually been jabbed. The UK’s dominance is quite remarkable and reflects the political decisions made last year to back the Oxford/AZC programme as well as place big orders with Pfizer. What I have found quite impressive has been the way vaccination centres…
With 6 weeks to go till the Scottish election support for independence edges upwards
And Sturgeon maintains good lead in YouGov’s “well/badly” ratings With all the polling ahead of the Scottish election on May 6th the two sets of numbers I am following the most are the ones on Scottish independence and Nicola sturgeon’s personal ratings. The former I believe gives a good sense of support for the SNP’s main mission and that will be reflected in the outcome in the elections. The second good area to keep track of are Sturgeon’s personal ratings….