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What was expected to be a coronation for John Swinney might become as messy as Edward V’s anticipated coronation with Kate Forbes thinking about standing in this election. As the Ipsos poll shows it Swinney does well with SNP supporters but Forbes does well with the wider public so my hunch is that Swinney will do better with SNP members than Forbes. What should give great succour to supporters of the SNP is that the same Ipsos poll shows ‘Anas…

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The polling above shows why Humza Yousaf had to go, even SNP voters thought he was a duffer. Trailing Anas Sarwar by 51 points on the leadership ratings front indicate a Yousaf led SNP would get shellacked by Labour at the next Holyrood election. What must really sting for Humza Yousaf is that he wanted to make Scotland ‘Tory free’ and yet he trailed Douglas Ross by 20 points on the leadership front. The worry for the SNP is that…

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As we reach the final week of campaigning before the local elections next Thursday, time for a final look at some of the barometer councils where the results may not only set the immediate media tone but give a pointer as to the state of public opinion with an election within the next nine months. I’ve chosen eight councils currently controlled by the Conservatives but there are all-up elections this year due to boundary changes add a level of interest….

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Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation this morning it appears a coronation for John Swinney is the plan for the people that gave us Humza Yousaf. It was clear before Yousaf became First Minister that he was going to be a bit of a useless duffer as First Minister and all the signs that John Swinney might be similarly rubbish based on his previous stint as SNP leader between 2000 and 2004. That said that Ipsos polling from last year might give…

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You didn’t have to be an expert in Scottish politics to realise Humza Yousaf was a bit of a duffer and his decision to abrogate the Bute House Agreement would have serious consequences but it appears those close to the First Minister weren’t aware the Green response would have suboptimal consequences for the SNP government and Yousaf in particular. As the news breaks this morning that Yousaf could resign as early today I suspect the SNP’s men in kilts have…

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For the Tories and Sunak this coming Thursday it was expected to be like the first day of The Battle of the Somme yet it might not be so bloody for them thank to the local Mayors. This poll showins Andy Street leading and today’s Sunday Times reports Labour claims to have conceded defeat in the Tees Valley. Party officials say they are pulling activists out and redeploying them in the West Midlands, where the future of Street, the Tory…

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So there we have it, the price for Ash Regan backing Humza Yousaf in the vote of no confidence in First Minister, the SNP need to stand aside in some Holyrood seats for Alba. To be frank that’s a complete non starter, Alba received 1.66% of the vote in the list component of the 2021 Holyrood elections and Alex Salmond’s is even more unpopular than Boris Johnson with Scots. If Yousaf agreed with this proposal his own party would oust…

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Dan Poulter is also a NHS doctor who has been working on the front lines will have resonance, Sunak is proving to be a very unlucky general as the Observer says A Tory MP and former health minister has staged a dramatic defection to Labour, saying the Conservatives have become a “nationalist party of the right” that has abandoned ­compassion and no longer prioritises the NHS. Dr Dan Poulter, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, who works part-time as a…

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