A Voice for Scotland's Anti-Nationalist Majority
Another new poll! It seems that almost every week there's a new poll on Scottish 'independence'. But, what's the deal? Why are there so many, and do they really mean we're on the inevitable road to 'independence'? Short answer -- Nope. Here's how Nationalists manipulate polls, and why.
James Kelly (@JamesKelly) of Pop Goes Scot admits that he uses Panelbase polls to get a better result for Yes.
This article was originally published in Think Scotland.
Two years ago, a few Aberdeen City and Shire Better Together veterans, including the two chairmen, Ian Lakin and Professor Hugh Pennington (better known as Nicola Sturgeon’s COVID bête noire), got together to create Scotland Matters.
We were all agreed that the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections would be the Scexit High Noon and unless Labour, Lib Dem and the Conservatives started looking like an effective opposition and alternative government, the SNP/Greens would again win a majority of seats with a minority of the total vote. Then they would agitate for Indyref2, even if they don’t actually mean it.