She's only doing it because she is being pressured into it from the SNP. She's not doing it because she thinks it's the correct course of action.
Yes, this is the SNP doing what the SNP do...
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She's only doing it because she is being pressured into it from the SNP. She's not doing it because she thinks it's the correct course of action.
Yes, this is the SNP doing what the SNP do...
May has just blocked the idea of a second independence referendum by 2019.
If a second independence referendum is granted, can we have another EU referendum?
If a second independence...
As long as there is a SNP government in Holyrood, or a majority of pro-independence MSPs, calls for an independence referendum will never be far away. Although the pro-Union side won the referendum...
Whilst I'm not in favour of another independence referendum, realistically, I think it's going to happen. It would be too politically dangerous for a Tory government in Westminster to deny the...
See, I think trying to project Leavers are xenophobes and racists didn't help at all.
Although it was close, and predicted to be very close, I am still surprised at the result.
I voted Remain, but in hindsight it's clear why we lost, as ultimately we just didn't have a positive...
Some, maybe. But with the way politics are in Scotland at the moment, no-one who isn't sporting the SNP rosette should count on being elected.
Anyway, I thought that Corbyn played PMQs very well...
I've heard people mention that a few times. I think that it's also important to note that what Thatcher did ultimately resulted in an improvement in most people's situations, whereas what Corbyn...
Burnham would have been terrible. The least genuine out of the candidates, having already lost to Miliband last time and this time with nothing new to say other than "ey up I'm northerner", I can do...
Like all of the main political parties, Labour can draw on a multitude of different voter groups. The obvious one, the one that you mention, are working class people in manual labour type jobs. Yes,...
Aye, absolutely. I think that a few SNP strategists could be a bit worried at the moment, as Corbyn's victory shows that the English aren't all heartless Imperialist Tories. He is what the SNP want...
I don't understand why people have to resign though. Given Corbyn's voting record, surely they could just vote however they please regardless of what he says, because he's not exactly an...
Which of these groups are the ones that paid £3 to vote?
Recently a bit more left-leaning than the Blairites, yes, but that hardly constitutes a genuinely left-wing party.
Scotland isn't socialist. In May Scotland essentially exiled a left-wing Labour party for a nationalist-populist party with fairly poor left-wing credentials.
It would be interesting to have the results broken down, to see whether Green and Tory infiltrators played a big part in this.
And Goldman Sachs seem pretty adamant that oil will remain at $55/barrel through to 2020, too.
No, I do distinctively remember having this debate repeatedly since 2010 and the result was that all of the major parties adopted some measure of deficit reduction strategies because it was the only...
Corbyn would be opposition for opposition's sake; something I'm glad that Labour seem to be dropping now with their response of the welfare bill.
The Blairite wing has an ace up their sleeves:...
No he wouldn't. He still represents the Union - an anathema to the SNP.
A Corbyn victory would be a bit of a disaster for British politics. It's not that this politics are vile, but they simply do not represent enough of the populace for a party under his leadership to...
Very clever move by the SNP. This is sure to stoke up even more resentment from the Tory right - exactly what they're looking for, in order to further their manufactured grievance. I've always said...
Possibly, although Scotland shows that the losing side doesn't necessarily end up losing any momentum. Part of me worries that this is only the beginning.
It's going to be very similar to the Scottish independence referendum. The "Out" side will try and argue that we can enjoy almost all of the benefits of being in the EU without being it the EU, like...
Heard this on the way to work this morning. Truly sad news. The fact that he's attracting tributes from across the spectrum is testament to the attributes he brought as a politician, member of...
Mhairi Black was going to win her constituency regardless of her age or political experience.
Make no mistake, this election was won by nationalism. North of the border by the SNP, and south of the border by the Conservatives for playing up a fear of the influence of Scots MPs in parliament....
Labour and Lib Dems swept away by a tsunami of Scots nationalism.
UKIP really seem to have faded away in the last six months or so.
It's funny because we've been talking about how the public are disenfranchised by the "establishment" but it seems that the...
It's the same with the oil & gas industry too. Britain is a major hub for engineering, equipment design and manufacture and services for the global oil industry.
Britain still excels in a lot of...
Well in fairness to the media, it seems that very few people are planning on voting UKIP.
I think the reason Cameron is trying to dodge the debates is because he has little to gain from his attendance. What happens if he turns up against Miliband and it turns out that Miliband can speak...
A pipeline is generally a preferable solution to transporting oil by rail (both economically and safety wise), which is what generally happens onshore in America, and which has already suffered...
Well, I understand that the SNP have been on a high since the referendum, with all of the momentum behind them, but they also tend to take very few seats in Westminster elections. At the moment...
I don't think the Lib Dems will take quite the battering up here that they will down south. The left, which seems to make up the vast majority of the country, seem to be engaged in a battle between...
So far I seem to be the solitary Lib Dem voter.
They almost certainly wouldn't. Their goal would likely be to drive a wedge between Scotland and England, knowing that if they cannot get enough Scots to vote to leave the Union, their next best bet...
In Scotland I predict that Labour will lose a huge amount of seats, as will the Lib Dems. The SNP will likely make huge gains, and may possibly even be a coalition partner with Labour if they don't...
The Sun as actually faced a significant decline in its sales. I think that many of the people who would buy the paper solely for its third page now have smartphones where they can see such images...
I attribute a lot of the rise of UKIP to the fact that their leader still speaks plain English, as opposed to the political jargon and waffle that the others speak. There's something of a crisis of...