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Lochaber
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SNP moves ahead in new post-Megrahi poll. | Holyrood Magazine wrote: | New poll gives SNP strong lead in UK election
Monday, 14 September 2009 11:15
A new poll gives the SNP a considerable lead over Labour in both Holyrood and Westminster elections.
The survey of voting intentions by Ipsos MORI puts the SNP 13 points ahead of Labour for the Holyrood poll and six points ahead for Westminster.
38 per cent of respondents who said they were “certain to vote” in a Holyrood election tomorrow would vote SNP while 25 per cent said they would vote Labour. When asked the same question about the General Election, 33 per cent of those certain to vote said they would vote SNP while 27 per cent said they would vote Labour.
The Conservatives polled 15 per cent for Holyrood and 18 per cent for Westminster and the Lib Dems 15 per cent and 14 per cent respectively.
The poll results are “extraordinary”, according to leading political scientist Professor James Mitchell of Strathclyde University. The professor believes Labour’s handling of the al-Megrahi affair could be a factor in the SNP’s lead.
“When reason and emotion clash reason will win so long as the rational response is articulated clearly, coolly and consistently and I think that’s what the Scottish Government did and as this decision was explained, I think the public moved behind the SNP,” Mitchell said. |
For full article see Holyrood Magazine
Also SNP 'could unseat cabinet ministers'
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Shagpile
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"Ultra" dissagrees however. Don't care, I'm not blinded by her light.
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Ultra
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| Shagpile wrote: | | "Ultra" dissagrees however. Don't care, I'm not blinded by her light. |
Shagpile you really have to laugh at people like you who get overly excited about a poll and soiund biute which is 2 weeks out of date.
I know it may take a while for the news to filter through but at least the SNP website is far more up to date.
Considerable lead of 6 and 13 points over Liebour. Deary me break open the champagne!
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Stevie
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| Quote: | | “Those who are going to vote Labour are almost reluctant,” Mitchell commented. “There’s not strong support and that must be a worry for Labour. The SNP’s support is very strongly behind it at the moment, that’s clear. Labour’s support is pretty lukewarm and that ought to be a real worry for Labour. |
I must admit to a pleasant warm fuzzy feeling at seeing the SNP's growing success and the Labour party reaping the just desserts of decades of indifference, nepotism, corruption and self-satisfied complacency in Scotland.
Thanks for posting this my axey friend, I just noticed it makes good reading unless of course you're an indifferent, complacent, neptistic, self-satisfied corrupt Labourite.
Zipeededoodah, zipedeeday, my oh my...
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landg
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| Bravehand wrote: | | Quote: | | “Those who are going to vote Labour are almost reluctant,” Mitchell commented. “There’s not strong support and that must be a worry for Labour. The SNP’s support is very strongly behind it at the moment, that’s clear. Labour’s support is pretty lukewarm and that ought to be a real worry for Labour. |
I must admit to a pleasant warm fuzzy feeling at seeing the SNP's growing success and the Labour party reaping the just desserts of decades of indifference, nepotism, corruption and self-satisfied complacency in Scotland.
Thanks for posting this my axey friend, I just noticed it makes good reading unless of course you're an indifferent, complacent, neptistic, self-satisfied corrupt Labourite.
Zipeededoodah, zipedeeday, my oh my... |
good to know you feel warm and fuzzy about poll's.
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calum
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Sounds like good news anyway. As long as the Tories are given a hiding and Labour don't do too well in Scotland, i'm happy.
The Tory conference was pretty embarrassing really. Multi-millionaire Etonians telling us take wage cuts?!
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Stevie
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| landg wrote: | | good to know you feel warm and fuzzy about poll's. |
Ah dear landg, having spent most of my life on tenterhooks it's nice to be seeing relatively positive good news from my perspective.
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