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Catherine McNamara's avatar

There are almost 6,000,000 of us ( one million foreign english taking advantage of our country) so Peter you will have to repeat yourself that amount of times.. Some folk never listen..some folk listen occasionally and some folk are foreign english ( illegal immigrants ) and don't speak oor lingo and should be deported...sur le champ..that's french for immediately.

Your patience is limitless..if it were me..it would be homicidal in nature..so lucky we have got you.

I was reading Andy Wightman's blog re the abuse our land takes from obscure hidden investors who want to profit from Scotland's land..regardless of wildlife, habitat and the objections of local Scottish people. That guy is a total warrior for Scotland...just like you.So cheer up cos one day they will get your message tho' I can't speak for the Scottish Government or 'living dead ' as I see them. They are no better at protecting our land than they are at understanding what you tell them.

So hang in there..with Andy. Both of you brilliant warriors..noo whaur's ma lochaber....

For OUR Scotland and her dispossessed weans.

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Stephen Duncan's avatar

Not only does the poster you quote (Scottish Minute Man) neither consider today's political landscape - or, more precisely, wasteland - nor the topography of the path to freedom that has yet to be undertaken, he/she has the temerity to compare some current (and vague definition) of "poll of polls" with a single survey conducted by an individual pollster from January 2012.

Even unionist leaning newspapers have been known to be forced to admit to misleading their readership in the "corrections and clarifications" section of their publication for less!

In fact there were 8 surveys carried out on the 'Scottish Question' during 2012, averaging at 38% (excluding undecideds and refusals - the standard way of reporting YES sentiment). So, as it is always assumed that the 'neutrals' will break evenly or abstain when the actual vote arrives, YES support was higher than implied. In fact, if you exclude those that don't know and/or won't say the individual January 2012 Yougov poll for YES 33% becomes ... 38% i.e. 33% / (33% +55%) x 100.

Therefore, between 2012 and Referendum Day on 18th September 2014 support increased from circa 38% to 44.7%, a gain of +6.7%. Another 5% points was added by the end of the year according to the (5) opinion polls conducted between 19th September and 31st December 2014.

It looks like I'll be returning to my theme of Opinion Polls, Damned Opinion Polls and Lies on next week's Sunday podcast show.

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