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New host and live audience dropped for second BBC election debate
The BBC has changed hosts and dropped live ‘virtual’ audience participation for its second party leaders’ election debate next week.The station’s first leaders’ debate attracted hundreds of complaints after the first three questions chosen from the audience were critical of a second independence referendum.Some of the 277 complainants also thought the debate’s host, BBC Scotland editor Sarah...
Only independence can make STUC's 367,000 green jobs a reality
A new report by the Scottish Trades Union Congress lays out how Scotland’s transition to a low-carbon economy could create up to 367,000 green jobs … but only if the right policies are adopted.The report presents a new vision of Scotland's potential, calls for a ‘fundamentally different approach’, examines how decarbonisation could transform different sectors of the economy and suggests...
Most people in UK oppose Boris Johnson bid to block indyref2
Boris Johnson’s determination to ignore democracy and attempt to stop a second referendum on Scottish independence is out of step with public opinion in the UK.A survey of more than 8,500 people by polling company Ipsos MORI has found more than half of people across the UK think Scotland should be able to hold indyef2 within five years if the...
Let’s end the confusion over the date of indyref2
This article will explain the timeframe within which the next independence referendum will take place and also explain why we can be so confident in our prediction.In the last few days both the SNP and the Scottish Greens have committed to holding a referendum in the term of the next parliament. That is important as those parties are the...
Exclusive: Greens and Alba flying high on List but SNP majority in danger
This coming Scottish election will be the most important in the history of the Scottish Parliament. We already know that the SNP will win, it’s just a case of figuring out by how much. We also know that there will be a Yes majority in that Parliament and that the SNP and Scottish Greens will combine to vote through a...
Exclusive: Panelbase poll for Believe in Scotland finds solid lead for Yes
Recently several polling companies have manipulated figures at the request of unionist newspapers commissioning them and/or released false data showing support for Scottish independence has fallen below 50%. In those two cases it didn’t, but those polls were used to try to manage support for independence in a downwards direction, to try to make people feel that independence...
Sunday Times hugely disappointed in result of its own Holyrood poll
The tone of the Sunday Times polling report is clearly one of a newspaper that is hugely disappointed, maybe even bitter, at the findings of its own survey. The headline Nationalists on course to win supermajority is quickly followed by the subheading Poll boost for SNP and ‘unfit’ Salmond’s party.  The poll finds Yes to independence leading No by 51%...
Ten things you should know about how we elect MSPs to the Scottish Parliament
Scotland will vote on Thursday, May 6 2021 to decide the next government of Scotland. Believe in Scotland is non-party political and will never tell people how to vote, however, a lot of myths surround the voting system for Holyrood so this article will explain in simple terms how Scotland elects representatives to the Scottish Parliament.This will be no run...
UK government adviser predicts economic success for independent Scotland
Update: within 24 hrs the UK Government seems to have forced those academics to take the blog down but we are onto them and we have the LSE blog archived on our site >> Exclusive: Westminster refuses to deny urging deletion of academic blog predicting indy success. Original article>> A UK government economic adviser writing for the London School...
Why we will win the battle against Unionists' fake news
The closer we get to winning independence the more desperate the unionists’ arguments against it become.We’ve already seen a number of faked ‘polls’ using various tactics to undermine the Yes lead, including ditching a weighting filter which could have significantly changed the result and changing the wording of the question in a way which would have confused respondents.Now an article...