[hibeejim21]

Polls of a thousand don't mean anything but a few nutters on "social media" all of a sudden does eh ? Very good. The polls were spot on last election.

Tommy Robinson was an adviser in UKIP - anyone remotely comparable in the SNP ? Farage was popular in England ? - does anyone comparable in The SNP spew his style of poison ? The SNP is very centre left in political style and has filled the vacuum the Labour Party has left behind. I don't think their popularity is down solely to independence or nationalism either, as a lot of Scots vote for them because they like the politics and their stances on prescriptions,education and health but wouldn't necessarily vote for independence. They are far, far from a one issue party like UKIP. As sturgeon put it herself - "The case for independence does not rest on identity or nationality, but rather on values of social justice, enterprise and democracy. The UK is the fourth most unequal country in the developed world and my contention is that the UK has failed Scotland over the long term" It has a bit more depth than railing against muslims and the bendy banana brigade in Strasbourg no ?

The tories have lurched to the right and the English public are mostly on board. In the middle of a global backlash against racism, Johnson dogwhistles to that favourite obsession of racists: overseas aid. We can hope things change once 'Brexit gets done'. but I have my doubts. Before COVID It’s telling that the biggest public outrage of recent times was KFC running out of chicken.