Conor Matchett
@conormatchett.bsky.social
Chief Politics Writer at The Scottish Sun - "One of the better bin-raking bollocks-horns"
The long and short of this YouGov polling is you are going to struggle to win an election by trying to make it a referendum on the incumbent's record, when your own party has no approval for its own - far more salient - record
Rightly or wrongly, it's Starmer who is tanking Sarwar, not the SNP.
Rightly or wrongly, it's Starmer who is tanking Sarwar, not the SNP.
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The long and short of this YouGov polling is you are going to struggle to win an election by trying to make it a referendum on the incumbent's record, when your own party has no approval for its own - far more salient - record
Rightly or wrongly, it's Starmer who is tanking Sarwar, not the SNP.
Rightly or wrongly, it's Starmer who is tanking Sarwar, not the SNP.
We think we've found the source of the briefings against Wes Streeting...
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We think we've found the source of the briefings against Wes Streeting...
A few days after Labour Conference, here's my take on what it means for Scottish Labour
They're a party that feels high on copium, dragged down by a party chief they know is a bust but can't change
They're a party that feels high on copium, dragged down by a party chief they know is a bust but can't change
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A few days after Labour Conference, here's my take on what it means for Scottish Labour
They're a party that feels high on copium, dragged down by a party chief they know is a bust but can't change
They're a party that feels high on copium, dragged down by a party chief they know is a bust but can't change
Reason No. 1 not to call the UK's new digital ID a "Brit Card"
September 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reason No. 1 not to call the UK's new digital ID a "Brit Card"
I would criticise this but my Football Manager hours played stat is so high it would be fruitless.
July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I would criticise this but my Football Manager hours played stat is so high it would be fruitless.
Stephen Gethins appears to be broadcasting live from a 1940s vampire film
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Stephen Gethins appears to be broadcasting live from a 1940s vampire film