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James Kelly
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Pro-independence blogger at 'Scot Goes Pop!', one of Scotland's three most-read political blogs. Member of the SNP's Policy Development Committee. Email: [email protected]
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Rachel Reeves confirms Scotland is in a FORCED union with England. She claims there is literally NO democratic path to independence. So is this a material change of circumstances that should lead to the SNP strategy being revisited? -

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IT'S OFFICIAL: Rachel Reeves confirms Scotland is in a FORCED union with England, not a voluntary one. She claims there is literally NO democratic path to independence. So is this a material change ...
* .* .* With just over one month of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you'd...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Does the Alba Party's "princess" Shannon Cullen regret her ill-judged association with far-right agitator Craig Houston, now that he's been whipping up racial hatred outside a primary school? -

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Does the Alba Party's "princess" Shannon Cullen regret her ill-judged association with far-right agitator Craig Houston, now that he's been whipping up racial hatred outside a primary school?
In a way it's ironic that the Alba Party have become so vehemently anti-monarchy, because they certainly believe in the principle of Royal F...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Landmark YouGov poll shows how SNP could win independence by holding the balance of power in London -

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Landmark YouGov poll shows how SNP could win independence by holding the balance of power in London
* .* .* With just over one month of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Scotland becoming a "YouGov democracy" is not the road to independence -

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Scotland becoming a "YouGov democracy" is not the road to independence
* .* .* With just over one month of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Nothing succeeds like secession -

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Nothing succeeds like secession
Just a quick note to let you know I am one of the interviewees in Dani Garavelli's Radio 4 documentary If At First You Don't Secede... , whi...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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"War is not a Hollywood movie. Living, breathing people are the ones who must be saved." -

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"War is not a Hollywood movie. Living, breathing people are the ones who must be saved."
Iuliia Mendel on Twitter: "Every subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse — because we are losing. We are losing people, territory, an...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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My response to Chris McEleny's allegation that I defamed him in reference to his role in the 2023 Alba vote-rigging scandal (the short answer is: no I didn't) -

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My response to Chris McEleny's allegation that I defamed him in reference to his role in the 2023 Alba vote-rigging scandal (the short answer is: no I didn't)
I received an unsolicited email out of the blue a few hours ago from the Alba Party's disgraced former General Secretary, Chris McEleny, who...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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BREAKING: Stew ducks the debate - it turns out he's NOT a Charlie Kirk type after all and doesn't believe in debating his political opponents - WELL THAT'S A SURPRISE NONE OF US SAW THAT COMING DID WE:

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BREAKING: Stew ducks the debate - it turns out he's NOT a Charlie Kirk type after all and doesn't believe in debating his political opponents - his claim after Kirk's death to have never run away from...
After issuing my video debate challenge to controversial blogger Stuart "Stew" Campbell, I said this:  "Please do let me know your thrillin...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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A challenge to Stew: you claim to be a debate-loving Charlie Kirk type, so it's time to put up or shut up. It's time for a debate on video. No more excuses: let's set a time, agree on a neutral moderator if required, and let's get this done -

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A challenge to Stew: you claim to be a debate-loving Charlie Kirk type, so it's time to put up or shut up. It's time for a debate on video. No more excuses: let's set a time, agree on a neutral mode...
Stew on Twitter: "Ultimately this Bindel-Webberley thing is like when I foolishly tried to engage in a debate with James Kelly. Just like hi...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: the ego has landed -

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: the ego has landed
If the history books even bother telling the story of how the Alba Party died, their verdict will probably be a paradoxical one: that the pa...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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18th November 2025: WHAT A NIGHT to be Scottish, as the SNP rack up yet ANOTHER double-digit lead in a YouGov subsample -

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18th November 2025: WHAT A NIGHT to be Scottish, as the SNP rack up yet ANOTHER double-digit lead in a YouGov subsample
As you may have seen, The National actually contacted YouGov and asked them for a reaction to my video from Monday, in which I pointed out ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Support for independence SURGED in "secret YouGov poll in September" - so why were we kept in the dark? -

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Support for independence SURGED in "secret YouGov poll in September" - so why were we kept in the dark?
* .* .* With less than two months of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If yo...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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There is a YES MAJORITY in the average of all Scottish independence polls conducted in 2025 so far -

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There is a YES MAJORITY in the average of all Scottish independence polls conducted in 2025 so far
* .* .* With less than two months of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you'...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Uncharted territory as party in favour of Scottish independence takes second place in GB-wide poll -

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Uncharted territory as party in favour of Scottish independence takes second place in GB-wide poll
* .* .* With less than two months of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you'...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Let's build a wall, and put Nigel Farage on the other side of it -

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Let's build a wall, and put Nigel Farage on the other side of it
You've got to admit, I'm on a roll with these.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Why independence would save money for HARD-WORKING SCOTTISH TAXPAYERS -

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Why independence would save money for HARD-WORKING SCOTTISH TAXPAYERS
I hope you appreciate these, because it took about fifteen attempts before Grok gave me versions with only minimal spelling mistakes.  And y...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The Alba Party angrily denies allegations it has illegally nominated by-election candidates - but does the denial raise more questions than answers? -

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The Alba Party angrily denies allegations it has illegally nominated by-election candidates - but does the denial raise more questions than answers?
As you may have seen on The National's website, the Alba Party is belatedly now a McEleny-free zone.  A whole six months after his expulsion...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Why the Believe in Scotland plan to win independence could be a GAME-CHANGER -

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Why the Believe in Scotland plan to win independence could be a GAME-CHANGER
When I first heard in vague terms what was in the new Believe in Scotland plan to win independence, I was sceptical, and I expected to be ev...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Are Labour quite sure there are no downsides to going all in on being the party of radiation? -

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Are Labour quite sure there are no downsides to going all in on being the party of radiation?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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A response to Alba man Jim Cassidy's rather cowardly personal attack -

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A response to Alba man Jim Cassidy's rather cowardly personal attack
This is a blogpost I've been meaning to write for a little while, and as my previous post contained yet more allegations about sleaze in the...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Alba Sleaze Update: Party insider makes explosive allegation that every single Alba local by-election candidate since McEleny's downfall has been nominated illegitimately -

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Alba Sleaze Update: Party insider makes explosive allegation that every single Alba local by-election candidate since McEleny's downfall has been nominated illegitimately
In my earlier post about the Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages by-election , I suggested that the fact that Alba were even able to put f...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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SNP stroll to big landslide win in Fife by-election -

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SNP stroll to big landslide win in Fife by-election
It's the middle of the night as I post this, but I'll just briefly give you the by-election result, because it's a second impressive win for...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Stuart Campbell, the restraining order, and the "visibly distressed horse": here are the facts as we know them so far -

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November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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YouGov latest: another swing to Yes on the independence question, and the SNP on course to win big -

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YouGov latest: another swing to Yes on the independence question, and the SNP on course to win big
* .* .* With less than two months of the year left to go, the   2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser  is still short of its target figure.  If you'...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM