UK General Election - May 7th 2015

[You kip if you want to...]

The Scottish Greens have announced their manifesto today

http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/news/greens-launch-manifesto-an-economy-for-the-people/

Includes supports for £10 minimum wage, the renationalisation of railways and more powers to be transferred to Scotland.

What's the relationship between the SNP and the Scots Greens like? Surely they can't be happy about this Green E&W/Plaid/SNP entente.

[You kip if you want to...]

Are the UK pollsters just making stuff up now?

They seem to have been doing that for a while..

As the media has become even more saturated with polls since 2010, the pundits have become even more dependent on them.

Worrying thing is that, historically, our opinion polls aren't exactly gospel. See: 1992, 1997, 2001, 2010. In an election this close, being off by even 2-3% will mean you could be miles off.

[You kip if you want to...]

A lot of the recent polls have the combined total for the big two parties actually gaining from 2010. Not that you know that from the meeja.

Yeah, I think the main 2 have been creeping up together since the start of March. I'll wait until after the big 7-party debate though...