John Curtice

Professor Sir John Curtice

Sir John Curtice: Very unlikely Burnham will call an early election

Sir John Curtice

Curtice: Politics has 'fragmented' and class is no longer so important

Malcolm Offord MSP and Nigel Farage MP

Offord: 'Establishment stitch-up' as parties reject Farage by-election

Reform candidate Thomas Kerr, Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, UK leader Nigel Farage, chairman Dr David Bull, and candidate Graham Simpson on stage at the P&J Live in Aberdeen.

John Curtice: Reform voters want the Britain of 30 years ago

John Swinney

SNP to fall short of overall majority at Holyrood election, poll finds

Professor Sir John Curtice

Holyrood election: John Curtice gives his verdict with a week to go

Sir Keir Starmer (R) and Peter Mandelson

Tories 'considering options' for removing Starmer as Prime Minister

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney acknowledges applause after addressing the SNP campaign Conference at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Saturday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Swinney will have to do better in next Parliament

Mass at St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow. Scottish Labour is now targeting the Catholic vote ahead of Holyrood elections given Reform and SNP's position on faith schools. PIC: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Labour targets Catholic vote as SNP and Reform 'abandon' faith schools

John Curtice: Labour is more vulnerable to Reform in Scotland

Hannah Bardell celebrating after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Analysis Nightmare start to Scots Labour conference after by-election humiliation

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Analysis Tories stare down an electoral trouncing as they gather in Edinburgh

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Majority of Scots say Sarwar was right to call on Starmer to quit

First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Gap between SNP and Reform narrows, but nationalists on track to win

Reform has opened up a five point lead over Labour according to a new poll

Reform UK opens up five-point lead over Labour in Holyrood race

Malcolm Offord, left, and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Disaffection poses threat to political status quo Scotsman comment

Shoppers out and about on Buchanan Street in Glasgow.

Poll: Economic insecurity driving political disaffection in Scotland

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Poll: Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK stalls in Scotland

Allan Faulds from Ballot Box Scotland, Professor Sir John Curtice from Strathclyde University, and Mark Diffley from the Diffley Partnership.

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Sir Keir Starmer in Glasgow in 2023

Damning view of Labour voters in Scotland revealed in new poll

A march in support for Scottish independence in 2024 in Glasgow (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Link between identity and views on independence has grown stronger Sir John Curtice

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Poll: Reform ahead of Labour in Holyrood as Scots back deportations

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Sir John Curtice: 'Starmer's Labour really are in deep doo-doo'

Jeremy Corbyn MP and Patrick Harvie MSP

Curtice: Scottish Greens could lose out to Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party

Scottish Labour Deputy leader Jackie Ballie, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Davy Russell, newly elected Scottish Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Labour needs to sell message of positive change

A Reform UK election billboard poster in Larkhall

Analysis How Labour 'defied the odds' and Reform ripped up the rulebook

Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie, the party's leader Anas Sarwar and Davy Russell celebrate during a rally on Castle Street, Hamilton, after he was declared the winner for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election

SNP's bubble 'burst', says Sarwar, as Swinney plans Cabinet reshuffle

Professor Sir John Curtice (left) gives his assessment on Reform UK's vote success under leader Nigel Farage (right).

Curtice's warning for Anas Sarwar and how he rates Reform vote surge

John Swinney, Anas Sarwar and Nigel Farage

Hamilton by-election: Professor Sir John Curtice gives his predictions

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Rise of Nigel Farage's Reform UK boosts support for independence

Savvy customers are swerving tactics such as 'shrinkflation' and 'skimpflation' when they shop (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Households are being fleeced by food manufacturers

Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Farage's Reform predicted to become official Holyrood opposition

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, is opposed to net zero and won the highest vote share in last week's English local elections

'Fascinating' poll reveals boost for Reform as pecking order changes

First Minister John Swinney has raised concerns about the rise of Reform UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Swinney should ask himself why people are voting for Reform

Professor Sir John Curtice

Curtice: Local election results 'good' for Swinney, bad for Sarwar

Nigel Farage (left) and Sarah Pochin of the Reform Party speak to members of the media as a vote recount is conducted during the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Exclusive What the local election results mean for Scotland and the SNP

First Minister John Swinney and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

John Curtice: Result of key Holyrood by-election 'in lap of the gods'

Scottish Greens rule out doing a deal with Labour

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Analysis Cuts and weak growth only add to Scottish Labour's woes

First Minister John Swinney campaigning with Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance MSP.

'Inevitable' SNP will be at the core of the next Holyrood government

The University of Glasgow.

Curtice, Spiteri to receive prized university degree

Police officers outside the home of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell as part of Operation Branchform.

John Curtice: Operation Branchform could hit SNP's election spending
With a pro-independence majority sitting on a knife edge, Professor Sir John Curtice says the lack of trust in the SNP could make a big difference

Political scientist Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

John Curtice suggests John Swinney's anti-Reform summit will help SNP

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Poll: Labour set for worst Holyrood election result since devolution

Pollster Sir John Curtice (right) has given his verdict on the prospects of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) becoming first minister

Curtice suggests polling lifeline as Sarwar faces 'impossible' task

First Minister John Swinney delivers a speech focused on the Scottish economy in central Glasgow

Poll suggests pro-independence majority of MSPs and Labour ‘implosion’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) has been forthright about the state of the UK economy

'Maybe people don't like honesty': Ian Murray on Labour polling

Pollster Sir John Curtice (right) has given his verdict on the prospects of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) becoming first minister

Curtice gives verdict on likelihood of Sarwar becoming first minister

Ash Regan MSP.

Exclusive Ash Regan confirms bid to succeed Alex Salmond as Alba leader

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage

The 5,844 reasons why Reform UK thinks it can overtake Scottish Tories

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon 'could still lead' SNP independence campaign - Curtice

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

SNP will focus on solutions to combat Reform, First Minister says

Scottish independence supporters on the march. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yes vote for Scottish independence hits 4-year high in new poll

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Support for Labour in Scotland plummets after budget statement

First Minister John Swinney delivers his address at the SNP annual national conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Sunday (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: It's a myth that there is a Scottish 'middle class'

Political scientist Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Independence and Brexit are different nationalisms, John Curtice says

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