A new poll by YouGov has recorded the biggest ever poll lead for the SNP with the party establishing a 19% lead over the Labour party in Scottish Parliament constituency voting intentions. The poll, commissioned by the SNP, is the first since John Mason sensationally won the Glasgow East by-election and shows the SNP on 44% with Labour trailing on 25%. On the basis of these figures all three Labou...

It's remarkable to read that a new poll by YouGov has recorded the biggest ever poll lead for the SNP with the party establishing a 19% lead over the Labour party in Scottish Parliament constituency voting intentions. The poll, commissioned by the SNP, is the first since John Mason sensationally won the Glasgow East by-election and shows the SNP on 44% with Labour trailing on 25%. On the basi...

Political attention now turns to the Glasgow East by election, where the SNP are threatening Labour's 13,500 majority. They will be bouyed today by a YouGov poll for the Scottish Daily Telegraph which not only shows SNP support at record levels, but also that 49% of Scottish voters want the SNP to unseat Labour in Glasgow East.The poll also shows the Conservatives doing much better on 20%, up 4% o...

A YouGov poll for the SNP has some fairly good results for the nationalists. Scottish voting intentions for Westminster leave the SNP only two points behind Westminster, which together with an expected 2-3 Plaid gains will mean that the Plaid-SNP Westminster group could be significantly larger by 2010. This is of course a poll commissioned by a political party, so there's no knowing whether or not...

The white smoke lasted all of a few seconds: from the moment I became editor I knew who I wanted to succeed me as political editor. In what few discussions I had about it, the same name was clearly ahead. And reading the comment threads, you guys knew it too. But today it’s official: James Forsyth, whose political analysis you have been following for so long, will be the new political editor...

A poll putting the SNP in the lead for Thursday's European elections has been hailed by the Nationalists. The SNP said the poll findings came in a Scottish breakdown of a YouGov poll for a London-based newspaper, which at UK level gives the Tories a 17-point lead over Labour.

BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor puts your questions to SNP Finance Minister John Swinney at the SNP conference.

A quite startling YouGov poll in the Daily Express today (courtesy of Scottish Tory Boy) SNP - 34% Conservatives - 24% Labour 24% Lib Dem - 17% I make it this gives a breakdown in seats of: SNP - 30! Tory - 11 Labour - 9 Lib Dem - 9 Nothing short of spanking I'm sure you'll agree. It goes to show how good this poll is for the SNP that not only would the SNP take the much-discussed Paisle...

YouGov has a new poll of Scottish voting intentions in the Sunday Times. The full voting intentions, with changes from YouGov’s last Scottish poll in September are: In a Westminster General election CON 20%(+3), LAB 38%(+6), LDEM 11%(-2), SNP 29%(-5) In the Scottish Parliament constituency vote CON 14%(+1), LAB 31%(+5), LDEM 12%(-3), SNP 39%(-3) In the Scottish Parliament

- The SNP in Alex Salmond think that Scots “didn’t mind” Thatcher’s economics. - The SNP Government has frozen council tax, cut services and slashed business rates. - The SNP appointed the Thatcherite ex RBS Chair George Mathewson. - The SNP relied on the votes of the Tories to pass their budget. - Alex Salmond appoints the Daily Mail’s Political Editor as his Special...