RSS Parrot

BETA

🦜 @ballotbox.scot on Bluesky

@bsky.app.profile.ballotbox.scot@rss-parrot.net

I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.

---

Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights. Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot

Your feed and you don't want it here? Just e-mail the birb.

Site URL: bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot

Feed URL: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y33v532tea3bc3ni4tydhei4/rss

Posts: 29

Followers: 1

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lz6sl7pcg22i

Published: September 19, 2025 11:54

Stirling East by-election set for the 30th of October; given the SNP won a December by-election here with an advantage over Labour of around 7% after transfers, and things have only gotten worse for Labour since, you'd have to assume the money's on another…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lz2hgv3uek2w

Published: September 17, 2025 18:24

Oh hells bells I had a typo in the URL for this piece so I fixed that and then accidentally went two posts deep into deleting because my brain shut down, anyway here's a preview of Ayr North, be glad I wrote 90% of this pre-holiday because post is poorly…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lyq53n52q225

Published: September 13, 2025 15:52

Not quite an election but sad to report Team Edinburgh placed 18 out of 25 at the World Tram Driver Championships đź«  Thoroughly gubbed, especially by the host (they have the advantage mind, but also it was very sweet how exciting that was for the crowd)

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lydvo7lgkk27

Published: September 8, 2025 19:08

Long-time followers of Ballot Box Scotland may be familiar with my preferred "Scandinavian" voting system; Norway is the closest to what I advocate adopting in Scotland (and the UK), so why not follow their elections tonight?…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lyd4v46dvs2j

Published: September 8, 2025 11:44

I haven't been posting about every retirement announcement but with Kevin Stewart (SNP, Aberdeen Central) also today announcing he's standing down next year due to ill health, we're now up to a remarkable 59% minimum turnover of MSPs in the North East,…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lyb4ewpz272e

Published: September 7, 2025 16:30

New Campaign-Period(ish) projection just dropped on the Holyrood Hub page! Holyrood Projection as of 1st of September (vs 2021 on new boundaries): SNP ~ 61 (-2) Lab ~ 18 (-3) RUK ~ 18 (+18) Con ~ 11 (-20) Grn ~ 11 (+1) LD ~ 10 (+6) Full details here:…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lyaqxvgjy22l

Published: September 7, 2025 13:06

A brief section in this piece about the perils of thinking yourself very clever in telling your opponent, at the high point of the parliamentary week, they're headed for the door when your recent polling has been weak and a further bad poll could drop at…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3ly6lwshsoi2x

Published: September 6, 2025 16:30

Poll Analysis: More in Common 21st of August - 1st of September 2025 Holyrood Seat Projection: SNP ~ 63 Labour ~ 17 Reform UK ~ 17 Lib Dem ~ 15 Conservative ~ 11 Green ~ 6 Independence: No ~ 52% Yes ~ 48% https://ballotbox.scot/common-september-2025/

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3ly3pxwgox22t

Published: September 5, 2025 13:04

The Regional Preview series ahead of next year's election is now complete - at least in terms of the descriptions and expectations for each region and constituency! Candidates will be added as and when they are available (focus will be on the big parties…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxz63n4ons2p

Published: September 4, 2025 12:39

Some bizarre figures in here (Lib Dem figure wild, but then, Ipsos had a wild Green figure, so pick your small party house effect), but regardless, Holyrood's voting system is not holding up well; the "correct" proportional AMS outcome should be: SNP ~ 46…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxz5x5wqlk2p

Published: September 4, 2025 12:36

New Scottish Parliament poll, More in Common ?? Aug/Sep (vs 2021 Election (first MIC Holyrood)): List: SNP ~ 32% (-8) Lab ~ 16% (-2) RUK ~ 16% (+16) LD ~ 14% (+9) Con ~ 12% (-11) Grn ~ 8% (nc) Constituency: SNP ~ 37% (-11) Lab ~ 17% (-5) RUK ~ 16% (+16)…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxx2krxjd52e

Published: September 3, 2025 16:31

SP26: West Scotland Region Preview Sure, the SNP vs Labour contests will be most important here, but Eastwood could really piss on Russell Findlay's chips and this is also one of the best bets for Lib Dem recovery anywhere in the country.…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxu3al5fg22y

Published: September 2, 2025 12:05

We are now up to a total of 38 explicitly retiring MSPs and 3 that I would consider effectively deselected; realistically the most recent retirement strikes me as "was on road to being knocked out via deselection so jumped before being pushed" but such is…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxpxww2qf22c

Published: August 31, 2025 20:55

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages by-election, following this deeply unsavoury situation, due up on the 6th of November. A narrow SNP lead over Labour of about 5.5% after transfers in 2022, so I'd put this in tossup territory at the moment. [contains…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxpwpvv2ls2c

Published: August 31, 2025 20:33

Ayr North by-election set for the 16th of October. Ayr as a town is considered quite Conservative leaning, but not so in this ward. SNP beat Labour by around 13% in single-seat terms here in 2022; Labour *generally* haven't overturned those kinds of leads…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxpj5wwnlf2n

Published: August 31, 2025 16:30

SP26: South Scotland Region Preview What do Eyemouth and East Kilbride have in common? Beats me, but they're in the same region now. Will the Greens fill in their one 2021 gap, and can the Conservatives keep the whole border blue?…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxmyoh5fs524

Published: August 30, 2025 16:30

SP26: A Tale of Two Civil Wars A summer of strife concludes with the Greens in a happier position than they might have expected, whilst the Conservatives plumb new depths of misery. https://ballotbox.scot/tale-of-two-civil-wars/

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxjznnbqn22g

Published: August 29, 2025 12:10

Not as much to a Green leadership election as other parties, but nonetheless everything is now added to this page, which caps off this particular contest! https://ballotbox.scot/scottish-parliament/green-leadership-election-2025/ [contains quote post or…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxjpdfgnzk2x

Published: August 29, 2025 09:05

Scottish Green Party Co-Leadership election 2025, first preferences: Gillian Mackay MSP: 322 (33.9%) Ross Greer MSP: 298 (31.4%) Lorna Slater MSP: 264 (27.8%) Dominic Ashmole: 66 (6.9%) Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer elected Co-Leaders.

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxhxroogrk2h

Published: August 28, 2025 16:31

By-Election Preview: Caol and Mallaig (Highland) 25th of September 2025 Unfinished business from 2022, as this ward was uncontested then. Highland = Independent has been the recent tale, but the Lib Dems have been gunning for Lochaber lately too.…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxhdfi4mrc2n

Published: August 28, 2025 10:26

This article on the BBC has a section which is not quite accurate I'm afraid. I appreciate that "more parties standing = more competition for list seats" seems like a really obvious claim to make, but it's actually not as direct as that. It's vote share…

https://bsky.app/profile/ballotbox.scot/post/3lxh7n225l22n

Published: August 28, 2025 09:19

Parliamentarian defections are great fun because nobody likes them regardless, but in Scotland we get extra huffiness when it's a list MSP and everyone suddenly pretends that constituency MSPs have a special magical personal mandate when actually it's…