In the spirit of full disclosure and following on from this morning’s post, I thought I’d flag up a poll from Ipsos/Mori commissioned by STV on Megrahi’s release:
On the question of whether Kenny MacAskill should have allowed Megrahi return home to die, the results were:
Disagreed – 54% (46% prior year)
Agreed – 35% (42% prior year)
So, support for the decision is thinning and I suppose that is to be expected given how unlikely it is for someone to go from being against the decision to being in favour of it just because the man has lived longer than expected.
I still don’t think this issue should, or will, dominate Scotland’s domestic political agenda for the months and years to come.
Friday, August 20, 2010
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The swing doesn't surprise me given media coverage (stirring?) and, to be fair, the fact that Megrahi appears relatively healthy (i.e. alive) to Joe Public.
Interestingly, I saw/heard Ann Leslie of the Daily Mail last week not shying away from the fact that people can recover unexpectedly well despite the early prognosis. This even though (I'm assuming) she cannot abide the SNP.
Thought Alex Salmond did well on Sky News this morning in exposing Labour and Tory duplicity (i.e. Blair Government saying one thing while Scottish Labour says another).
If you look at the questions asked they differ from the ones asked last year to get the result to suit.
Given the continuous distortion and the pounding the Government has had on this all across the "Scottish " media I am heartened that support remains as high as 35%.
I am much comforted that virtually all the sensible, decent and politically aware voters support the decision which is a defining moment for the SNP
As more and more people understand that Al Megrahi's conviction is now almost certainly unsustainable this group will grow.
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