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The SNP have released new figures from a YouGov poll. Constituency voting intentions for the Scottish Parliament stand at CON 14%(-4), LAB 32%(-1), LDEM 13%(+1), SNP 35%(+3). Sadly regional voting intentions were not asked, so it can't be translated into a projected Scottish Parliament result. (Neither are there Westminster voting intention figures, but I've no idea if they were asked or not - sometimes the SNP release their figures over a couple of days).

59% of respondents disagreed that the SNP should be excluded from the televised leadership debates, with 31% agreeing. It suggests the Scottish public would like the SNP included in any debate, but of course if there was a debate being broadcase only in Scotland there probably wouldn't have been a problem in the first place - the reason there is one is because it to be broadcast across nations with different party systems. My expectation is that the issue will end up being decided in the courts of law, rather than the court of public opinion.

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