Just a quick one, because I was amused by a little detail from the latest Britain-wide Panelbase poll, which is bang up to date because it was conducted between Wednesday and yesterday. Respondents were asked to give their views on the leaders of the five largest parties (Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats and Brexit Party). As you’d expect given the diet of bile about the SNP that the right-wing press routinely serve up for their southern readers, Nicola Sturgeon’s ratings are nothing to write home about. 24% think she’s doing well, and 39% think she’s doing badly, giving her a net approval rating of -15. But that’s still enough to slightly outperform Jo Swinson, who 22% think is doing well, and 39% think is doing badly, giving a net approval rating of -17.
If Ms Swinson is less popular even than a filthy Jock separatist, maybe she isn’t quite the Messiah her party have been taking her for.
It goes without saying that Ms Sturgeon is also more popular throughout Britain than Jeremy Corbyn (who has a net approval rating of -39) and Nigel Farage (who has a net approval rating of -28).
