Hapless or Hopeless, an Uninspiring Choice for the Poor Voter

Mail on Sunday › April 12, 2006

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JACK McCONNELL likes to boast that Scotland is 'the best small country in the world'. Trouble is, voters seem to believe he is anything but the best First Minister we could have.

A new YouGov poll confirms what was already well known: that ever since he became First Minister in 2001, his personal standing among his fellow-Scots has nose-dived. It is nothing personal; the slump in his personal standing is entirely performance-related.

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Hapless or Hopeless, an Uninspiring Choice for the Poor Voter

The public have twigged that McConnell is long on gestures and postures,...

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