‘End’ of SNP dominance in Scotland boosts Labour

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“This would bring an end to nearly 20 years of SNP dominance in Scotland.”
Keir Starmer will be hoping to capitalise on the SNP “chaos” and boost Labour’s standing in Scotland to win crucial seats in a general election, explains Martina Bet.
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@scottishbombolini7794 Ай бұрын

Why would anyone here in Scotland ever consider voting for a branch office .

@efinna4004 Ай бұрын

Labour will be worse for s Scotland they are ANTI WOMEN & Anti British they are more interested in migrants than the people of this country.

@efinna4004 Ай бұрын

Labour & SNP OUT OF SCOTLAND.

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

@@efinna4004😂

@alana8863 Ай бұрын

@@efinna4004 Got some bad news for you! But I must admit, the Tories have done a great job for Britain. Only joking.

@scottishbombolini7794 Ай бұрын

@@efinna4004 Apparently to leave the country free for the staunch and nut jobs able to roam free 🙄

@gojo2194 Ай бұрын

Same old same old ...

@thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527 Ай бұрын

It is funny seeing the extremes of Left and Right in the SNP

@flatoutflatbroke Ай бұрын

Starmer can't believe his luck both North and South of the border, lucky generals etc...

@markwilkie3677 Ай бұрын

Starmer is seen as a red Tory north of the border. Ask yourself why Independence seeking Scots would vote for a unionist party....

@pipoo1 Ай бұрын

Oppositions don’t win elections Governments lose them and both the SNP and Tories look like massive losers atm. Sturgeon and Johnson were cut from the same cloth and they’ve both left their parties in utter chaos.

@deano2160 Ай бұрын

Problem is they elected on diversity rather than abilities.

@MrTzimisces Ай бұрын

The SNP will be the largest party in Scotland and I'd be willing to put money on that. Labour would have to enter coalition with either the Lib Dems or the Tories and that would be super toxic

@rory7590 Ай бұрын

The question is really about Scottish representation in Westminster. If Labour end up as the party in government, then having an MP in parliament is going to have an increase in influence on Scottish affairs.

@SlowhandGreg Ай бұрын

Why do they need a coalition you can rule by consensus in a bipartisan manner. The idea that you can force through policy when you represent a minority is the root of uk electoral problems

@Joe-og6br Ай бұрын

The whole point of the Scottish Parliament is to have coalitions. They never thought a party would get a majority like the SNP has had.

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

@@Joe-og6bryes spot on. I don’t know why Scotland has a voting regime that isn’t deemed fit for purpose in Westminster. Such a scheme was rejected in a UK referendum in 2011. The only reason clowns like Douglas Ross get a seat in Hollyrood is because of the Additional Member system.

@derekbrown3165 Ай бұрын

You don't know what you are talking about. the polls say that Labour will win the election without a single seat in Scotland.

@stevemarshall4822 Ай бұрын

Immediately after Humza made his anti 'White' speech, the Labour leader echoed it, admittedly with even less charisma.

@Millie.com232 Ай бұрын

Sir Kneel Starmer is not a choice for Scotland. He’s as much involved in identity politics as the SNP

@lindamillar2505 Ай бұрын

The labour leader in Scotland is a racist like Humza So kier better be paying attention to that it won't end well

@benmayhew2K Ай бұрын

That's it, Scotland essential for Labour Government n they have it now, we'll get a Labour government now.

@archiemillington306 Ай бұрын

fooking hope not

@rossmacnab2655 Ай бұрын

I for one totally agree, Once Labour forever, but lately voted SNP,F*** another 14 yrs of Tory misrule!!Vote Labour 🤟

@lindamillar2505 Ай бұрын

Not in Scotland the leader in Hollyrood is Anas Sarwar who is just a clone of Humza another racist

@funnythat9956 Ай бұрын

The amount of politicking around the issue is amazing. The simple fact is that the climate change targets which have been generated by all European governments are unachievable. Everybody knows this. The Scottish government probably was a bit careless to bow to the inevitable scientific analysis and cancel the targets. I see this as honesty. Where Hamza Yousaf made a mistake was to throw the Greens out of government before they could complete the consultation of their membership. That consultation probably would have recommended that the Greens leave the coalition government. Yousaf could have accepted the Greens leaving and then have continued to cooperate with the them (and other parties) on a case by case basis. The chaos in Scotland is not greater than anywhere in the UK. The UK has been on a long and steady decline since the Tories came to power in 2010. First with unnecessary austerity, then with the Brexit cluster***. People have consistently voted for their own poverty and the demise of the UK by believing the lies of the far right media (propaganda outlets of overseas billionaires). Having a Labour or Conservative government in Scotland or in Wales would not make an iota of a difference. Westminster holds the purse strings.

@beatricecowley4307 Ай бұрын

Did the Scots not get fed up with labour is that not how they ended up here? Was the reason for that. The labour party didn't work for or talk for Scotland's people? Since Starmer became party leader has he made any effort to go to Scotland or spoke about issues that relate to Scotland?Nothing will change if they get to govern the country. The priority will be London just like it always has been. Was that not why the SNP was formed in the first place. Scottish party that reflected the Scottish people. The Labour party are no longer red but light blue. They will favour the wealthy just like the Tories do. Very few of the labour party know or understand the people of this country. Gone are the days when everyone in the labour shared the experience of the the people who voted for them. The voter knew the person they voted for more than likely worked in a factory or down the pit along side them or at least some where similar. Now they' re power hungry without any real plans of how to proceed.

@dianecameron137 Ай бұрын

dont see any one worth my vote right now Alec Salmon he said if he did not get independence he would stay and work on then sodded of with in hours no one seems able to sort out all the problems the greens were crazy with their unrealistic net targets Labour no longer the people party like they used to be they all just the same now

@spms3018 Ай бұрын

That may be very true but SNP have run Glasgow and many other places into the ground and with the Green Party are obsessed only with Pink Issues.

@aok1550 Ай бұрын

The Scottish Government - devolved assembly - has the responsibility for Education, Health, Roads & Ferries, Housing, Judicial/Legal System etc. It also has tax raising powers and interestingly has declined the Social Security Budget. It also receives more money per head from Westminster via the Barnett Formula. Scotland’s problems are of its own making sadly. Therefore not sure why you think leaders of political parties at Westminster should visit frequently. The idea of a devolved assembly is that as it should be closer to the people it should know the needs of the people and thus respond to those needs.

@andrewoliver8930 Ай бұрын

The leadership of the UK nations has never been in such a state. Where is the DUP leader?

@aok1550 Ай бұрын

Why do you have the former Bank boss - ? Rose/Nat West? - in the background- the one who debanked Nigel Farage.

@markwilkie3677 Ай бұрын

The disconnect between `news` and reality is quite astonishing. There is not a hope of a Labour majority here in Scotland.

@pipoo1 Ай бұрын

I think it’s yourself that’s disconnected from reality; the polls, MRPs and by elections would say there’s every likelihood of Labour beating the SNP in Scotland both in seats and vote share. Aside from anything else is the stench of hypocrisy and BS now emanating from the ranks of the SNP over changing leader and First Minster twice in barely over a year without seeking a fresh mandate from the Scottish public, something they made lots of noise over in regards to Truss and Sunak. Showing such contempt for the public is bound to end in electoral disaster.

@TimWhite-xq3pk Ай бұрын

The fact is that Rwanda is a highly autocratic country and Paul Kgame extremely authoritarian. Step out of line and that's the end of you. I live in the area I should know. Sunak is really naive to promote such an irresponsible policy.

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

The political editor of the Sun 😂 An essay in irrelevance

@mrchoochoohead9033 Ай бұрын

I'm astonished whenever the Sun prints two and three syllable words

@andrewoliver8930 Ай бұрын

Same foreign owner. How patriotic.

@JMK948 Ай бұрын

8:02 That's a good one. 8:09 Decline - Sturgeon, Decay - Yousaf

@R_McGeddon117 Ай бұрын

Yousless DID NOT resign and he has no intention of doing so As he said in his speech he has TENDED his resignation and will stay on until a suitable replacement is found which in his party means never He says he is still determined to bring 100,000 Hamas operatives and supporters from Gaza to Scotland which would be his final nail in Scotlands coffin

@blackislepeas Ай бұрын

First 2 sentences - correct almost except for 'never' 3rd - BS

@sharonwashington8150 Ай бұрын

This will make GALLOWAY cry!! how sad they do not have any new ideas other than voting the same old mistakes, over and over again and again what ever happened to the Scotland we once knew??

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

Folk in England keep voting for the Tories over and over again. There we are then 🙄

@scottishbombolini7794 Ай бұрын

Clearly your knowledge on matters of Scotlands politics are lacking 🙄 if you believe it's the same auld same , instead of progressive policies that aren't seen elsewhere on this Island 😉

@sharonwashington8150 Ай бұрын

@@eckie4679 BUT!! its not just Tories is it! look at the Evil Blair has caused under Labour.

@sharonwashington8150 Ай бұрын

@@scottishbombolini7794 OLD!! lets hope you are RIGHT!

@scottishbombolini7794 Ай бұрын

@@sharonwashington8150 btw George Galloway is hopeless bar convincing the gullible he's the answer to whatevers the issue of the day. A cumsock blowing whatever way that's beneficial to auld britnat George, who believes in independence for Palestinians, but not for the place of his birth 😒 because rule Britannia.

@enawilson3210 Ай бұрын

Labour have no chance in Scotland .they maybe get a couple of seats but not massive

@alana8863 Ай бұрын

Labour have been leading SNP ever since the previous SNP leadership problems. Looks almost certain Labour will do even better now. So ''no chance' is completely at odds with the facts.

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

A distant third behind the Tories. No wonder they keep climbing into bed with them 🙄

@eckie4679 Ай бұрын

@@alana8863dream on 😂

@pipoo1 Ай бұрын

Current polls put Labour ahead of the SNP in voting intention in Scotland, recent MRPs have the SNP down to about 18 seats. The clue as to the SNPs electoral position was setting out the “29 seat strategy” at the conference last year, by implication meaning they expected to lose 20 seats.

@pipoo1 Ай бұрын

@@eckie4679I’d remind you that in the period 2007-2011 the SNP had an informal confidence and supply arrangement with the Tories. The outcome of the 2019 and 2021 election no longer reflects the political reality. Polling and by election clearly show a massive swing back to Labour has happened in Scotland and the SNPs admitted target for the General election is 29 seats, they have 48 currently. The party is basically insolvent thanks to Murrell, its membership has collapsed and the hypocrisy over its changes of leadership mid term is now deafening. Oppositions only vote to bring a Government down when they believe they can win the subsequent election.

@DavidJohnson-yg8qm Ай бұрын

It's a lose lose situation for Scottish independent people. The Scots need a government which can give the citizens lots on money and benefits for no effort.