I’m really interested to see if the election result and the fall of the SNP will have a knock on effect on polling intentions for Holyrood.
I presume some polling will be done soon
They should have made Sarwar Scottish Secretary so that he had veto over the Scottish parliament. It would have been top tier banter and also made him semi-relevant.
Will be very interesting as we may see a proper uptick in stuff for Scotland as they have a real big chance to get in to the high numbers inHolyRood. If they can show a future it may quiten down the independence movement for a while.
One of the challenges for Labour will be that they’ll have an incumbency factor after 2 years in office and will have to answer for their actions. Their manifesto was extremely thin and as a result the Salisbury Convention (where the House of Lords which is Tory dominated won’t block anything that was in their manifesto) won’t apply to anything that is substantively beyond the pro-austerity prospectus on which they were elected.
So at a time when people are desperate for change, Labour will need to really deliver if they want to try form the next Scottish Government or the SNP might pick up on that dissatisfaction.
Labour will be running on a change ticket again, but will actually need to produce a serious manifesto on what they will change to win swing voters, as it’s not kicking the Tories out this time.
The “everything is shite” thing doesn’t fly when you are seeking to become an administration, you need to lay out what you will change specifically and cost it.
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I’m really interested to see if the election result and the fall of the SNP will have a knock on effect on polling intentions for Holyrood.
I presume some polling will be done soon
They should have made Sarwar Scottish Secretary so that he had veto over the Scottish parliament. It would have been top tier banter and also made him semi-relevant.
Will be very interesting as we may see a proper uptick in stuff for Scotland as they have a real big chance to get in to the high numbers inHolyRood. If they can show a future it may quiten down the independence movement for a while.
One of the challenges for Labour will be that they’ll have an incumbency factor after 2 years in office and will have to answer for their actions. Their manifesto was extremely thin and as a result the Salisbury Convention (where the House of Lords which is Tory dominated won’t block anything that was in their manifesto) won’t apply to anything that is substantively beyond the pro-austerity prospectus on which they were elected.
So at a time when people are desperate for change, Labour will need to really deliver if they want to try form the next Scottish Government or the SNP might pick up on that dissatisfaction.
Labour will be running on a change ticket again, but will actually need to produce a serious manifesto on what they will change to win swing voters, as it’s not kicking the Tories out this time.
The “everything is shite” thing doesn’t fly when you are seeking to become an administration, you need to lay out what you will change specifically and cost it.