This is the 5th in a series looking at the challenges and opportunities for the 7 main Great Britain parties. Today we will look at the Scottish National Party. Feast or famine Unlike Plaid Cymru, the SNP have a more consistent level of support across Scotland. In 2025, this ranged from 17% in Edinburgh South to 40% in Angus and Perthshire Glens. This means the SNP are often in a feast or famine situation. 30% of the vote in 2024…
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Last week I said if Reform were going to win the next general election then they would need to not look a party made up former Tory MPs because of the Tory legacies in so many area, especially immigration but it would appear that Reform voters are happy with the defectors. TSE
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A few weeks ago I said there could be value in backing Reform to win the 2028 London mayoral race because at the time the election was set to be held under the flawed first past the post system where I could see a party winning the election on say 20% of the vote. Labour have reversed the the mandateless change the Tories inflicted on the mayoral voting systems so I expect in London this is good news for the…
Labour starts delivering on an important manifesto pledge I have to confess about a dozen years ago I was not supportive of 16 and 17 year olds having the vote but then I saw the positive impact they had in the Indyref of 2014 on both sides and I changed my mind. I suspect turnout amongst this age group will be rather lower than all other age groups so won’t have the ramifications people on the left hope for and…