It’s the most unpredictable British general election in decades, and all eyes are again on Scotland. Last year’s independence referendum may have gone against the Yes campaign, but polls suggest a major electoral breakthrough for the SNP in May.
Lord Ashcroft’s poll of 14 constituencies showed a swing of 20% away from Labour, with the party in danger of losing most of its seats north of the border.
A poll this week gave the SNP a 10-point lead in Scotland, still enough to wipe out half of Labour’s Scottish seats, as well as the vast majority of those held by the Liberal Democrats.
Labour sharing a platform with the Conservatives and Lib Dems as part of the Better Together campaign still rankles with many voters.
“They betrayed the Scottish Labour voters in the most spectacular fashion, and in the most fundamental way possible by standing shoulder to shoulder with Cameron and Clegg,” said bobmillarschamois. “My shift to the SNP is irrevocable.”
Other Guardian readers were more cautious. “The SNP are not socialist enough for me nor for a great many of their new voters. I will vote SNP for the first time in two decades come May, not because I genuinely embrace their politics, but because I am pragmatic and realistic,” said Tonester7.
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