Summary
SCOTS beware. In the next few weeks Shir Shean himself will be ringing us up to persuade us that the SNP aren't the joke, Labour are. But it's the Labourites who are laughing. The party is convinced that the SNP is history.
And on paper, things don't look very promising for the Nationalists. The latest opinion poll - in the admittedly Laboursupporting Daily Record - gave Labour a 35 point lead over the SNP. The SNP's own polling puts them more than 20 points behind. Nobody thinks they'll gain seats and there is a real danger that their share of the vote might drift down below the 19.7-per cent of the European elections. That did for John Swinney. Could it be the end for the retread leader, Alex Salmond - aka the Absentee?See the full content of this document
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Should Labour Laugh at the Snp?Holyrood Commentary
Well, he's only been in post for a few months, so it is hard to expect miracles from Salmond. But there are a number of reasons for thinking that this election could go better than expected for his party. For one thing, the Nats are doing such a good job of lowering expectations that eve...
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