[SCOT goes POP!] It has to be all hands to the pumps as YouGov poll shows the SNP have a 10-point deficit to overcome

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It has to be all hands to the pumps as YouGov poll shows the SNP have a 10-point deficit to overcome

Unfortunately, YouGov have confirmed the trend shown by the recent Redfield & Wilton poll, and indeed are showing a slightly bigger deficit for the SNP.

Scottish voting intentions for the next UK general election:

Labour 39% (+5)
SNP 29% (-4)
Conservatives 12% (-2)
Liberal Democrats 8% (-)
Greens 7% (+3)
Reform UK 4% (-1)

It's pretty obvious that the chaos surrounding Yousaf's departure has led to a further pro-Labour swing, but the one crumb of comfort is that it's not the total meltdown suffered by the Tories during and after the Trussmageddon.  The big question now is whether it will prove to be any more reversible than the Tories' slump was.  Overcoming a 10-point deficit in a few months is a tall order, but it's not totally impossible, and for that reason I want to say something directly to my own party Alba.  As I understand it, you have now announced that you will be standing against the SNP in roughly one-third of constituencies in a first-past-the-post Westminster general election - something that no-one could or should have anticipated when you came into being as an explicitly "list-only party" three years ago.  It's highly unlikely that anyone will persuade you to stand any of those candidates down, but for pity's sake *please* don't add to them.  This is an emergency situation for the independence cause, and we in Alba should be helping to stop Labour, not busily making it easier for them to win seats.

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