With Monday’s SNP leadership result, they may have repeated that fatal error - given that both the Labour and Tory parties were cock-a-hoop at the election of Yousaf. He’s seen as easily the weakest of the candidates and the opposition believe they can score heavily against the SNP in next year’s general election.
Labour election planners, in particular, reckon they could win up to 20 seats - they currently have only one Scottish MP - and the Tories believe that the six seats they lost to the SNP in 2019 could be won back. DT
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