Well. Something To Cheer Us All Up A Bit!

The SNP face an electoral calamity. 😃

The long shadow of the police investigation is not the only problem: voters are taking more notice of the party’s record in government

JOHN CURTICE19 April 2024 • 10:50am

Another day, another difficult headline for the Scottish nationals. On Thursday, the party’s former chief executive, Peter Murrell, was charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the SNP.  

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged in connection with embezzlement of SNP... Peter Murrell, party’s former chief executive, was taken into custody at 9.13am on Thursday and charged over nin...

The party’s dominance of Scottish politics is already under greater threat than at any time since Alex Salmond spectacularly won an overall majority in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. Over the last two months, polls for this year’s Westminster election have on average put the party on just 33 per cent, twelve points down on 2019, and only neck and neck with a revived Labour party.

Because Labour’s support is more geographically concentrated, on these figures the SNP’s opponents would likely be well ahead in terms of seats. That would help Sir Keir Starmer secure a Commons majority and, depending on the Liberal Democrats’ performance, could threaten the SNP’s coveted status as the third biggest Commons party. DT.