THE Labour Party’s chances of forming a majority government at Westminster are at risk after a poll suggested that support for the party in…
A YouGov poll gave the SNP an 11-point advantage in a reversal of the trend which has seen Labour gain ground in recent months.
According to the poll, support for the SNP at the next General Election stood at 38%, an increase of two points since August.Such a result would see the SNP winning 39 seats and Labour 11 . While still a significant gain for the Labour Party in Scotland, who currently have just one MP, earlier surveys suggested the party could be course to win 22 seats with the SNP falling to 26.that Labour continued to face challenging circumstances in Scotland.
He said: “It needs to be remembered that Labour is fighting on two flanks — with the Conservatives for unionist voters and with the SNP for Yes supporters — and maintaining that balancing act could well prove far from straightforward as the UK election approaches,” he said.
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