The Lib Dems are a shadow of their former selves in Scotland, but the UK’s primary supporters of PR have one key advantage in this election: their ability to play the First Past the Post game phenomenally well.
UK General Election 2024
GE24 Party Profile: Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservatives started this campaign in the odd position that although, like their English counterparts, support was plummeting, the fact it was happening to the SNP too could have saved all of their seats. And then Douglas Ross did something very stupid.
GE24 Party Profile: Scottish Labour
It’s been a miserable old time for Scottish Labour over the past few years, struggling to be heard and slipping from dominant party into third place. All of that looks set to change this election, as the party surges back into the lead.
GE24 Party Profile: Scottish National Party
After nearly fifteen years as the unbeatable titans of Scottish politics, the SNP look set for a bruising defeat that will bring an end to their period of dominance.
GE24: You Scratch My Back, I Won’t Scratch Yours
Tactical voting is always in vogue when Westminster elections roll around, but the phenomenon is poorly understood. Lazy assumptions in Scotland think the Pro-Union parties a coherent bloc, yet only Conservative voters truly think that way, with potentially significant consequences at this election.
GE24: Why Scottish Labour can win big on a narrow lead
Not only have recent polls put Labour ahead of the SNP for the first time since the 2014 Independence Referendum, seat projections suggest a modest advantage in votes may translate to an enormous lead in seats. What’s going on?
GE24: It’s All Notional
Context Yesterday morning (16th of January), a big data drop nerds across the country have been … GE24: It’s All NotionalRead more