Blackford: I believe I would have won if I’d put myself forward in SNP race

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Ian Blackford has said he could have won the SNP’s race to elect a new Westminster leader if he had put himself forward.

Speaking to TalkTV on Wednesday evening, Mr Blackford, who stepped down as the party’s Westminster leader last week, told Jeremy Kyle: “I could have seen this off, I believe I would have won if I’d put myself forward.”