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The Guardian - UK
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Lesley Riddoch

The SNP manifesto is laser-focused on independence. But can it beat Labour to keep the dream alive?

John Swinney launches the SNP’s Westminster election manifesto in Edinburgh on 19 June.
John Swinney launches the SNP’s Westminster election manifesto in Edinburgh on 19 June. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Will the publication of the SNP manifesto stop it losing seats on 4 July? Probably not.

But since the party can’t form the next Westminster government, its manifesto would never be a fully costed set of plans for the whole UK. Instead, it is a mix of policies for running Scotland and demands for higher spending by the likely winners at Westminster. It’s. confusing – like all post-devolution Westminster elections – and unlikely to set the heather alight.

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