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The Independent UK
Adam Forrest

Could a pact between Scottish Labour and Tories oust SNP?

PA

The idea of Labour and Tory strategists working together at the next general election – plotting over tactics and where to place their resources – sounds like an SNP attack line.

Indeed, the SNP has used it as an attack line. The nationalists have mocked recent reports of an electoral pact north of the border as a reunion of the Better Together band which saw unionists team-up for the independence referendum of 2014.

But it’s an idea that Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is determined to push. He seems willing to defy Rishi Sunak and Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) by arguing in favour of tactical voting.

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