Keir Starmer’s route to Downing Street runs through Scotland and a study published this week shows Labour could win back half the seats it held at the next general election.
A Scottish Fabians study of the council election results from earlier this year found that a significant proportion of voters who chose the SNP and the Greens as their first preference also backed Labour as their second choice.
Labour has an opportunity to gain up to 24 target seats in Scotland, but only by persuading voters who have the SNP or the Greens as their first choice that Keir Starmer is the only alternative to the Tories in a general election.
