Why Scotland is so important for Labour to avoid a hung parliament

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Labour’s by-election victory in Rutherglen is a “remarkably good” result that puts Sir Keir Starmer’s party on course to be the “dominant” force in Scotland again, said polling guru Prof John Curtice.

The elections expert said the 20 per cent swing from the SNP to Labour was “well above the kinds of swings we’ve seen in the opinion polls in Scotland”.