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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Paul Hutcheon

The SNP does not know how to cope with Labour's rise under Keir Starmer

One of the main ingredients behind the SNP’s continued electoral success is Tory rule at Westminster.

Alex Salmond became First Minister when Tony Blair was in charge, but it was only when the Conservatives swept to power at Westminster three years later that the SNP dominated the political landscape.

Austerity, Brexit chaos, Boris Johnson and the Truss Government’s economic vandalism are the rocket fuel that keep the SNP in power.

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