Perhaps I could take Ian Bell's interesting analysis and examine it in a Scottish perspective (The storm rages, and all the Tories offer is froth, November 26). For too long now, too many SNP hopes have taken a Tory victory for granted.
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SNP must alter strategy to benefit from a changed battleground
Perhaps I could take Ian Bell's interesting analysis and examine it in a Scottish perspective (The storm rages, and all the Tories offer is froth, November 26). For too long now, too many SNP hopes have taken a Tory victory for granted. Even Wednesday's Tory 4% lead in one poll would likely mean a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party. To win a majority, Peter Kellner of YouGov calculates, because of demographics and boundary anomalies, the Tories need a 10% lead over Labour. On top of which a BBC poll now speculates that the global financial crisis has weakened SNP support on independence. The latter will not be achieved by default or SNP analysts employing false political science. Nor a lazy assumption that a Tory victory provides a framework for SNP victory in a referendum.
