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8 June 2018updated 06 Aug 2021 3:33pm

The SNP’s defiance of electoral gravity is remarkable

Eleven years after first taking power in Scotland, the party continues to easily trump Labour and Tories. 

By Chris Deerin

A pox on all their houses, but on some more than others. This seems to be the mood of the average Scottish voter today.

A fascinating new poll in this morning’s Times doesn’t make comfortable reading for the party leaders, at least as far as their personal popularity goes. Nicola Sturgeon’s rating has slipped below zero – the 45 per cent of voters who judge her to be doing well is trumped by the 47 per cent who say she is doing badly, leading to a score of -2.

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