April 6, 2021, 1:44 pm
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross believes voting for smaller pro-Union parties helps the SNP’s cause (Yui Mok/PA)
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Pro-Union voters should not “flirt” with smaller parties like George Galloway’s, Douglas Ross has said, claiming they will reduce the overall number of MSPs who oppose Scottish independence.
The Scottish Conservative leader was referring to All for Unity, a small party which intends to contest list seats in the Scottish Parliament elections.
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April 5, 2021
EDINBURGH: Pro-independence parties could win 79 of the Scottish Parliament’s 129 seats in the upcoming election, a new opinion poll suggests.
Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party would win six seats, according to an analysis of the Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times. The SNP would win a narrow outright majority with 65 seats, with the Scottish Greens forecast to take eight seats.
An analysis of the poll by Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University put the Scottish Conservatives on 24 seats, Scottish Labour on 20 and the Liberal Democrats on five. George Galloway could enter the Scottish Parliament as his pro-union Alliance for Unity group may take a single seat.
End of the Union? Pro-independence parties could elect large majority of MSPs
“This is the most important election in Scotland’s history – every single vote will count.
Pro-independence parties could win 79 of the Scottish Parliament’s 129 seats in the upcoming election, a new opinion poll suggests.
Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party would win six seats, according to an analysis of the Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times.
The SNP would win a narrow outright majority with 65 seats, with the Scottish Greens forecast to take eight seats.
An analysis of the poll by Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University put the Scottish Conservatives on 24 seats, Scottish Labour on 20 and the Liberal Democrats on five.
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