Meanwhile:
John Swinney’s calculation is that a Labour win is already priced in for many in this election.
At his launch event, he predicted that “the Tories are on course for a huge defeat, a wipeout”.
The pitch is that the Tories are toast anyway, and Labour will have a big majority - so Scots don’t actually need to vote for Labour to achieve that. Indeed, he says they should vote for the SNP to keep Labour honest - to hold their feet to the fire.
He’s painting them as already being complacent - “they think Scotland is in the bag”.
The question is whether this message - that people can have a Labour government without actually voting Labour - will cut through with voters, compared to the rather more straightforward “change” narrative Sir Keir Starmer is selling.
-- Analysis by Phil Sim
I agree SNP were just pandering to independence diehards AGAIN its getting pathetic
I really can't see majority in Scotland thinking "yeah I'll vote SNP, AGAIN, cause labour will win anyway" giving the recent scandals SNP have given us and the failures - just look at most Scottish front page papers - see here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722vmx1g65o
Nope most folk will not wanna take the chance labour will win without their vote in Scotland this time we really can't take that chance at Tories winning.... Can we
While >> former health secretary resigned after admitting the £11,000 charge racked up on an official device during a family holiday to Morocco was caused by his sons using it as a hotspot to stream a football match.
SNP scandals keep coming along with their many failures
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/110145892876516094
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112510733224350881