FROM the perspective of many independence supporters, there is quite simply no more important constituency in this election ...
supporters, and indeed even some activists on the anti-independence left, there is quite simply no more important constituency in this election than the one that contains Grangemouth.refinery, which is located in the town, will leave this country in the anomalous position of being a substantial oil producer which is entirely reliant on refineries beyond its borders – something which would arguably be unlikely to happen in an independent state.
The largest portion of its population comes from the outgoing Ochil and South Perthshire constituency which was held by John Nicolson of the SNP, but only a small percentage of the vast geographical expanse of that constituency is being carried across. That’s not impossible, and there was one YouGov poll that showed exactly that scale of Labour lead, but the majority of polls have shown the SNP faring somewhat better than that.
For the Alba Party, Grangemouth is one of the main campaigning topics, and consequently they have chosen one of their two sitting MPs, the former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill, to be their candidate in Alloa and Grangemouth. Comrie was one of Alba’s most popular figures before she left the party earlier this year, meaning that any natural Alba support in the constituency is likely to be split.
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