EXCLUSIVE: Jeane Freeman talked up the prospects of a pact after the Holyrood election.
A former SNP Health Secretary has said she is “sympathetic” to a historic coalition between Labour and her party after the Holyrood election. Jeane Freeman said there are “potential gains” in a pact between the two centre-left parties.
Former SNP MP Stewart McDonald has written that an alliance between Labour and the SNP, despite their disagreement on independence, could be a “circuit breaker”. Speaking to the Record, Freeman said: “I am sympathetic to Stewart’s argument. His thinking is always very reasonable.” Freeman, who was a Labour member before joining the SNP, said a deal would be difficult, but insisted: “We have pragmatists in our parties. People who can make a difference.
This was despite widespread agreement on the principle of a NCS after a review of social care by former civil servant Derek Feeley She said of the failure of the SNP and Labour to come together: The Survation snapshot found 33 per cent of people in support of a coalition between the SNP and Labour, with 37 per cent opposed. By contrast, 31 per cent of Scots would be in favour of an SNP-Green coalition, and 42 per cent against.Asked about the poll recently, Swinney did not completely rule out a deal: “Well, I'm all for bringing people together, but let's keep our feet on the ground here.
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