'From Labour’s point of view, making any concessions or hints they would do some sort of deal would be bad for their vote in Scotland'
“From Labour’s point of view, making any concessions or hints they would do some sort of deal would be bad for their vote in Scotland.”
Starmer was quick to say the results of the English local elections – in which his party gained 537 councillors and 22 councils – showed Labour was on course for a majority at the next General Election. Last week, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said that he believed Starmer will U-turn on his refusal to work with the party, adding that any deal would include demands to tackle the cost of living, roll backAndrew Blick, professor in politics and contemporary history at King’s College London and senior adviser to The Constitution Society, said Labour’s caution over the SNP also stemmed from the party’s disastrous 2015 election result.
He added: “They have ruled out doing a deal with the SNP – I am not necessarily saying that wouldn’t necessarily happen. “They might say what we are going to do is a confidence and supply deal or some kind of deal where we are not in the government but we will support you, but we have certain conditions,” he said.
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