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seemed like a foregone conclusion. The SNP is racked by in-fighting and scandal, their popular leader resigned and their former MP was ousted through scandal. This was a seat regained by Labour under Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 too, but lost in 2019.
The collapse of the Conservative vote in this by-election also bodes well for Labour. In Scotland, and especially in and around Glasgow, the Tory vote is a unionist vote: less aligned with economics, and therefore can transfer to In his first electoral test – a tough one to be fair – Humza Yousaf has failed. Labour canvassers tell me words like “hapless” and “not a leader” came up. The problem for the SNP is that Yousaf was the best of the bunch.
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