Ousted SNP MP McDonald says his party needs ‘reset’ to avoid defeat in 2026

Stewart McDonald spoke out after losing his Glasgow South seat to Labour in the general election.

Former SNP MP Stewart McDonald warned his party could get ‘horsed’ in the 2026 Holyrood elections if it fails to change

With the election seeing the SNP return just nine MPs, down from 48 in 2019, Mr McDonald added that voters had effectively put a “hard pause” on the party’s independence agenda. But speaking on The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast, hosted by journalists Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie, he said while he was “not ruling it out”, he was “not actively thinking about it either”.

While he stressed no individual or policy in the SNP was to blame for the party’s defeat in the general election, the former MP said: “I think we have a cultural problem within the SNP and that cultural problem is about seriousness.”

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