For Episode 17 of the Popcast, I got down to uncover how a lot of a swing from SNP to Labour there would have to be for the SNP to lose a major variety of seats on the subsequent UK normal election. However as a substitute, I found a way more attention-grabbing story: the extra votes Labour take from the SNP, the extra Scottish seats the Tories would retain. In a really shut election, a Labour surge in Scotland might simply assist the Tories retain energy at Westminster. That is not fairly the story we’re being instructed by Labour and the media.
You may also meet up with earlier episodes of the Popcast. This is a range…
The vote to elect members of the Nationwide Govt Committee will happen throughout Alba’s annual convention, to be held in Stirling on Fifteenth-Sixteenth October. Should you’re an Alba member, I imagine it is nonetheless attainable to buy a convention cross HERE, and when you’re not but an Alba member, you possibly can be part of the get together HERE.