Byelection result challenges Humza Yousaf’s strategy to use SNP general election majority to negotiate with Westminster
Humza Yousaf is facing demands for a rethink of his independence plans after Labour’s “seismic” byelection victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton West threatened dozens of SNP seats.It led to private and public calls from within the SNP on Friday for Yousaf to rethink his controversial proposal that winning the majority of seats at the next general election would be a mandate to open negotiations on Scottish independence with Westminster.
Coming on the eve of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, the margin of victory was so great the Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates lost their deposits, while the SNP’s vote share fell by nearly 17 percentage points after 16 years of SNP electoral dominance. Starmer said it was “a seismic result”. He said: “I have always said that winning back the trust of people in Scotland is essential. Tonight’s victory is the culmination of three and a half years of hard work and humility on that journey.”who “recklessly” travelled to London and visited local shops while suspecting she was ill with Covid, and the wholesale switch of Tory voters to Labour. The police investigation into the SNP’s finances also came up on the doorstep, he said.
One senior figure said the party had to show ordinary voters it was listening to their concerns. There are anxieties, he said, that the SNP was out of touch and being distracted by hardcore yes activists.
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