Mike Murphy: A minor but important factor helping Labour yesterday was the utter collapse of the SNP in Scotland. In 2019 they held 48 seats. They just lost 39 of those, almost all of which went to Labour.

A minor but important factor helping Labour yesterday was the utter collapse of the SNP in Scotland. In 2019 they held 48 seats. They just lost 39 of those, almost all of which went to Labour.

Any sense of why? Strategic voting?

Some strategic voting for sure, but mainly a series of scandals that cratered their support.

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