just in Scotland, but across the UK.
“For as long as Scotland remains part of the Westminster system, we have a shared interest in making that system work bet er for all of us - for the many, not the few.”
According to Prof. John Curtice: “Scotland long ago gave up on the idea that a U.K. General Election is a binary choice between Conservative and Labour. The Labour Party can’t just rely on saying ‘vote for us or you’ll get David Cameron in Downing Street’. They have to convince people in Scotland they are worth voting for.
“Jim Murphy has not had any eff ect so far in helping to turn around Labour’s fortunes. He has not yet endeared himself to the electorate and he has a fundamental problem with Ed Miliband who is not very popular in Scotland. A lot of people don’t see him as being a good Prime Minister. The problem is made worse because of Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond. These guys have been in power in Scotland for seven or eight years and they still have levels of popularity no other politician can match.” One saving grace for Miliband is that even if the nationalists sweep Labour out of Scotland he could still lead a minority government with SNP backing.
In less than 24 hours the SNP received more than 2,000 new member applications, many of them from outside Scotland
At the launch of the SNP general election manifesto in Edinburgh Sturgeon said that although her party had not given up on independence the referendum result meant Scotland remains part of the UK and is entitled to have its voice heard.
In a promise to voters across the UK she said: “If the SNP emerges from this election in a position of infl uence, we will exercise that infl uence responsibly and constructively.
“And we will exercise it in the interests of people, not
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