Sign UpAn unofficial adviser to two of the candidates in the SNP leadership race has accused the party of trying to rig the contest to secure victory for Humza Yousaf. © Andrew Milligan/PA WireMitchell, professor of public policy at Edinburgh University, said: “I think a lot of SNP members will be conflicted. But it could also undermine him because I would have thought most SNP members do not want continuity because continuity means that support for independence remains as it was in 2014. “Ash Regan is so unknown to the vast majority of SNP members that she starts with a major disadvantage. So that doesn’t help her.”Mitchell said many members will face a dilemma when voting with the result announced in four weeks: “There will be SNP members who will be thinking, ‘We want a winner’.

Source: Forbes March 06, 2023 00:20 UTC