So he's actually suggesting that if he loses 19 seats (the SNP won 48 seats in 2019), he's in a position of strength! It's hardly a convincing majority in support of leaving the UK, even assuming a couple of per cent vote for other breakaway parties. READ MORE: Sorry, SNP, but we cannot be independent if we're in the EUREAD MORE: Indy is an idea generations in the making. JOHN Swinney at his manifesto launch said that the SNP believes that decisions about Scotland should be made by those who live here. With somewhat less than a majority of votes, Labour is set for a huge majority of seats: a one-party state you might call it.

Source: The Herald June 21, 2024 14:28 UTC