Labor hopes to arm a leadership change in Scotland ahead of the next general election, and strategists are already planning which Scottish National Party (SNP) seats they will aim to put Sir Keir Starmer in 10th.
Last night, the party launched an immediate political attack against Humza Yusuf, saying that the new leader of the SNP has no mandate and no plan for change.
Sir Keir is hopeful that Labor can find its way to Scotland, where the party lost the SNP in 2015 without Nicola Sturgeon at the helm.
The aim is to focus on issues across the UK, such as the cost of living and the blocking of public services, to win over voters north and south of the border.
She will also accuse the SNP and the Tories of representing a failed status quo after more than a decade in power.
Sir Keir, who made several trips to Scotland after Ms Sturgeon announced she was retiring, wasted no time in attacking Mr Yousaf as soon as he was named the new SNP leader.
He tweeted that the SNP “has no answers about the NHS or the cost of living crisis”.
“Only Labor can deliver the change Scotland needs,” he added.
Similar lines of attack were directed at Labor MPs, who were ordered to claim that the SNP had neither a plan nor a mandate.
Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labor leader who has been credited for boosting support, said that Scotland was facing “a twin cost of living and NHS emergency crisis” and stated that “it’s clear the SNP doesn’t have the answers Scotland needs”.
He called the party “chaotic and divided”. […] no feelings and no ideas,” claiming that Mr. Yousaf “did not inherit Nicola Sturgeon’s mandate.”
The party hopes to advance to Scotland after Ms Sturgeon steps down and struggles to lead the SNP. Labor believes they can get 12-15 seats and possibly more in Scotland.
It will be critical for Sir Keir’s party to win a majority as strategists believe that if Labor can win 15 or more seats north of the border, it will only take 9 per cent of the vote across the UK to win a majority in the House of Commons.
Without a win in Scotland, the margin needed to win is over 15 points.
The delicately balanced nature of Scottish politics means that there are large numbers of fringe voters, which increases the importance of small shifts in support.
According to a senior party source, every percentage point of gain in Scottish Labor will bring in three more seats.
Labor is confident they have already regained the support of the middle-class voters previously attracted by the Scottish Conservatives, but privately the leaders admit they have yet to achieve a significant breakthrough among the working-class voters who once made up their base. and migrated to the SNP ten or more years ago.
Source: I News
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