Labour are set to lose all but five of their 40 Scottish MPs in the General Election, making it all but impossible to oust David Cameron from Downing Street, according to a new poll.
Labour are set to lose all but five of their 40 Scottish MPs in the General Election, making it all but impossible to oust David Cameron from Downing Street, according to a new poll.
The Poll by Survation for the Daily Record also found that just 2 per cent of voters completely trust Ed Miliband.
In contrast to Labour’s woes, the poll has the Scottish National Party riding high and going from six seats to 52 next year.
According to the poll of 1001 Scots, the SNP would win 45.8 per cent of the popular vote in Scotland, compared to Labour’s 23.9 per cent. The Conservatives would finish on 16.7 per cent and the Lib Dems on 6.1 per cent.
If this were replicated at the General Election it would mean the SNP winning 52 seats, Labour five, and the Conservatives and Lib Dems one each.
Further evidence suggests that Labour’s support for the No vote in the recent Scottish independence referendum has damaged their standing with Yes voters.
In more bad news for the Labour leader, Ed Miliband now has a worse personal rating in Scotland than David Cameron. Only 2 per cent of those polled completely trust Miliband, while a further 7 per cent mostly trust him and 20 per cent slightly trust him. In contrast, 59 per cent of Scots either mostly or completely distrust him.
Two per cent completely trust Cameron but 12 per cent mostly trust him.
58 Responses to “Another day, another grim Scotland poll for Miliband”
Andy
It is obviously grim for Labour but surely SNP would just prop up Labour in a coalition? So it’s not all bad news for Ed – or am I being stupid?
Tom Sanders
SNP voluntarily don’t vote on English matters. But who knows, this is politicians we are talking about. The dealing would be very seedy, for sure.
Tom Sanders
Klassy
swat
I doubt whether the SNP would prop up a lame duck Lab Minority Lab Govt which the country obviously didn’t want. But they might go into Coalition ‘to save the Nation’ and their price would be remove Milliband, and even more daring, let Salmond lead that Coalition Govt. The Country might accept that as a reasonable move.
Chilbaldi
Labour would be utterly mad in the long term to enter in coalition with the SNP, and give them such a platform.
Also, the idea of giving a party that is still desperate to break up the UK the keys to British government is ludicrous. Even if it was a mere confidence/supply arrangement. A party that wants to break up the state, governing it? You clearly cant rely on such people.
This latest poll is conclusive proof that Ed Miliband needs to do the honourable thing and stand down. Labour is dying in Scotland. This goes beyond a party issue and to the very future of the UK. Labour’s success in Scotland is integral to that, as none of the other unionist parties are able to step up at this point in time. Ed Miliband is the main problem.