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.
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58 Responses to “Another day, another grim Scotland poll for Miliband”
Chilbaldi
Look at the poll above – 2% trust Ed Miliband.
He’s discredited and damaged. Scots will vote for a Labour Party they genuinely want to form a UK government. Ed Miliband just doesn’t cut it. He represents much of what is wrong about the detached modern political class, with his Hampstead Socialism.
Jingleballix
As Guido says…….’More Scottish people believe in the Loch Ness Monster than trust Ed’.
Whooooooo hooooooo hooooooo hoooooo whooooo hoooooo hooooooo
AlanGiles
Miliband is not a bad man – just a very weak and ineffectual one. I am among the 98% who don’t trust him – he just hasn’t got the clout or gravitas to make great alterations – too many of the PLP are more than content with the status quo, and the Progress tendency amongst them just wouldn’t allow him to. Miliband is a prisoner of the Sainsbury hobby group. Sainsbury wants something for his money.
gelert
All Stalinists are evil. His father allegedly loved this country very much, but wanted to make it like the USSR.
gelert
Mylene Klass handbags Ed. How pathetic can he get ?