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Monday, August 04, 2003
SSP up two points in Herald poll"This means that Tommy Sheridan's Socialists (up two points) and the Greens (up one) are still moving ahead, although their findings fall within the margin of error.
The strong showing of the SSP, Greens, and Independents did more damage in May to the SNP than to Labour, which also lost six seats as minority candidates and parties broke through with 17 MSPs. Their combined second vote tally in the poll is 22%." The HeraldHerald Editorial"The Baghdad factor, which exerted a major influence on the Scottish elections campaign until British troops went into battle in Iraq and the war appeared won, is again demonstrating its potential to dominate domestic Scottish politics. It is not only the SNP that has made a gain at Labour's expense. The poll shows that 22% of Scots would cast their second vote for a minority party (the Scottish Greens or the Scottish Socialists) or an independent candidate. Added to the SNP vote, that bloc would account for 49% of the electorate. But neither is that necessarily good news for Mr Swinney. His strategy for sensibly managing Scotland to independence by its nature rejects the protest and radical politics espoused by the others." The Herald
