Following Mayâs elections, first ministers committed to independence could be in place in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast The general election of July 2024 did not just call time on a decade and a half of Conservative rule. It also delivered the most pro-Union parliament since the early 2010s, when the meteoric rise in support for the Scottish National party (SNP) began. In Scotland, a 16-point swing away from the SNP allowed Labour to win the most votes and most seats; in Wales, Plaid Cymru made modest gains but won only four places in the House of Commons, compared to 27 for Sir Keir Starmerâs party. Since then, the many missteps of Sir Keirâs government have contributed to a swift and remarkable reversal of fortunes. In Mayâs Senedd elections, Plaid is on course to replace Labour as the largest party in Wales for the first time since devolution. Also profiting from the governmentâs woes, a revived SNP has weathered its own scandals to lead comfortably in polling for the Scottish parliament. At the partyâs spring conference on Saturday, its leader, John Swinney, pointed to the âabsolutely seismicâ possibility that come 8 May, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (
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Former government adviser Polly Billington urges bigger steps to shield people in UK from effects of Iran war Keir Starmer should convene a global energy summit of the same order as Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and…
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