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Originally Posted by joeysteele

Labour will I believe be the largest party after this election,had Scotland not had special circumstances at this time, then Labour would far and away be easily the largest party expected after the election.

What all of us, you included are doing is still only guess work from the polling we see and what we feel personally.
We are giving our opinions and ours are just as valid as yours arista and it is never right to assume anyone should not bother posting just because they post something you disagree with.
You do not 'run' tibb arista,you have no right to suggest anyone should not post.
So I will continue to counteract your 'guesswork' too if that is what you call others opinions who disagree with yours.

Labour are not by the way hated in Scotland, more guess work then on your part that is too.
There are voters disillusioned with Labour and at this time they prefer the SNP to Labour,which is hardly a surprise since the SNP have done a great job in the Scottish parliament.

It is not however the case that Labour are hated in Scotland as you,in my view, wrongly put it.
That is a gross misrepresenation of the actual facts again,since without the SNP, Labour would be romping home in seat after seat in Scotland against all other parties.

I don't see evidence of an amazing turnaround in labour since the last election. The party currently in power always polls much worse than reality, its just human nature, but come election day, I see no reason for labour to be in a better position than they were last time round.

They lost the last election even without any transfer of Scottish seats to SNP, so even a combined labour/snp collective still isn't going to produce a majority without a serious % swing from tory to labour. I see no evidence of any swing, so for me it will be a Tory minority government. There is no evidence to suggest labour have a chance of winning