Elections
Starmer’s Troubles Breathe New Life Into Scotland’s Nationalists
Polls show the SNP is on course to win a fifth straight term in this week’s election after Labour’s collapse in popularity.
SNP Leader John Swinney visits the Isle of Harris Distillery in the Outer Hebrides on April 9.
Photographer: Jane Barlow/PA Images/Getty Images
On Dunfermline’s main shopping street, locals in the ancient capital of Scotland move from store to store, running errands. Some stop to exchange a few words in the spring sunshine.
There’s little to suggest a national vote is just days away, one that could deal another blow to Britain’s beleaguered leader and reinvigorate Scotland’s push for independence. No party is out canvassing. There are no posters.