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Or softer parts of the body, in Scotland.

That result should scare Labour greatly. I shall try to hide my joy....

I did say some time ago that I thought the SNP would pick up more seats than predicted because they would also wipe the LibDems from the map and not just Labour.

However, the poll is a bit dodgy. Asking 1001 people over 59 constituencies only means 17 per constituency, and that if every constituency was covered. There is also the the percentage of 'don't knows', which is not given.

If I were a Labour activist, and I am certainly not, I would be taking the figures with a large dose of salt, but they would also drive my 'need to do more' instincts.

Actually stopping 17 people in each constituency and finding this low a number of labour voters is extremely unusual in Scotland. I I were a labour activist my backside would be chewing the seat.......

The next election is the great unknown, isn't it?
The SNP in Scotland, the Greens and UKIP in England. All taking votes away from the mainstream parties.
I have heard it touted that Miliband might get in if he forms a coalition with the SNP.

This is possible I suppose. But I will say this; Miliband would be very foolish to do this, to only be able to govern in England with Scottish support.
Because when the next election came around Labour would be annihilated in England as well as Scotland.

Well it wouldn't be the first time would it? However they might look back on the aftermath of the 1970's as a bad precedent. ......

Just to enhance, by that I mean every time Labour has got in with less of a majority of votes than the number of Scottish seats, they have been governing with a Scots influence. OK so it's more visible with SNP, but still pretty much the same... In fact Labour insiders are more likely to force Scottish issues than SNP in coalition.

The SNP may well coalition with Labour to govern, but that presumes that Labour is the biggest single party. If they are not and it's not looking good for them, then the Tories will never give them the chance, as they did in the last election...

Look forward to more coalitions as time goes on. More strong parties == less single governments and more coalitions. Perhaps, then, our government will come to understand the EU governments much better???