Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has insisted it is “all to play for” in Holyrood next month despite fresh polling from STV putting Labour a whopping 24 points behind the SNP. Labour is on track for its worst-ever defeat north of the border…
| Party | Vote Share |
|---|---|
| ■ SNP | 39% |
| ■ LAB | 15% |
| ■ REF | 15% |
| ■ CON | 11% |
| ■ LIBDEM | 10% |
STV | 1,038 adults | 26–31 March 2026
The seat projection puts the SNP on 63 MSPs, with the Greens on 17, Reform on 15 and Labour on 14. Sarwar, who attempted to cauterise this gushing wound by calling for Starmer to resign last month, said today:
“I genuinely believe this is an election that Scottish Labour can win. I genuinely believe that we can have a new First Minister in this country and it’s a straight choice between a third decade of the SNP with John Swinney or a change of government with me as First Minister […] I’m telling you that this is not over.”
It is usually a terminal sign when a politician says “this is not over”…
Starmer said to Robert Peston this afternoon:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”