The election of Humza Yousaf following the SNP leadership contest is the “main culprit” in the slump in the party’s support, according to the country’s top pollster.
Professor Sir John Curtice of the University of Strathclyde, said that the past year had been the most challenging for the Nationalists since the SNP took office at Holyrood in 2007.
In an analysis, he wrote that the resignation and arrest of Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, who have since been released without charge, was not the main catalyst for the steep decline in the SNP’s poll ratings.
“Twelve months ago, the party stood on average at 45 per cent in polls of voting intention for Westminster – in line with the party’s performance in the
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