Disaffected Voters Threaten SNP's Fifth Term in Scottish Election

‘I am losing faith’: disaffected Scottish voters may deny SNP a fifth term

The Scottish parliament election is the most unpredictable for some time, with Labour claiming it is winning over the don’t knows It was supposed to be a carefully choreographed walkabout for John Swinney through his party’s target seat of Hamilton. Instead, the Scottish National party leader was confronted by angry voters, including his own. Natasha Kelly, 35, railed against the local council’s failure to improve the damp council flat that had left her 13- and eight-year-old boys with chroni...

By Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks