How voting Labour in Scotland could help the Tories win the next general election (listen on the Scot Goes Popcast)

For Episode 17 of the Popcast, I set out to discover how much of a swing from SNP to Labour there would need to be for the SNP to lose a significant number of seats at the next UK general election. But instead, I discovered a much more interesting story: the more votes Labour take from the SNP, the more Scottish seats the Tories would retain. In a very close election, a Labour surge in Scotland could easily help the Tories retain power at Westminster. That's not quite the story we're being told by Labour and the media.

For all the details, listen to the episode as a traditional podcast via the embedded Soundcloud player below, or via the direct Soundcloud link, or on YouTube.  The Popcast is also available on Stitcher and Spotify.

James Kelly · Scot Goes Popcast 17: Vote Labour, Get Tory

 

You can also catch up with previous episodes of the Popcast. Here's a selection...

Episode 2: Tim Rideout

Episode 4: Ellen Höfer

Episode 5: Len Pennie

Episode 6: Alex Salmond

Episode 7: Chris McEleny

Episode 10: Maggie McNeill

Episode 11: Yvonne Ridley

Episode 12: William Duguid

Episode 13: Denise Findlay

Episode 14: Ken McDonald 

Episode 15: Lisa Keogh

Episode 16: Local Election Voting System Explained

The vote to elect members of the National Executive Committee will take place during Alba's annual conference, to be held in Stirling on 15th-16th October.  If you're an Alba member, I believe it's still possible to purchase a conference pass HERE, and if you're not yet an Alba member, you can join the party HERE.