There have been five tenants of Number 10 during her eight years as first minister of Scotland. As is usually the case with longstanding leaders, Ms Sturgeon shone brightly at her zenith, but was flickering towards the end. There is a chunky majority for independence among Scots who are younger than 50. If “soft Yes” voters find Labour unpersuasive, its gains are more likely to be measured in handfuls. To convince Scots that voting Labour is the only guaranteed way to end Tory rule at Westminster.
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