Without Nicola Sturgeon at the helm, Labour is hoping to win back seats in Scotland - but the new party leader is a seasoned campaigner when it comes to elections and the question of independence.
could gradually change that if Scots shift to the position, common in the rest of the UK, of focusing on the state of the economy and public services at the ballot box.Achieving the SNP's abiding aim in the short term is tough. There is no clear path to another referendum, and even if there was, it would be blocked by the UK government.Therefore building public support for Scotland leaving the UK will be a longer-term project.
Her departure is a game changer. Now a series of Westminster seats - perhaps between 10 and 20 - are within reach. Almost all of these are in the country's"central belt" around Glasgow and Edinburgh, and winning them would help guarantee Sir Keir Starmer's place in Number 10. However, over the past eight years Labour's activist base has crumbled. One party strategist told me it was effectively"dead".
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