article_snippet.sent: SNP also wants the UK to formally recognise Palestine as a state, give energy regulator Ofgem the power to force suppliers to cut prices and to increase public spending on infrastructure in northern England and Wales.
article_snippet.sent: Scotland’s First Minister, who is not herself running for a Westminster seat, said yesterday SNP had much in common with Left-wing Labour MPs and aimed to build a ‘progressive alliance’ for people
article_snippet.sent: There is an opportunity to build progressive alliances for progressive policies.
article_snippet.sent: Todaythe SNP will be the first to be the focus of intense national scrutiny.
article_snippet.sent: Polls suggest the SNP is on course for a landslide victory north of the border, winning as many as 50 seats and holding the balance of power at Westminster.
article_snippet.sent: The huge surge in support for the SNP could see senior Labour figures such as Jim Murphy (left) and Douglas Alexander (right) lose Jim Murphy (left) and Douglas Alexander (right) seats .
article_snippet.sent: The latest Scotland-wide YouGov survey shows the SNP on a record 49 per cent, up three, with Labour trailing on 25 per cent, down four.
article_snippet.sent: the SNP were on 18 per cent and Liberal Democrats on just four per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Even senior Labour figures, including the Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and the shadow foreign secretary and the party’s election campaign coordinator, Douglas Alexander, are facing defeat.
article_snippet.sent: the SNP will declare today that a ‘strong team’ of SNP MPs in Westminster would help ‘rebalance the UK - both politically and economically - from the chronic over-dominance of the City of London, which has harmed the overall UK economy and left regions of England neglected’.