article_snippet: Ed Miliband added that every seat Labour lost to the SNP would increase the chances of a second term for the Tories.
article_snippet: Labour's panic was increased yesterday by an ICM poll for the Guardian.
article_snippet: Labour's panic showed Nicola Sturgeon's party way ahead, with 43 per cent of the vote, with Labour languishing on 27 per cent, the Conservatives on 14 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on six per cent.
article_snippet: On a uniform swing, the figures would see the SNP jump from just six of Scotland's 59 seats in 2010 to 43 in Labour would lose 29 of the 41 seats won in 2010, making it all but impossible for the party to win a majority.
article_snippet: But a detailed analysis of the poll numbers suggests Labour's position could be even worse.
article_snippet: A new poll puts Labour down to just 27 per cent, which Professor John Curtice says could leave the party with just two MPs, the same number as the Tories .
article_snippet: Leading psephologist Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said the party have advanced by a staggering 31 per cent in Labour seats.
article_snippet: Leading psephologist Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University concluded Labour could be wiped out in all but two seats.
article_snippet: There is nothing ... to suggest that the rise of the party is not extending to supposedly safe Labour heartlands – if anything, the opposite is the case,' said Professor John Curtice.
highlights_snippet: New poll puts SNP on 43%, Labour 27%,Tories 14% and Lib Dems 6% .
  
highlights_snippet: Analysis suggests SNP would take 53 out of 59 seats north of the border .
  
highlights_snippet: Labour would be left with just two, the same number as the Conservatives .
  