A YouGov poll for the SNP has some fairly good results for the nationalists. Scottish voting intentions for Westminster leave the SNP only two points behind Westminster, which together with an expected 2-3 Plaid gains will mean that the Plaid-SNP Westminster group could be significantly larger by 2010. This is of course a poll commissioned by a political party, so there's no knowing whether or not...

From The Herald: There has been a 20-point swing on Westminster standings from Labour to the SNP. Far from facing mid-term blues, SNP ministers are stretching their lead at Holyrood. And the party's leader, Iain Gray, has plumbed disapproval levels not reached by his predecessor Wendy Alexander. Westminster: Labour 32% (-5) SNP 30% (+3) Constituency Vote: SNP ahead by 7% (no voting split give...

THE SNP at Holyrood have been pulling their punches with David Cameron's Government at Westminster. Now the Tory-supporting Sun is backing Salmond. Can there possibly be a connection? Our revelation today that the Tory-supporting Sun will come out and back the SNP in Scotland is causing a lot of interest. Labour believe it explains why Salmond has been so slow to attack big, bad Westminster since ...

A new YouGov poll of Scottish opinion for the Telegraph has, for what is apparently (according to the SNP and the Telegraph) the first time, the sNP ahead of Labour in Westminster voting intentions. The topline voting intention figures are CON 20%, LAB 29%, LDEM 14%, SNP 33%. We are used to seeing voting intention polls

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A not inconsiderable sample size of 207 from the Scottish slice of the recent YouGov poll has the following for Scotland's Westminster voting intentions: SNP - 33% Labour - 32% Tory - 21% Lib Dem - 8% Greens - 4% UKIP - 1% Other (any ideas?) - 1% I am uncharateristically pessimistic about the SNP's chances in the Westminster election so I am surprised and delighted by this mini-poll. The...

The newly elected SNP MP, John Mason, said: "This SNP victory is not just an earthquake. It is an epic win and will send tremours all the way to Westminster."

Alex Salmond is to outline details of his plan for the SNP to wield greater influence at Westminster at the party's annual conference.