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SNP will be punished in 2026 Holyrood elections unless it embraces Trident, form MP claims
SNP candidate for the Perth and North Perthshire constituency, Pete Wishart ( centre left), and Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney at Ice Hall in the Dewars Centre, Perth, during the count in the 2024 General Election, July 5, 2024
Focus on equal access to assisted death rather than risks of legalisation for oppressed groups wrongheaded, MPs and campaigners say
THE SNP faces being punished in the 2026 Holyrood elections unless it “gets serious” and embraces Trident, according to former MP Stewart McDonald.
The former SNP defence spokesman, once dubbed “the honourable member for Nato” by constituents, lost his Glasgow South seat to Labour at the General Election.
On the Ponsonby & Massie podcast at the weekend, Mr McDonald described his party’s drubbing on July 4 as a “hard pause” in its Scottish separation aims.
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