Fear grips Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after a
number fresh surveys revealed the Conservatives are possibly going smile home
with an outstanding victory in the forth-coming general election in Scotland.
It was revealed by an opinion poll that one in three Scots
is planning to give more votes to Ruth Davidson of the Conservative, a move
which could likely give the Tories about 12 more seats.
According to the Panel base polls for the Sunday Times it
was revealed that the Nationalists fell to a 44% of the total vote.
On the other hand, Labour it has been predicted by political
analysts that Labour would be completely erased from the north of the Border,
while that of Lib Dem would be secured by only by Alistair Carmichael in Orkney
and Shetland.
The polls also showed that Nationalists MPs likely to lose their
seats are Angus Robertson in Moray and controversial Perth North Perthshire MP
Pete Wishart.
Meanwhile, a different survey conducted by Servation for
Sunday Post, has indicated that the SNP would gain 43%, Conservatives 28%,
Labour 18%, while the Lib Dems would get just 9% of the votes.
The results of the various surveys conducted is said to be
giving the First Minister some kind of sleepless nights.
Thus in a strongly worded press statement, Sturgeon said:
“The election in Scotland is a two-horse race between the SNP and hard-line
Tories. The Tories have taken an extreme position – demanding an end to any opposition
at Westminster if they win the election.
“The more Tory MPs there are, the heavier the price Scotland
will pay. They’re already cutting nearly £3billion from the Scottish budget.
“They’re hitting family incomes hard by cutting and removing
child tax credits. They want to remove Scotland from the European Single Market
– which will cost thousands of jobs. They’ve done all this with a small
majority.
“Now they want to crush any opposition. The bigger the Tory
majority the more they will think they can do anything to Scotland and get away
with it.”
By contrast, the Tory response was noticeably more
considered with party leaders attempting to play down expectations.
A Tory spokesman stated that: “The polls today make one
thing clear. Only the Scottish Conservative have the strength and support to
take on the SNP.
”Only a vote for the Scottish Conservatives will send the
SNP a clear message - no to another independence referendum.
"We take nothing for granted and we will now be working
even harder running up to June 8 to challenge the SNP in every community in
Scotland.”
Alson on Twitter, Ms Davidson tweeted: “Members know polls
are just indicators, not results. To get results we need to work, work and work
some more. Let's keep at it…”
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