SNP set for heavy losses at general election despite John Swinney 'doing his best', poll predicts

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The SNP could be left "significantly diminished" at Westminster with the party set for heavy losses at the general election, a new poll has found.A survey of voting intentions by Savanta puts John Swinney's party on 17 seats - a significant drop from the 48 they won in 2019 - and Labour on 29.Such a result, if replicated on polling day, would see the Nationalists fall well short of their ambition to win a majority of seats in Scotland as a mandate for an IndyRef2.

Professor John Curtice, the country's leading polling expert, said the downfall of Humza Yousaf hangs over the SNP “like a dark cloud”.“John Swinney has done his best.

But so far he has had little success in restoring the SNP’s fortunes. The party is stuck on the 33 per cent figure for Westminster vote intentions that Savanta recorded for the party at the beginning of the campaign," Curtice told The Scotsman."It is the same figure that Savanta previously reported shortly after the downfall of Humza Yousaf, an event that now hangs over the party like a dark cloud.

Meanwhile, because Labour have edged up a point, they now trail their principal opponents by five rather than four points.“Much of the SNP’s campaign efforts have involved suggesting that a UK Labour government would fail to provide the resources needed to finance Scotland’s public services, including not least the health service north of the Border.