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SNP admits it has 30,000 fewer members than claimed

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Scotland’s governing Scottish National party admitted on Thursday it had 30,000 fewer members than it claimed at the beginning of its increasingly contentious campaign to elect a leader to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.

Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, said research conducted with Sussex University into the SNP membership after the 2019 UK general election suggested a clear left-of-centre profile.

Financial Times

Professor Bale also appeared on LBC News to discuss the Illegal Migration Bill.

 

 

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