For years, the belief was Democrats have had demographic destiny on our side,’ one analyst reckons. ‘Now, the inverse is true ...

IT was a by-election no party wanted, and in particular the SNP . The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse vote was called because of a tragedy. In March, long-serving SNP MSP Christina McKelvie died ...

The major problem for Unionist parties in Scottish by-elections is that the SNP invariably hoovers up something like 30 per cent of the popular vote. Infuriatingly for their opponents this tends to be ...