The Scotsman cartoon: Scottish Labour’s new year

Polls are predicting a collapse in the Labour vote north of the Border as the SNP surges.

Illustration: Iain Green

If the opinion polls prove correct and the SNP gives Labour a hiding north of the Border, that would be a disastrous result for Jim Murphy, the newly-elected Scottish Labour leader.

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