Charlie Stross on Nostr: For anyone thinking from the news coverage that the Rutherglen and Hamilton West ...

For anyone thinking from the news coverage that the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election (a win for Labour) means the SNP is imploding, a look at the history of that constituency should be enlightening:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherglen_and_Hamilton_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

It ’s a Labour/SNP battleground that switches party at almost every election: the previous SNP MP, Margaret Ferrier, was found guilty of "culpable and reckless misconduct" over COVID lockdown breaches then yeeted from her seat via a recall petition. So, no surprise.