The Daily Journalist.
The Labor Party has slumped Jeremy Corbyn in Scotland and left the way open to the nationalists Nicola Sturgeon, who has claimed consecutive “third historic victory”. The Scottish National Party (SNP) may, however, thwarted his intention to a new independence referendum failing to achieve an absolute majority with 49% of the votes, before the emergence of the Conservative Party with 24%, become the main opposition force.
Labour, the majority force in Scotland for decades, are now third, relegated to the status of “biasagra” party with the support of 14%. The efforts of its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, by printing a left turn to regain voters have crashed against the new Scottish political reality, with leaking the “Unionists” to the ranks of conservatives. In his first test as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has yet achieved better results than expected and has averted the debacle in southern England.
The Labour Party still hopes to maintain control of the Welsh Assembly, despite the rise of the nationalist party Plaid Cymru and the invasion by the Party of the Independence UK (Ukip), the other moral winner of local elections. The first major revenge Corbyn has been mayor of Liverpool, with 52% of the vote to the current mayor, Joe Anderson.
The Labour Sadiq Khan, trust between both snatch the coveted piece to the conservatives and become the first Muslim mayor of London, although the results will not be made official until Friday afternoon. Tom Watson, second in the ranks of the Labour Party, has recognized the BBC is about “ambivalent” results, but has exonerated the new leader of the responsibility: “Even our opponents say it would be unfair and improper to judge Jeremy Corbyn after eight months.
We need more time to show where the lead by 2020 progresses. ” With 46% of votes counted, all eyes point of time to Glasgow and Edinburgh, where the validation of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the final collapse of the Labour Party was confirmed. The chief minister Nicola Sturgeon was re-elected with 61% of the votes, although still not certain of being able to govern with an absolute majority.
