SNP surge "is real" - Lord Ashcroft speaks ahead of Scottish polling announcement

Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon SNP

Labour activists, MPs and strategists will be paying close attention to Lord Ashcroft’s polling of Scottish seats (which should be out in the next few days), but for a taster on that – and the impact of UKIP, watch this interview of Ashcroft from Sky News’s Joey Jones:

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