EXCLUSIVE: John Swinney faces a 'substantial challenge' to unite his party ahead of a crucial general election this year, the leading pollster warned.
Bringing down Humza Yousaf was "the worst thing Unionists could have done" ahead of the general election, the country's top polling expert has said.
They also face a revived Scottish Labour which is confident of unseating Nationalists across the country at the general election."Secondly is restore relationships with the Greens - because I think one of the lessons of the last week is they are the only likely source of sustainable support for minority government.
"He's been in a better position now than he would have been last year. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - particularly given what the public have had in the last 12 months. "There is no guarantee that either of them will succeed. But the point is, the SNP now have an opportunity, with a new person at the helm, to repair things - but they don't have a great deal of time between now and November."
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