SNP slip not Tory triumph

Sir, - It’s been a funny old election campaign: the Tories have gone from strong and stable to weak and wobbly, while the unelectable Jeremy Corbyn looks like he could be.

And in Scotland, the party of independence has barely mentioned it, while the Tory/Labour coalition has spoken about little else.

Ruth Davidson has avoided discussion of Brexit, her party’s raison d’etre in calling the election, while Kezia Dugdale has done her best to distance herself from her UK party leader because she does not agree with his politics.

The only certainty in this election is that the SNP will lose seats, not because of any so-called Tory surge, or people returning to Labour now that they are offering a Labour manifesto, but because of gravity. What goes up must come down.

In the last general election in 2015 the SNP share of the vote went from 20% to 50%: seats won from six to 56, leaving Labour, Conservative and Lib Dems with one seat each.

Such a result is unprecedented in United Kingdom politics, and probably, in a free and democratic election, worldwide.

The latest polls predict that the SNP will retain 50 seats, which would be a remarkable achievement for a party which has been in government for 10 years, and in the face of concerted opposition by all the unionist parties and their allies in the media.

So when Ruth Davidson appears on TV pronouncing a Conservative triumph, as I’m sure she will, just remember the context.

In the last general election in 2015 the SNP share of the vote went from 20% to 50%: seats won from six to 56, leaving Labour, Conservative and Lib Dems with one seat each

Les Mackay. 5 Carmichael Gardens, Dundee.