How the general election will be fought in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The campaign will be dominated by one story: can Swinney save the SNP from being badly defeated? He will hope the election will help the SNP re-engage with Scottish voters.

Donors have deserted the party; it had a loss of 800,000 last year and is now heavily reliant on membership fees and state money for its parliamentary operations.

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