Dave Thompson MSP

Commenting on the recent ICM poll, Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch has commented: “Now we know why LibDem MP Alexander has jumped on every political band-wagon including the A9 Average Speed Cameras.  It is very clear that his jacket is on a shoogly peg.

“First he was caught red-handed promoting figures about Scotland which have been publicly rubbished as “bizarrely inaccurate” by the academics whose work was being distorted.  Now this devastating poll from Lib Dem Peer Lord Oakeshott has revealed that not only would the LibDems lose their seat in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey to the SNP, but they trail behind in third place just ahead of their Tory cohorts.

“The results of the European Election gave us an idea of just how badly the Liberal Democrats are doing as they were unceremoniously swept off the electoral map of Scotland, but for their senior scaremongerer in the Tory-Led No campaign to be relegated to third place is complete humiliation.  The Lib Dems are tearing themselves apart – and this poll will make Alexander wince as support in his own constituency evaporates, with only a slightly higher vote than the Tories in fourth place.

“This shows that the people of Scotland cannot trust a word that the No campaign says and also that the people of the Highlands cannot trust anything that comes out of Alexander’s mouth."

Notes:

ICM Poll in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Question :  I would like you to think again about a General Election to the Westminster Parliament being held in your area tomorrow. If there were a General Election tomorrow and in the event that David Cameron leads the Conservative Party into the next General Election, Ed Miliband leads the Labour Party, Nick Clegg leads the Liberal Democrats, Alex Salmond leads the SNP and Nigel Farage leads UKIP, which party do you think you would vote for?

• SNP        -   35%
• Labour  -   23%
• LibDem  -  18%
• Tory         -  13%
• Ukip        -     9%
• Green     -     1%
• Other     -      1%

Poll details on voting intentions: