Snap! (General Election 2024)
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a snap election. What's next for Scotland? Following a day of febrile speculation, and despite it feeling like campaigning had already started months ago, the Prime Minister has officially announced a general election for July 4th. As parties throw themselves onto the campaign trail in earnest, the team explain what the mood was like on the ground on the day of the announcement, how the next weeks might unfold, what to watch, and what strategising might be going on inside political parties right now on how they'll sell themselves in Scotland. What might the Scottish political landscape look like post-election?
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