"In Scotland, Anas Sarwar's pre-election gamble in calling for Sir Keir to resign failed as Scottish Labour recorded its worst result since devolution. Mr Sarwar hoped to distance his party from the sinking Westminster mother ship. But similarly to England, many progressives opted for the Scottish Greens, and Reform picked up voters in Labour's post-industrial former heartlands. In a fragmented landscape, the SNP cruised home with its lowest share of the constituency vote share since 200"
Scottish and Welsh assemblies were created with expectations that devolution would reduce nationalist threats and allow Labour to maintain comfortable control. Recent devolved elections instead left Scottish and Welsh Labour severely weakened. Plaid Cymru won in Wales, unseating outgoing Labour first minister Eluned Morgan, while Reform UK gained enough support to form the official opposition. In Scotland, Labour achieved its worst result since devolution after Anas Sarwar called for Keir Starmer to resign, failing to distance the party from Westminster. Voters shifted toward the Scottish Greens and Reform, while the SNP secured another victory, setting up pro-independence governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast.
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