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THE SNP faces being punished in the 2026 Holyrood elections unless it “gets serious” and embraces Trident, according to former MP Stewart McDonald.
The former SNP defence spokesman, once dubbed “the honourable member for Nato” by constituents, lost his Glasgow South seat to Labour at the General Election.
On the Ponsonby & Massie podcast at the weekend, Mr McDonald described his party’s drubbing on July 4 as a “hard pause” in its Scottish separation aims.
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