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OF all the features of Scottish life not to have been touched since the dawn of devolution, local government surely cries out as the one in most…
However, the reason the parties, particularly those in opposition to the SNP, are courting the peach vote is because they are allocated a number of MSPs depending on how many votes they receive, once the number of constituencies already won in that region is taken into account, in the aim to make the overall result more proportional. Given the opinion polls are suggesting a dominance of the 73 constituencies for the SNP, the percentage share of the vote on the peach ballot has suddenly become even more vital for parties to ensure they return MSPs in any kind of numbers. For unless a party wi...