Some Scottish Tories ready to vote Labour to keep SNP out

New poll suggests tactical voting could upset Nicola Sturgeon's dreams of a total Labour wipeout

Nicola Sturgeon

Tactical voting against the Scottish Nationalists could prevent Nicola Sturgeon hitting the 50-plus seats target pollsters have been predicting, according to analysis of a YouGov poll for Channel 4 news.

The poll suggests that in seats north of the border where only Labour can stop the SNP, at least two out of five Tory voters would be prepared to back Ed Miliband's candidate.

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.