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The electoral dynamics in Scotland are very different from those in the rest of the UK, but its 59 seats are often decisive in a general election. To win, Jeremy Corbyn must both cut through the veneer of SNP progressivism and see off the Tories. Simon Roach reports on how young people are trying to help him do this.
The SNP surge north of the border can hardly be dismissed as a protest vote. Rather, years of Labour taking working class voters for granted combined with the galvanising effect of the independence referendum have forged a new opposition to the Westminster consensus.
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