UK General Election, June 8th 2017

[LabourJersey]

One random question: Doesn't this mean that the Scottish and Welsh elections are going to happen in May 2020? If memory serves, they have terms of four years but got into an odd scheduling issue with general elections appearing to happen regularly every five years. Does anyone know about this?

[LabourJersey]

One random question: Doesn't this mean that the Scottish and Welsh elections are going to happen in May 2020? If memory serves, they have terms of four years but got into an odd scheduling issue with general elections appearing to happen regularly every five years. Does anyone know about this?

The terms of both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly were extended to five years last year to avoid clashing with the proposed 2020 date. So those elections will be in May 2021.

Got it, thank you

[LabourJersey]

One question for the British posters: I keep seeing forecasts saying the SNP is going to lose anywhere from 5-15 seats. Do you think that's accurate, and who would gain these seats? My grasp at Scottish politics isn't great and less so given all the new shifts we're seeing.