UK By-elections thread, 2021-

[MacShimidh]

No two ways about it, it’s a must-win for Labour if their much-vaunted “Scottish revival” is to mean anything at all. It’s a seat they held from 2017-2019 and given the circumstances, they have to start as the slight (but by no means prohibitive) favourites.

An SNP hold, no matter how narrow, would quite fairly be seen as a major vindication for them after some pretty rancid months.