LABOUR AND SNP 'SHOULD TEAM UP'

THE SNP should consider an alliance with Labour after the 2026 Holyrood election, a former MP has suggested.

- ANDREW QUINN

Ex-Glasgow South MP Stewart McDonald said "Scotland's two dominant centre left-parties" should look into a coalition if there is a "messy" result in two years' time.

He said a partnership would be a "breath of fresh air" and could "transform a political culture that has grown more interested in having an argument than winning an argument".

McDonald said the Irish government had set the example when Fine Gael and Fianna Fail went into coalition in 2020.

The former MP wrote: "Over the 25 years of devolution, we've seen many different manifestations of government minority administrations, a majority administration and formal coalitions.