Dugdale urges voters to '˜send the SNP a message' on Thursday

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd May 2017, 12:52 BST
Updated 9th May 2017, 18:38 BST
Kezia Dugdale has urged voters to send a message to both the SNP and Conservatives by voting Labour at Thursday's council elections. Picture: Neil Hanna/JP LicenseKezia Dugdale has urged voters to send a message to both the SNP and Conservatives by voting Labour at Thursday's council elections. Picture: Neil Hanna/JP License
Kezia Dugdale has urged voters to send a message to both the SNP and Conservatives by voting Labour at Thursday's council elections. Picture: Neil Hanna/JP License
Kezia Dugdale has urged voters to 'send a message to the SNP and the Tories' by backing Labour in Thursday's council elections.

The party leader made her plea in Edinburgh today, 48 hours before polls open and the political make-up of Scotland’s 32 local authorities is decided for the next five years.

Recent polls suggest Labour will lose control of several councils, with both the SNP and Conservatives expected to make gains.

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Glasgow, which has returned a Labour administration at every muncipial election since 1980, is among the urban areas where the party is facing a strong challenge from the Nationalists.

Addressing a meeting of activists and candidates, Duglade called for voters to back the party’s “local champions”.

“On Thursday send the Tories a message – tell them that Scotland does not want their austerity,” she said.

“And send Nicola Sturgeon a message as well.