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SNP the electoral winner of devolution, says polling expert

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The SNP has been the electoral winner of devolution, polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice said on the 25th anniversary of the first Scottish Parliament election.

In 1999, the country went to the polls for the first time to elect a crop of MSPs for the freshly-formed Parliament, returning Labour as the largest party.

Donald Dewar-led Labour made a deal with the to govern as a coalition for the first eight years of Holyrood’s existence – despite changes

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