Tycoon Gives Snp Gbp 1/2m to Beat Labour

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NATIONALIST hopes of winning power at Holyrood received a major boost yesterday after one of Scotland's richest men announced he was giving GBP 500,000 to the SNP.

Stagecoach tycoon Brian Souter rounded off a bad week for Labour with his donation, which takes the SNP's election war chest to an unprecedented GBP 1.4m.

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Tycoon Gives Snp Gbp 1/2m to Beat Labour

The sum makes it likely the Nationalists, already riding high in the polls, can outspend Labour during the campaign, and increases the prospects of SNP leader Alex Salmond winning the keys to Bute House in May.

Souter backed u...

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