THE LATEST opinion polls have delivered a bombshell for Labour in Glasgow.

If the most up to date is accurate, six of the seven city seats would switch to the SNP.

Polls can be wrong and can ignore a variety of factors including local issues and popularity of individual candidates.

Given the history of Westminster General Elections in Glasgow, one MP seat going to the SNP would be a shock. Six would represent a monumental shift in the city's political identity.

Polls normally ask a specific number of people how they will vote then the result is applied across the country.

This latest poll was done in 16 individual constituencies including all seven Glasgow seats, which gives it much more credibility.

However, it was also conducted with three months to go till polling day and a lot can change in that time.

The shift to the SNP would be consistent with the referendum result where every Scottish Parliament constituency voted yes.

If the big increase in registered voters, who voted yes, follows up with a vote for the SNP and the yes alliance of smaller parties votes SNP, then Labour is indeed facing a battle for survival in the city and across Scotland.

That is a big if, and the enemy in Glasgow is still the Tories, which should never be underestimated.

That is exactly the tactic being pursued by Labour to try to keep its core voters, warning 'a vote for the SNP lets the Tories stay in power'.

But that argument has weaknesses in 2015.

First when Labour wins a big majority at Westminster it hasn't relied on Scottish MPs carrying it across the line.

And the high number of Scottish Labour MPs made no difference whatsoever to Margaret Thatcher winning big majorities.

Although, when the vote is close, as it most likely will be in May, it could make a difference.

However, what is of far more significance now and the big difference between elections of the past and the present, is the lines between Labour and Tory are blurred.

People are rejecting Labour because, since Tony Blair, many see little difference between the party and the Conservatives.

It is true, voters in Glasgow will not want the continuation of a David Cameron led Government.

But don't expect street parties if Ed Miliband is the new occupant of Number 10.

Jim Murphy, Labour's new Scottish Leader, has to give people reasons to vote for Labour, not just against the Tories.

His idea of Scots nurses paid for by a London mansion tax will find support but one policy doesn't make a revival.

There is no doubt Labour has been haemorrhaging support in Glasgow.

The question is: is the deep rooted hatred of the Tories across Glasgow still stronger than the growing disillusionment with Labour?