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Scotland at one time was a Labour bastion and the SNP were always minor players in the game of things, but over the years the labour party in Scotland took the electorate for granted year after year they expected blind loyalty and gave very little in return.
Even when the Scottish Parliament was set up we had three Labour First Ministers along with the Lib Dems in coalition but the lot of the average Scot changed very little, the Scots had had enough and a minority SNP government was voted in, things slowly changed, then an SNP government with a majority was voted in and things got a bit better, ( this was never meant to happen as the way the parliament was set up should have excluded the SNP from getting a majority )
When the Independence referendum come about many Labour supporters were insulted that their party officials took to the same stage as the Tories and were hand in glove with what was always perceived as the enemy.
Add to this that many labour supporters were not as unionist as the party hierarchy thought they were and many actually voted yes, so I was not surprised that Labour got wiped out in Scotland, yes many votes will be a protest vote but the swell for self determination has not gone away the battle last year for independence may have been lost but the war is not over, the genie is out of the bottle in Scotland and it's not for going back in.
The Unionists promised change and more powers for Scotland we got a "vow "which were as usual empty words and as soon as the result was known the back tracking started, we were told by the UK establishment that we were full partners with an equal voice in the Union, well the election rhetoric by the two major parties put paid to that, the SNP were portrayed as the Antichrist incarnate. Only this morning I heard an ex Tory minister on the radio complaining about pandering to the bloody Scots.
Sundae asked about another referendum I don't think its on the cards at this time however if the SNP win in the Scottish Parliament in 2016 and wipe out Labour then all bets are off and then I think they'll push for it .
The Tories think that the SNP in Westminster are an irrelevance and if they have that attitude it will be a big mistake David Cameron and the Tories are in for a bumpy ride
Alba gu Brath
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