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Originally Posted by Damien
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Sweat not, it's only the same misconception that makes a lot of people in England assume Scotland is on the verge of jumping ship. The SNP runs the executive in Edinburgh because it's the single biggest party in the Scottish Parliament, but it is a long, long way from holding an outright majority and had only 32.9% of the vote at the 2007 Holyrood elections (Labour got 32.2% and has one seat fewer). And that, largely, is due to disaffection with Labour coupled with a long term dislike of Tories, rather than any upswelling of nationalist fervour.
Scotland isn't going to be leaving the Union at any time in the forseeable future.