Thread: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Old 30-01-2012, 12:38   #142
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Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Not really ... Scotland's alternative party of government to Labour has got to be left-of-centre, because left-of-centre is where the centre ground of politics is in Scotland at the moment. The SNP is a left-of-centre party and this is the reason it was able to secure such a convincing victory in 2010. Alex Salmond is first minister despite his separatist agenda, not because of it.

If (when) the SNP fails to end the United Kingdom in 2014 it will be in a position of advocating the long-term aim of separatism whilst simultaneously being forced to acknowledge that the question can't be asked again any time soon (though I am certain they will start agitating to ask it again rather sooner than anyone else would like). Having set that aside I would expect them to continue to operate as a left-of-centre alternative to Labour with a policy agenda that seeks to set Scotland apart from England at every possible opportunity.

The thing to remember about Salmond is that, unlike many in his party, he is and has always been a gradualist.
So if Labour becomes more Left wing, will most SNP voters go to Labour?
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