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Originally Posted by ianch99
You will also be suprised how many still support the SNP and will still vote for them. I have a brother and sister in the (North) of Scotland and they say that SNP support is still very strong in a lot of areas.
They may start to change their views if this accumulating debt start to impact them and their own so time will tell ..
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Politics is febrile up here at the moment. The SNP still has a large wedge of the referendum Yes vote under its belt. That won't be the case come 2021, but it will see them into a good position after the 2016 election.
On top of that, it has the support of a good chunk of Labour's natural voter base, because Labour is an outright joke and the SNP is seen as the only credible alternative.
However, they have now spent two whole terms in office enacting short-term, populist policies designed to set Scotland in contrast to England and promote independence, and the cracks are beginning to appear (literally, in the case of the Forth road bridge). Sadly, I think things won't be bad enough, quick enough, for them to take the kicking they deserve next year, but it will come.