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Originally Posted by Mr K
No problem then, don't vote for the SNP.
However if the Scots keep voting them in on a platform of another vote, then that's democracy.
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The problem is that (until the Alba Party appeared) the separatist vote really had nowhere to go except to the SNP. It’s a minority, but it’s the biggest minority. Politics-as-usual is possible through three mainstream parties, one of the left, one centrist and left-leaning, and one centre right (though notably less right than its English branch). The unionist vote is therefore neatly split, and the only party that can plausibly run a minority administration is the SNP. There are doubtless a few dingbats who believe in the union then overcompensate by voting for the party that’s appropriated all the saltires, but the SNP vote is essentially the separatist vote.