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The Scottish Progressives |
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The SNP bandwagon rolls on relentlessly sweeping all before it. Not only are the other parties failing to hold them to account, they would appear to be paralysed – caught in the headlights of the SNP juggernaut. However, the Scottish National Party received only 23% of the potential vote. The inevitable result of this is that many Scots feel that they no longer have a political party that represents their interests or reflects their beliefs. |
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Benefits of independence "overstated" |
 Churchill once remarked, "If you put two economists in a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions." It is a necessary caution to bear in mind when citing economists.
Nevertheless, a respected economic adviser to Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has said that Scotland would gain little by full independence. Professor John Kay offered some hope to the SNP though by stating that the prospect would "clearly be economically viable".
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 All too often Scottish politics is dominated by grand rhetoric rather than practical ideas. At the present time, there is one simple fact that should govern our political language: the fact that our economy is near to bankruptcy and we need to rediscover our skills and talent for making money in the real world.
Beside this fact, all other schemes for reshaping government and all spending programmes fall into irrelevance. If we cannot pay our way there will not be much left to govern. |
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 An excellent article by Brian Monteith in The Scotsman looks at some of the myths and assumptions about devolution that have shown to be untrue:
What say you now, Lord Robertson? It was back in 1995 that the then un-enobled George Robertson, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, said "devolution will kill nationalism stone dead". This little ditty went along with other ridiculous notions of the MacChattering classes, such as devolution would revive the Tories in Scotland, and a Scottish Parliament would be different (code for better) than Westminster.
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SNP win leaves the opposition in tatters |
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 With the Scottish Parliament elections over, it is time to reflect on the results of the election, how we got here and what happens next.
The scale of the SNP's victory - and Alex Salmond's victory in particular - cannot be overstated. Although the majority is small, it has been won against the three major UK parties in an electoral system that has an inherent bias against majority government. |
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