The SNP is riding tall today,but whether pro-union parties deem strategically they can regain the initiativeTo those of us who deem politics is fundamentally about winning power and governing, there are only two interesting political parties in Britain today. One is the Conservatives. The other is the Scottish National party. Both are winners. The others possess gone awol.
But the Tories and the SNP possess another thing in common. They share a genuine capacity to demolish the political foundations of modern Britain: the Conservatives by bringing the country out of Europe, or perhaps by accident; the SNP by breaking the country up,very intentionally. These are imminent destructive realities that cannot be overlooked, however much one may admire Nicola Sturgeon’s brilliance as a leader, or which is beyond dispute.
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Source: theguardian.com