“
The next Scottish Parliament election is scheduled to be held on 6 May 2021
“
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election
Following Boris’ curious rant about Devolution followed by various suggestions of ‘that’s not what meant’, it’s now clear that the next SP will be a subject of much discussion (not just on CCE).
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s devolution: an England-first policy
CCE has managed to discuss ‘issues’ - IndyRef, Brexit. CV etc - robustly and without party political posing. I’m sure this will be the same.
This election is about much more than getting a ‘mandate for IndyRef2’ or even whether the SNP is ‘a safer pair of hands’ than all the other parties’.
Increasingly the idea that Independence is possibly better than the status quo/prospect of more control from Westminster seems to be spreading through Scotland. (And, to a lesser degree, some regions in England!)
The idea that the SNP ‘only cares about breaking up the UK’ is not exactly true. It has also run various aspects of the country - whether it has the vision/policies/competence or is ‘restrained by Westminster’ will continue to be argued without much prospect of a conclusion.
The other pro-Indy party - the Greens - probably has better policies for the Climate Crisis (well they should have), but the voters will always have reasons to put their votes elsewhere.
It will be interesting to see if the ‘2nd vote Green’ strategy re-emerges.
The other parties have internal problems - including how to deal with Devo/HomeRule/Federalism. But they are united in not being the SNP. A selling point with a lot of voters.
In the early days of the SP there were LOTS of parties - which was the deliberate intention of the voting system. It was believed that no party would get an overall majority and that co-operation and compromises would be necessary.
We continue to live in interesting times.
posts
