According to the Gardy yun, cheeky wee tory Ruth Davidson has predicted that the SNP majority light be in danger at the elections. According to Davidson '' “(the SNP’s) poor record of delivery across our public services” and “their increasingly highhanded attitude as a government that thinks it can do what it likes and get away with it”.
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There certainly seems to be a significant shift in the polls, both on the upcoming election and on independence. So it is certainly possible that the SNP wont win a majority.
Now, of course, the significance is that if the SNP doesn't win a majority they likely wont be able to press for a second independence referendum (noting that the Greens may vote with them). We know they cannot hold a new independence vote without UK government approval and unless they win big in the election it becomes easy for the UK government simply to say there is no mandate for a second referendum.
Now until the last couple of weeks it really looked as if the stars were aligning for the independence movement, now that looks in jeopardy. And if that turns out to be the case there will undoubtedly be huge infighting as to who was to blame. The Salmond supporters will blame Sturgeon, the Sturgeon supporters will blame Salmond. Now there are times when an individual will sacrifice themselves in a cause they hugely believe in - history may perhaps indicate that neither Salmond, nor Sturgeon, when push came to shove, were prepared to put the cause of independence ahead of themselves.
