After rejecting the Referendum vote for Scottish Independence in September 2014, electors have now voted massively for the Scottish National Party (SNP), which has obtained 56 of the 59 seats available in Scotland !
This represents a favourable swing of 50 seats since the last General Election in 2010 but merits an explanation !
Gordon Brown, born in Scotland, was the Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister, having taken over from Tony Blair when at last he decided to "go" in 2007 ! The British economy at that point was already in dire straits !
At the General Election in 2010, Scotland massively voted for Brown and the Labour Party obtained 43 seats in Scotland, but in spite of this, Labour still lost the Election !
After that election Ed Miliband replaced Brown as leader of the Labour Party, but he has lacked the charisma required and failed to conquer the Labour Party faithfuls ! This is one reason Labour lost in 2015 !
This year the person who has impressed the Scottish faithfuls is Nicola Sturgeon ! She is staunchly Nationalist and the Leader the SNP needed ! It is natural that she would attract and obtain the Votes Brown had in 2010.
Some of these electors, however, voted against Independence in the Referendum last September ! This is something she must heed and never forget !
Labour lost their 43 seats in Scotland and this again partly explains their disaster yesterday !
However Nicola Sturgeon, (who is only a Member of the Scottish Parliament) with 56 SNP MPs in Westminster cannot really expect that ALL these extra votes will support another attempt at Independence for Scotland !
If there is another attempt by Scotland to leave the UK, is this not an issue when "all" UK electors should be entitled to a Vote ? The same principle should even apply if the object is only "more Regional Independence and Responsibility" !
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