I NOTE with interest your report on speculation about the future of the SNP ("SNP denies it has plans to disband after Yes vote", The Herald, December 31) and your editorial ("Another twist in the Yes campaign", The Herald, December 31), which makes reference to the SNP as a social democratic party.
I NOTE with interest your report on speculation about the future of the SNP (\"SNP denies it has plans to disband after Yes vote\", The Herald, December 31) and your editorial (\"Another twist in the Yes campaign\", The Herald, December 31), which makes reference to the SNP as a social democratic party.
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However, the essential politics of the party have always been something of a mystery beyond the aspiration of achieving independence. That lack of clarity is not altogether a surprise given that the party has been the political home for a disparate number of personalities, including John MacCormick, R B Cunninghame Graham, Professor Douglas Young, Dr Robert McIntyre, William Wolfe, Winnie Ewing, Margo Macdonald, Jim Sillars, Roseanna Cunningham and Alex Salmond. It has had the activities of the 79 Group to contend with, and it has accepted substantial donations from Brian Souter of Stagecoach.
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We Scots will surely follow Scott
I NOTE with interest your report on speculation about the future of the SNP ("SNP denies it has plans to disband after Yes vote", The Herald, December 31) and your editorial ("Another twist in the Yes campaign", The Herald, December 31), which makes reference to the SNP as a social democratic party.
However, the essential politics of the party have always been something of a mystery beyond the aspiration of achieving independence. That lack of clarity is not altogether a surprise given that the party has been the political home for a disparate number of personalities, including John MacCormick, R B Cunninghame Graham, Professor Douglas Young, Dr Robert McIntyre, William Wolfe, Winnie Ewing, Margo Macdonald, Jim Sillars, Roseanna Cunningham and Alex Salmond. It has had the activities of the 79 Group to contend with, and it has accepted substantial donations from Brian Souter of Stagecoach.
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