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The SNP are still in power – but Scotland has changed

New Statesman·Chris Deerin·24 days ago
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Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Five more years. A quarter-century of Nationalist rule. The SNP have emerged from yet another Holyrood election undefeated, seemingly undefeatable. After an underwhelming campaign that failed to capture the national imagination, Scotland has got what Scotland seemingly wants. John Swinney back in Bute House, but without the majority he set as the trigger for a second independence referendum. An enlarged and empowered group of radical Green MSPs. A chunky presence for Reform. A fresh humbling for Labour and the Conservatives. There will be those who say the SNP didn’t do as well as they should have, but they have still won 58 of the Scottish Parliament’s 129 seats – only six down on their 2021 result. After so long in office, and with some years of high-profile scandal and significant policy failure behind them, this is no mean achievement. For the insurgent wave that is sweeping the UK also arrived in Scotland.…

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