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I would have voted for the SNP in Scotland if I had lived there, I think they have done good things since taking over in 2007.
It's clear the Lib Dem votes have near disintegrated there and that their votes have gone to the SNP.

I can see the Scottish voters logic in doing that, they have their own Govt in a fashion in Scotland and the UK has aConservative/Lib Dem non-mandated coalition govt as a whole. Had I been a voter in Scotland I would have felt the SNP would be more likely to win much more as to more power against the overall UK govt than Labour could since Labour is not the Govt.

All the Scottish govts policy making and law making rights came from Labour when in Govt, now they need a party and a Leader to take on this Westminster govt.

Largely, the SNP has succeeded because it has done well in the last 4 years and also it has capitalised on the Lib Dem meltdown there.

In a General Election, the Scottish voters overall will likely again as they did before turn back to Labour there, but with Labour in opposition in the UK and a Tory led coalition supported by a party now supporting total opposite policies it placed to the voters in 2010, I think the Scots have made a good decision.Alex Salmond is seen as a good strong leader there now.IN the Govt of Holyrood anyway.

Sadly, it would seem if the SNP get overall control that they will then hold another expensive referendum in Scotland as to Independence, if that hapens I hope the Scots vote against it but one thing is clear from looking back, the Scots now seem to be fed up of getting imposed on them Govts in the UK they neither want or supported.

Labour needs to realise that and the Lib Dems should today be hanging their heads in complete shame at their betrayal of their Scots voters too as well as Welsh and English voters.
The Cobservatives are ,it appears, much where they were in Scotland and in truth that's virtually them being irrelevant there.