[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

That's not really true, there's massive division on the issue internally they just tend to like to present a united front. Plenty of infighting in the SNP.

However yes it's done untold damage to both support for the SNP, and support for independence. It's an absolutely massive political blunder... it's not just nosedived something that was trundling along - it's stopped a surge of upwards momentum in its tracks and hammered it back decades.

It COULD be an opportunity for Labour to make gains, but my fear is that it'll split the vote between SNP and Labour with the result being the Tories pipping both at the post and gaining some seats.

Really it depends on how quickly they replace her, who it's with, and what noises they make.

Do you think it's made a lot of people who would have been pro Independence think, "thank god Westminster intervened"?