Why Things are Getting Worse for the SNP

The SNP's unity has always been mainly focused on independence. If they ever get it, the party will break up because of big differences in all other fields.

As a Canadian I watch the SNP story with fascination as it mirrors our own Québec (Patri Québécois, Bloc Québécois) story. These types of parties are generally united only by their quest for independence. As such their base runs from the far left to the far right on all other issues. The feuding is inevitable especially when the main goal is only a distant dream.

Honestly the SNP have been skating on the independence argument for way to long now. Scotland seriously needs to start demanding a higher level of competence from it's politicians. We need politicians who can either exploit our position within the UK better and prove the benefits we get out of it, or build a much stronger country before even thinking of independence so it's not half arsed and screws everyone over.

I do feel another reason is that Scots realise that the SNP are unable to do much in the UK Parliament. Their main policy is Scottish independence, something they’ve been unable to accomplish in the UK government. I wouldn’t be surprised if the SNP still remains as the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, as they have a lot more power and can pass (generally) popular policies.

He seems more concerned with Gaza than Glasgow. Classic "look over there!" tactic of a useless populist politician

I feel like you were repeating the same information quite often in this video

The SNP and Tories made the same mistake by putting an unelected minority in charge.

There is a race to the bottom and Labour are coming out the better of the major options in all races, by virtue of taking the lift instead of hurling themselves down the shaft.

Is Yousaf actually popular at all in Scotland? He seems thoroughly unpleasant, authoritarian and lacks charisma

Standard example of one party being in power for too long and depending on a single leader

As a Scot, it baffles me how badly the SNP fucked up, they were praised for years when the tories across the border could barely run the UK, all the SNP had to do was not fuck it up and yet they did. we were given such a good opportunity to leave

There is one critical difference between the SNP and the Tories. Starmer has moved Labour policy to appeal to Tory voters but he has done nothing to appeal to SNP supporters. So any surge in Scottish Labour MPs is likely to ge short lived.

Politicians need to be constantly scrutinized. It's guaranteed that there is fraud going on at all times. If it's not being found then the overseers are not in place or are complicit.

Does campaign fraud by Tories (or vote leave in 2016) get even remotely the same level of scrutiny and consequences the SNP have faced for what is, at the national level, pocket change?

Yousaf is an awful politician

The infighting is not too bad. Forbes was a popular and competent finance minister. Yusuf is seen by a lot of members as incompetent. That was the main dividing point rather than ideology like the Tories. Competence vs incompetence. The SNP members are generally on the same page politically apart from a few outliers like Forbes and Cherry. I think most of the big hitters in the party saw the election as a poison chalice as due to the fallout of the police investigation and Labour getting popular the next election was always going to be bad. For example, I've had people say to me that we have to vote Labour to remove the Tories in Westminster..which could lead to more Tories in Westminster as the SNP and Labour split the votes in seats the Tories could never have won normally. So Forbes only did well because of the lack of ability of the other candidates. Nobody decent wanted the role. A better analogy would be May and the Tories rather than Johnson and partygate. After the election, Yusuf will be blamed and Forbes will hardly figure in the consequent leadership race where someone like Flynn will win in a landslide. Then the party will be fully behind the leadership.

Not arrested. questioned and released without charge.

Firstly, the SNP have actually been in power in Scotland since 2007, not 2011 as your intro stated Secondly, I know there are some parallels between the Conservatives in the UK, and the SNP in Scotland. However - the polls are consistent in the UK showing Labour about 20 points ahead. In Scotland, where there is much less polling, they show SNP / Labour about neck and neck. I would suggest thats actually pretty good for the SNP, considering all the other factos in play - and is VERY different to where the Conservatives position in the UK. Lastly, getting 25 seats as the MRP poll suggests, out of the 57 seats in Scotland is certainly a big drop from what the SNP currently hold, but it is still a big proportion of Scottish seats - and a much higher number than the SNP ever got prior to 2015.

think it also important to say practically no one likes Humza Yousaf. I live in an area that has changed from SNP to Conservative to SNP, and even people who didn't vote for SNP usually say they like Nicola Sturgeon or that she gives good speeches or something along those lines. However, I've not heard anything good about Humza Yousaf even from SNP supporters, quite frankly its always been negative if something is spoken about him.

1:34 it’s graphics like this that are the reason I watch TLDR