Stand by for a political upheaval. Scotland is going to change everything. The latest YouGov poll shows the Scottish Nationalist Party well ahead of Labour in the polls, and set to secure the largest number of seats in May’s election. Labour in Scotland could be back to where they were a quarter of a century ago. SNP leader Alex Salmond might well become First Minister, say George Jones and Kate Devlin, and is pledged to hold a full-scale referendum on independence for Scotland. Without its phalanx of Scottish MPs, Labour would be hard put to gain a majority at Westminster.

This is very bad news for Gordon Brown. His reign as Prime Minister might see a rump of Scottish MPs deciding English, but not Scottish, policies, and the start of a break-up of the Union. If that were not enough, the poll also shows David Cameron consolidating a Tory lead, indicating that the electorate didn’t buy Brown’s budget.

We’ve said it here many times: it’s Scotland’s turn now, and Scotland’s time. This tide is going to change the political shoreline for ever. Cameron’s Conservative group in Scotland might just decide to go along with that tide, and go into a coalition government there with the SNP. Now that really would be an upheaval.

From Adam Smith Institute

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