Is the SNP heading for a split?
Both opponents and allies of Kate Forbes are warning of resignations if she becomes leader.
By
Chris Deerin
Chris Deerin is Scotland editor and contributing writer at the New Statesman. He writes regularly on Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. You can see his writing here and in the Scotland section.
Latest articles
Features on
All Articles
Will the SNP leadership candidates ever talk about anything other than independence?
The first TV debate neglected the real economic and social problems facing Scotland.
By
SNP leadership candidates need to abandon the independence delusion
Even Kate Forbes pretends that another referendum is imminent – it isn’t and the party should get real.
By
Why Kate Forbes just won’t quit
The socially conservative religious beliefs of Scotland’s finance secretary have dismayed her supporters, yet her leadership campaign survives. Could…
By
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon – Audio Long Reads
The Scottish National Party reached its electoral zenith under the First Minister, who quit abruptly this month. Where did…
By
Could Kate Forbes yet defy the SNP machine and win the leadership?
A poll putting the finance secretary eight points ahead shows that Scotland is not the country that SNP hardliners…
By
The undoing of Nicola Sturgeon
The SNP reached its electoral zenith under the First Minister but she leaves office humbled by Westminster and alienated…
By
Is Kate Forbes’s SNP leadership campaign over already?
The finance secretary’s declaration that she would have voted against equal marriage has dismayed her supporters.
By
Nicola Sturgeon resigns – what next for Scottish politics?
The outgoing First Minister took the SNP to electoral dominance but never achieved her most-prized aim of independence for…