The SNP want Scotland to run its own affairs and not be subject to the hardships which a tory government will cause the country as they get more settled at Westminster. Since more people who bother to vote in national elections also want the same thing, the SNP are going to continue to pursue that policy. I honestly can't remember a single thing labour managed to achieve in the first 8 years of the holyrood parliament, as they were only lackeys doing what they were told by london labour. So no matter how much you dislike the SNP, at least they aren't sucking up to some millionaire knobs in London. Don't forget what a mess Scottish labour has made of the country with their PFI schools which will cost Scotland billions over the lifetimes of us all, and don't even start on the Edinburgh trams fiasco. I'd also say the new Forth bridge is looking marvellous and I can't wait to cross it when it's finished