One of my closest pals for almost 50 years (I mentioned his potential candidature in 2015 somewhere up there^^^, along with his being used by what he referred to as ‘party middle management’) has just sent me this:
“I’ve resigned from the SNP after 49 years”.

If people like him are deserting, there’s some serious poop going on.

It’s beginning to look like Iraq after Saddam was deposed, and the warring factions, kept quiet by fear, began the fechting.

Interesting.