The End of the SNP's Electoral Dominance

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The Scottish National Party won 80% of the vote in a referendum on independence. The party's single-minded leader, Nicholas Sturgeon, stepped down earlier this year. Holhouse: exhaustion from governing for 16 years plus a scandal over donations is signaling an end to SNP dominance. He says it could also mean that there will be a second referendum on Scottish independence.

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