Reposted by Pauline Taylor
My latest blog piece, Ian Blackford suggested last week that the SNP's boycott of the House of Lords was a weakness. It's not, it's a principle which goes to the heart of the SNP's purpose. Scotland must be governed by those it elects.
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The SNP is right to maintain its boycott of the Lords
Last week, the SNP’s former Westminster leader Ian Blackford, speaking to The National newspaper’s podcast, suggested that the party’s refusal to take any seat in Westminster’s up…