Scottish Independence Referendum - 18 September 2014

[Peter the Lefty]

Just a thought - if Labour were still in power at Westminster, this situation would be....somewhat more interesting, wouldn't it?

Wow.  With Gordon Brown as PM...holy sh*t.  I guess they'd probably be a lot less likely to vote yes because of the chaos that would ensue if the Prime Minister of the UK was suddenly no longer a British citizen or a member of the British parliament, and Harriet Harperson would have to become acting PM.  Sheesh. 

[Peter the Lefty]

Lets say Scotland achieves Independence: What would the political situation look like? Who would be the party of the right? What reason would the SNP still have for existing and would they or Labour be the main center-left party?

Hmm...good question.  Seems to me like it may be like the pre-2011 Fianna Fail/Fine Gael situation in Ireland, where one dominant party has only some competition from an ideologically very similar party, with the SNP being like FF and Scottish Labour being like FG.  Labour might have to join forces with the Torries to beat the SNP. 

[Peter the Lefty]

Wow, this is news.  I always got the impression that the SNP were left-of-Labour.