Mark Smith: The SNP’s right hand has delivered a punch to Westminster, but the left hand has let it down

WHATEVER you make of the SNP’s House of Commons protest, the blood definitely seemed to be pumping round the veins of the Yes movement at the weekend. Ian Blackford, the nationalist leader at Westminster, said – with the kind of certainty that sometimes comes over politicians at moments like these – that history would remember the walkout as a defining moment. Pro-SNP commentators said something similar: nothing will ever be the same again, this is a turning point, a pivotal event, a game changer for the SNP and the campaign for independence. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16296791.Mark_Smith__The_SNP__39_s_right_hand_has_delivered_a_punch_to_Westminster__but_the_left_hand_has_let_it_down/