"For nearly 20 years, the [ #SNP] has acted, in many respects, as a bulwark to the worst of Westminster – or so the story goes. Not good policy, just not as bad as Westminster. Just enough to hold power without disrupting the status quo.
When the SNP had the political capital to finally scrap the regressive Council Tax – something they had previously promised to do – they baulked. On LGBT rights, they faltered and kicked the can down the road"
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25593550.snp-still-no-real-plan-people-scream-change/