The SNP implosion could lead to a more independent Scotland. Here’s how | Simon Jenkins

Labour and the Tories are desperate for Scottish seats. What they offer to get them could be a gamechanger

British politics for the next year should be conducted not from Westminster but from Scotland. Since the Scottish National party leadership imploded this month, its once rock-solid support has collapsed. A recent poll suggests that the SNP’s cohort of MPs will plummet at a 2024 election from 45 to 21. The beneficiary could well be Labour, surging from one MP to 26.

Sceptics have begun casting...