Yellow Peril: The 'SNP Bad' Campaign

The election of 56 SNP MPs to Westminster, out of a possible 59, and the SNP majority at Holyrood frightened the wits out of the Scottish and UK Establishments. It seemed as if, despite the Referendum result, Scottish independence was still very much a live topic and a distinct possibility. Rather than take the risk of another referendum, which this time might result in a YES vote, everything possible was done to forestall it. This, of course, involved discrediting the SNP. Such a tactic had paid dividends in the Referendum, after all. And so, our elective representatives, both at Holyrood and at Westminster, were undermined constantly. Everything the SNP did was criticised, while our MPs and MSPs were smeared and vilified. Not that the Establishment needed to sully its hands; the Labour Party and the media were more than happy to do the job for it.