Nationalists have rather a lot to be triumphalist about. They lost the referendum 12 months ago, but they have since won everything else. Their leader is popular with both a party that has ballooned in size and a wider Scottish public that looks on her very favourably. They eviscerated all their rivals north of the Tweed at the general election and the polls are pointing to another stonking victory in next May’s elections to the Holyrood parliament and an increase in their governing majority. This despite growing scrutiny of their eight-year record in power in Edinburgh and a lengthening list of negatives on the balance sheet.
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