What Will Alex Salmond And The Snp Do If They Achieve Independence?

[ToraToraTora]

Presumably with their goal achieved they will disband.

[Gromit]

They are a Nationalist Party, so it is fair to assume they will celebrate the *new* Scottish Nation.

[Zacs-Master]

Some interesting thoughts on the very question here:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/snp-could-disband-after-independence-1-2711819

[WesterRoss]

Of course not, they will govern Scotland.

[Peter Pedant]

Alex Salmond will be a prime minister and be very important.

It's his life's work apparently. [ what ? to be a prime minister ? Yes ]

[Quizmonster]

As has been pointed out here before, there is no certainty that the current First Minister would become Prime Minister of Scotland in the event that independence was chosen later this year. There would need to be a Scottish general election relatively soon after any such choice, enabling Labour, Conservative, LibDem, Green and any other candidates - including SNP ones if that party remains in existence - to stand.
For the residents of Scotland themselves, at least, this would mean they were being governed by a party they have chosen rather then one they virtually universally reject!

[ToraToraTora]

sorry QM, what do you mean, the SNP was voted for in droves, they have the most MSP's will that change?

[Quizmonster]

TTT, as I'm sure you know, Scotland has 59 constituencies for the Westminster Parliament. 58 of them voted to have a representative from SNP, Labour and LibDem. Only one - just across the border from Carlisle - chose a Conservative.
In the event of independence, the Westminster Parliament would become largely insignificant in the thoughts of Scotland's voters, so the "anyone but a Tory" attitude would diminish. People might feel free once more, as they did for decades in the past, to vote for "local" Tories within their own parliament.

[ToraToraTora]

that's 59 non tory MP's out of wesminster! happy days. It is perhaps ironic that if they vote for Indpendence they will in effect be gving purpetual rule in UK to their enemies the Tories!

[Quizmonster]

Quite, TTT, but then why would they care if Tories 'rule' England forever more? They would no longer be their "enemies", would they?
I can, however, tell you that - unlke your good self - there are multitudes of English people who really would be horrified by any such prospect!