And come the Scottish Elections the Party Leaders based in London have no say at all in the basic principles of their parties sitting in Holyrood, and what they will do once they become MSPs? REALLY? If that is the case, why did Lamont leave her position at the "head" of Scottish Labour stating that the Scottish party was nothing more than a UK Branch Office with little/no autonomy.
Re Westminster, the MPs of all parties get their "guidance" from the party leader via the whip system.......why on earth else does anyone think they have a whip system.
Nicola will have as much influence among SNP Westminster MPs as Alex Salmond did when he was Party Leader while sitting in the Scottish Parliament. The party leader is important as the public face of the party, as well...which is why the Tories, Labour and LibDems are struggling, because their leaders are not currently overly popular among the public.
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