The SNP are very, very happy that they now have 56 MPs in Westminster. But to listen to their conference in Aberdeen today, you’d think they were happiest that Labour is having a miserable time in the House of Commons. It wasn’t just Nicola Sturgeon’s speech, covered here, that showed their joy. It was also the ‘Westminster Hour’ session that the party ran later in the day, featuring a number of newly elected MPs, and the party’s Westminster group leader Angus Robertson and finance spokesman Stewart Hosie.
Angus Robertson in particular gave the impression that he was enjoying the misery of the Labour party and the SNP’s hand in that as much as a cat enjoys toying with a mouse over several days. He decided to toy with that mouse just a little bit more today, in order to provoke another furious round of squeaking, as he announced that the SNP will press for an early debate and vote on Trident renewal in the coming months.
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