Hi, please let me know what you think. Many thanks! Bob M.

The Scottish National Party's nearly two-decade rule at Holyrood represents a significant failure of governance, with their obsession with independence overshadowing effective management of public services and the economy. Their record reveals systematic decline across education, healthcare, and financial management, alongside mounting scandals that have eroded public trust and left Scotland worse off than it could have been.

• Education system has plummeted under SNP watch, with PISA results showing historic lows in reading, maths and science
• Healthcare in crisis with over 700,000 Scots on hospital waiting lists and some patients enduring delays exceeding one year
• Economy struggling with growth lagging behind UK average and infrastructure projects like the Ferguson ferries ballooning from £97m to £400m+
• Social policies creating division, notably the Gender Recognition Reform Bill that sparked widespread backlash
• Fiscal management showing serious deficits, with IFS projecting £10 billion annual structural deficit by 2028
• Corruption concerns mounting with ongoing police investigation into party finances and missing £600,000 in referendum funds
• Drug death crisis unaddressed with Scotland suffering Europe's highest rate and over 1,300 fatalities in 2023 alone