Wondering why Plaid Cymru never experienced a similar young, left resurgence to the same level the SNP did. Lots of people first drawn into politics by the Iraq war, disillusioned by Labour, they could have followed the SNP model and hoovered up disillusioned young socialists.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
That's a process that only took place after the referendum. The SNP absorbed a mass movement, rather than seriously positioning itself to the left.
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Replying to @David_Jamieson7 @DawnHFoster
Agree with David, the SNP didn't intend to bring those people on board and they never positoned themselves for it - it just became a home for people left politically homeless after the referendum.
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The leadership didn't expect to absorb those people either, Salmond would never have resigned if he'd thought it was possible for the SNP to be in such a healthy position after losing in 2014
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Leanne Wood is much further to the left than Sturgeon, and she did try to emulate that success but the conditions didn't exist
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Wood has to battle a lot within the party too. When I was growing up, the independce movement seemed old, posh, male and stuffy: that hasn’t fully dissipated.
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