Anyone who has been involved with even the most trivial ‘real’ politics, even at the level of social media shit-fights, will understand a crucial truth about human behaviour: people have far more contempt and hatred for the parties they directly compete with than their ideological opponents. Scottish politics is a two horse fight between Labour and the SNP, any SNP politician, local activist or ideologue has spent their life documenting the unending corruption of the Labour Party, dealing with smears from the Labour press and carries the bitterness of betrayed promises on devolution from Labour.
