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[Hopkirk]

If the Scots vote no, what will happen to the SNP?

Their whole raison d'etre will be gone.

[AB Editor]

Not really, they clearly represent something for those who vote for them, even if those who did don't want the whole hog. Maybe they'll bide their time until opinion swings in their favour?

[Canary42]

Any form of Government needs an Opposition to keep it from tyranny.

[ToraToraTora]

Surely if they vote yes their work is done. Then they can rename themselves.

[jim360]

The most likely outcome of an independence vote is probably "no" - in which case there may and hopefully will be a fight for "devo-max". I don't see the SNP being destroyed by this referendum. They've been very popular so far and perhaps also very effective. Maybe that's been "subsidised success" but success all the same.

[youngmafbog]

Don't really care anymore than I care what Le fromage de singe redittion call their parties.

Just need them out of the UK so we can get on with our lives with no uncertainty.

[mikey4444]

They will slip back into the obscurity that they have spent most of their existence in since 1934. Although they have formed a minority government in Edinburgh in the Scottish Parliament, they currently hold only 6 out a possible 59 seats at Westminster.

[emmie]

going on the other long thread it's not just the Scots who live there who get the vote, but anyone who resides in Scotland. But not the Scots who live in other parts of the UK. What happens to the SNP if its no, sure they will survive.

[Old_Geezer]

They'll just keep on trying. Usually if the powers that be can't get something above board then they can nibble away at stuff for years until they have it in all but name. Just got to spot how.

[LazyGun]

Well they were originally formed as a single issue party - but they are one of the few of those sort of parties that make it to the mainstream.

They now have a broad based manifesto, and self-evidently offer a lot of Scots something distinctive that they do not get from Labour or the LibDems - I won't mention the Tories, since they have no presence to speak of in Scotland.

Were they to lose the referendum, they would still be a legitimate party, and I doubt that their desire for home rule - they will, I am sure, regroup and try again.

Formed in 1934, Finally negotiated a referendum in 2014 - 80 years of try try and try again... :)

[Hopkirk]

Thanks to all who answered

[nungate]

We can but hope...................

[Wharton]

Hopkirk - Aye, 'If'.