Scottish National Party

Basic Information
The Scottish National Party is a Scottish party which believes that Scotland has the right and power to be a self-governing, self-reliant, independent nation. The SNP believes that Scotland has the ability and right to leave the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom and Great Britain in favour of joining the EU to be a fully separated, independent nation.

Recent Scandals
The most recent scandal involving the SNP would be the financial scandal. It was reported by LBC Radio that the party's Westminster leader, Alex Salmond, had claimed the most unnecessary expenses out of any MP. On top of this initial scandal, Alex Salmond made a pledge to re-pay the money, which he did, however, on top of already pledging to donate tens of thousands to Scottish charities, this left the SNP with little-to-no money.

This caused the SNP to sell off parts of its headquarters in Scotland, meaning they then had to cut down on staffing. This caused a ripple affect and greatly impacted the party's campaigning. This left the campaign team struggling to afford all the ordinary campaigning equipment, this caused the SNP to drop in the popular vote and struggle to make many gains. On top of the financial scandal, the party was also caught with its trousers down when Alex Salmond quite literally was caught with his trousers down. This scandal quickly earned Alex Salmond the title of Alex 'Gropey' Salmond following several accusations of sexual harassment and assault. Ultimately, the charges were dropped and the court found in favour of Alex Salmond due to a lack of evidence, however, since then more witnesses have come forwards, pressuring the court to re-open the case