There are many critics of the s.n.p. in government.Some justified, some not. In some cases if the s.n.p. say black the critics say white. Is this a response to the fear of independence?The reason the s.n.p exist is after all for an independent Scotland.Yet you hear critics say they are obsessed with a referendum on independence.What do they expect.If the they make mistakes in government (as all governments do).That is not a reason surely for not wanting a free Scotland.I cannot think of a country in recent years that wanted independence from its larger neighbour that the British state dd not support.(The break up of the Soviet union).So what is so different about Scotland.