No strangers to bitter infighting

Sir, – There is no divide in the SNP.

According to Jill Stephenson (Courier, April 20), the “party management is no longer as sure-footed as it was”.

This is quite a ridiculous claim, and one that I would go as far as to say is entirely hypocritical.

The major divides between Remain and Leave cliques within the Conservative Party have been causing major friction within the UK Government, as well as those who seek to replace Mrs May as PM.

This has been highlighted with the failings of Mrs May to control Boris Johnson following the Salisbury Incident, as well as bypassing Parliament to secure strikes on Syria so that her own anti-war MPs wouldn’t defy the whip.

I won’t even mention Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative Party’s Iago.

The SNP have consistently voted as one, against disgusting Tory policies such as the “rape clause” of Universal Credit, and will continue to do so.

Infighting is not only a Tory problem though, as shown in the last two years of Corbyn’s Labour.

Blairite MPs and MSPs conflict behind the scenes with pro-Corbyn ones, not to mention the pro-Brexit or pro-EU Labour politicians, as seen in the local branch’s leadership election.

Disagreement between Kezia Dugdale and Mr Corbyn, for example, was rife when she was leader.

The Scottish Parliament is currently under attack, and is understandably focused on the fundamentals of Scottish democracy, before party gain, unlike a certain party in government south of the border.

As for your correspondent’s views on Cambridge Analytica, I

will put it like this; the SNP went into a cake shop to look at the produce, saw it was off, and left.

The Conservatives bought the whole counter. Lloyd Melville. East Garden Cottage, Duntrune.