James Cook
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Yeah, fifth election victory in a row.
The fifth election victory.
There have only been seven elections in the devolution era.
Seven elections since 1999.
And the SNP have won five of them.
I suppose if you take a step back and think about it, that's pretty remarkable because devolution was a Labour project.
It was delivered by a Labour government.
It was a project that they thought...
would, in the words it is said of George Robertson, kill the SNP or kill nationalism stone dead.
The former Labour Grandi, former Secretary General of NATO.
But it hasn't killed the SNP stone dead and it hasn't killed Scottish nationalism stone dead.
Indeed, the SNP have prospered through devolution.
They've learned to use it.
They've run the government here for a long time.
That doesn't mean there haven't been problems.
I mean, Adam, there have been, as we know, a lot of difficulties for the SNP.
They had a very turbulent period.
They went to two First Ministers.