The Scottish First Minister is punishing children just to prove a political point

With the oil price at its current low, an independent Scotland would face a fiscal “chasm”

Kezia Dugdale's party are pulling some clever moves, but the nationalists barely feel the need to fight them

The party's record in government doesn't bear much scrutiny

The party could now return to the role it had in the 1990s

The former first minister will act as an ideal lightening rod for criticism of the SNP—But how it copes without him in charge is another question