Editing Scottish National Party (section)

==== Fundamentalists and gradualists ====
There have always been divisions within the party on how to achieve [[Scottish independence]], with one wing described as 'fundamentalists' and the other 'gradualists'. The SNP leadership generally subscribes to the gradualist viewpoint, that being the idea that independence can be won by the accumulation by the [[Scottish Parliament]] of powers that the [[UK Parliament]] currently has over time. Fundamentalism stands in opposition to the so-called gradualist point of view, which believes that the SNP should emphasise independence more widely to achieve it. The argument goes that if the SNP is unprepared to argue for its central policy then it is unlikely ever to persuade the public of its worthiness.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Seenan |first1=Gerard |last2=MacAskill |first2=Ewen |date=6 May 1999 |title=SNP's radical wing threatens to split party |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/06/uk.politicalnews1 |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321081509/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/06/uk.politicalnews1 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>