The Scottish National Party at 80  SNP logo The SNP has been
campaigning for independence since it was formed on 7 April,
1934  Every single-issue campaign group or minority starts with
a dream. A dream to one day be in the position to achieve what
it sets out to do.  Many fall by the wayside, but the Scottish
National Party - which formed 80 years ago this month - is one
of the exceptions.  It's taken a while to get there, but,
despite the party's turbulent history, it will stage a
referendum on Scottish independence on 18 September, after
winning two historic terms in office.  The story of the SNP is
one of success and failure, highs and lows, rogues and
visionaries - but, most of all, it's the story of a party which
started life on the fringes and became a mainstream force.  The
modern case for Scottish home rule goes right back to its
unification with England in 1707.  Fundamentalists V gradualists
The view that the Scots who put their names to the Act of Union
had been bribed, famously spurred Robert Bu