AdvertisementFrom Losers To Possible Kingmakers, A Scottish Party Comes Back StrongApril 18, 2015Ari ShapirofacebookEmailNicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), delivers a speech in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 28. After its loss at the polls last year on the issue of Scottish independence, the party has quadrupled its membership and is on the ascendant. (Reuters/Landov)