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The party was established in 1934, from the merger of the Scottish Party with the National Party of Scotland.

The party was established in 1934, from the merger of the Scottish Party with the National Party of Scotland.

In the 1940s, the party planned to set up a [[Vichy]]-style government in Scotland in the event of a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] invasion.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1312419/snp-news-arthur-donaldson-scotland-nazi-germany-invasion-spt SNP leader’s ‘secret Nazi plot’ laid bare by bombshell MI5 dossier]</ref> Founding party member Andrew Dewar Gibb admitted in his diary to "distinct [[fascist]] leanings" and frequently quoted [[Adolf Hitler]] in his public speeches.<ref name="expresssnpnazis">[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/711752/snp-links-adolf-hitler-fascism-revealed-political-anthology-james-mitchell-gerry-hassan SNP Links to Adolf Hitler and Fascism revealed in new political anthology]</ref> When information on the SNP's collaboration with the Nazis was publicly released in 2005, the SNP flimsily tried to deny it.

In the 1940s, the party planned to set up a [[Vichy]]-style government in Scotland in the event of a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] invasion.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1312419/snp-news-arthur-donaldson-scotland-nazi-germany-invasion-spt SNP leader’s ‘secret Nazi plot’ laid bare by bombshell MI5 dossier]</ref> Founding party member Andrew Dewar Gibb admitted in his diary to "distinct [[fascist]] leanings" and frequently quoted [[Adolf Hitler]] in his public speeches.<ref name="expresssnpnazis">[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/711752/snp-links-adolf-hitler-fascism-revealed-political-anthology-james-mitchell-gerry-hassan SNP Links to Adolf Hitler and Fascism revealed in new political anthology]</ref> When information on the SNP's collaboration with the Nazis was publicly released in 2005, the SNP flimsily tried to deny it.<ref>[https://twitter.com/themajorityscot/status/1721902255589470229 The Majority on X: Fascist apologist, proud Anglophobe, Scottish supremacist, Nazi sympathiser, divisive nationalist and condescending prick. Sickening.]</ref>

In the 1945 Motherwell by-election, Robert McIntyre (1913-1998) became the first Scottish National Party candidate elected to the UK [[House of Commons]]. He lost his seat at the general election later that year. Also that year, the party fielded the failed candidate Hugh MacDiarmid, an Anglophobic Scottish supremacist known for his sympathies both to [[Marxism-Leninism]] and Nazism.

In the 1945 Motherwell by-election, Robert McIntyre (1913-1998) became the first Scottish National Party candidate elected to the UK [[House of Commons]]. He lost his seat at the general election later that year. Also that year, the party fielded the failed candidate Hugh MacDiarmid, an Anglophobic Scottish supremacist known for his sympathies both to [[Marxism-Leninism]] and Nazism.