Dancing to the wrong tune; Record View.

THE Brigadoon dreams of Alex Salmond have taken another battering - well,they've taken three actually.

First, there has been a further fall in support for the flagship independence policy.

In addition, there has been a steady increase in voters backing Labour.

And, perhaps most worringly for the SNP, there has been a catastrophic collapse in the percentage of voters who reckon the SNP administration is doing a good job.Approval ratings are down from 52 to just 41 per cent.

In addition, Scots are showing they just don't have the appetite for a multi-million-pound independence referendum which the Nats are relentlessly pursuing despite overwhelming opposition in and out of Holyrood.

Only one in eight says it's a priority and most reckon it's a waste of public money.

Don't let the Nats kid anyone on by trying to dismiss the revelations as the findings of a rogue poll with a small sample.

The SNP, more than any political party, know the value and importance of polling.

So, despite their public bravado, behind closed doors they will be deeply concerned at what is rapidly becoming a period of deep crisis for the SNP.

Their manifesto promises have been shown to be undeliverable and their key policies have no hope of being implemented.

And public confidence is ebbing steadily. It was only in April that Salmond bragged about sending 20 MPs to London this year, and that the SNP would make "Westminster dance to a Scottish jig".

The way things are going, Alex, you'll be dancing alone.