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Did 'in their first general election' not give it away? Perhaps if Labour get in in the UK next year and they're only get blamed for the Scotland negotiations by 2020, they'll consider that okay!

Gordon Brown was a key player following the 1979 referendum in the formation of the Scottish Constitutional Convention in 1989, a precursor to devolution. Both he and Alistair Darling were signatories of the Claim of Right 1989 document (not a legal document or act). It read: We, gathered as...

I was wondering about this myself. If Scotland votes Yes, where will this actually leave the SNP? I actually suspect that in their first general election, the SNP would get no where. They would have served their political purpose to the electorate hence why they only seem to vote for them for...

I don't think devolution was intended to be a static inflexible beast was it? It was never a case of here you go, control this bit and be happy. The independence has been on the political table since the 1979 referendum for a Scottish Assembly that got the yes vote but fell slightly short of the...

That is because they are 2 very different things as well you know. Our 'nationalists' have a very different agenda to those of the Scottish or Welsh.

I have no idea really. Personally, I don't think independence is going to make a single Scot feel anymore Scottish than they already do. I think the whole debate is about power and control. Westminster realised this suddenly 2 or 3 weeks ago when the polls showed a dramatic swing to the Yes and...

No one outside the UK blames the UK of course, but many within the UK. I wasn't making a polarised point either way, merely answering the question that you posed as to why you'd blame the Tories, in that if you can blame the previous administration for the financial crisis, then stands to reason...

In a parallel universe where the UK parliament was controlled from Edinburgh, that decisions for the South East were made by a majority of socialist Scots 500 miles away - I assume you'd be voting yes for an independent England rather than remain within a Union?

Seriously, are you being serious!? ??? :lolol: I know Malta is a bit isolated, but come on...

Why would Britain or Scotland be any less multicultural? The SNP are for independent governance, but their platform is far from nationalism in the right wing sense. If anything they are campaigning for political self determination, but want to leave borders, movement, currency etc. relatively...

That is a completely different kettle of fish to suggest the break down of imperialistic Britain is somehow comparable to the Union and what that stands for. What was wrong with setting up the Scottish Parliament? What has gone wrong with our Union is that we haven't devolved enough power fast...

You mean blame the government that is in power and allows it's country to be broken up? Why would we blame the Tories who have perhaps bought concessions to the table too little too late, who didn't take this seriously until they realised the Yes vote might actually win. Labour were blamed for...