01/11/12

Permalink Scottish independence referendum: why autumn 2014?

Alex Salmond's disclosure of when he wants to hold the referendum was unexpected but his preferred date was less so. - So Alex Salmond has named the day he wants to see Scotland vote for divorce; well, if not the day, then the season. The referendum on Scottish independence will be staged in autumn 2014, he suddenly declared on Tuesday night. His announcement, while long-awaited, was still unexpectedly sudden. Many suspect the disclosure was forced on the first minister. Salmond was desperate to check-mate David Cameron's government in London, just as it warned in the Commons that a Holyrood-run referendum would be illegal without explicit powers from Westminster. Why autumn 2014? Salmond insists it is the date which allows all sides the time to deliver the strongest campaigns, both for and against. As Wednesday's splash headline in the Scotsman loosely has it, this means "1,000 days to decide our future".

[Editor's Comment:] Now that England (London, really) has wasted Scotland's oil fortune and poverty comes in the door, England all of a sudden considers a referendum to be convenient. Now why is that? - After all these years of dragging it's feet, why just now?

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