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March 10, 2005
Salmond on independence
Following Alex Salmond’s ITN News interview yesterday, the heading in the Scotsman is ‘Salmond: “Independence not popular” ‘, and both Labour and the Tories have seized on his remarks to imply that the SNP have at last realized the futility of independence.
Of course it’s not as simple as that. What Salmond was candidly admitting was that many people in Scotland seem to be in favour of increased powers for Holyrood, but remain unconvinced of the case for independence.
This may not represent a paradox so much as a debate that has yet to happen. How many people have a conception of what independence would mean in the 21st century? Or have an idea of the processes involved and of the new relationships it would create?
Perhaps the SNP should be working on a ‘road map’ that explains exactly what powers would be taken up by an independent Scottish government?
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=261592005
Posted by Simon Holledge at March 10, 2005 04:26 PM
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