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Choosing Scotlands Future - A National Conversation

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The Scottish Government is committed to bringing forward a referendum bill in time for a referendum on independence for Scotland to be held in the autumn of 2010.

First Minister Alex Salmond"We are aware - as we will always be - of the sovereignty of our people, that the decisions on Scotland's future lie ultimately with those living and working in Scotland - and with no-one else."
First Minister Alex Salmond

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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 00:01
Alan - Glasgow

To 691 John - Glasgow: If the Union of 1707 was a merger and not a takeover, why was its infrastructure of government "inherited" entirely from England? A true merger would have abolished Westminster in line with the abolition of the Scottish Parliament and created an entirely new UK parliament. ... [View all comments]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009 21:40
George - scotland

I was wondering what would happen if there was a referendum and the scottish people did vote for independence. As things stand when we vote in a UK election for a Prime Minister and one is elected, they have to present themself to the monarch of the day to get permission to form a goverment. I belei ... [View all comments]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009 10:34
Gordon - Fife

It seems to me that with so much anti-snp bias from the media (BBC,and all of the popular newspapers in Scotland, that the unionist message is always the one in peoples conscience. Even the Scotsman newspaper is guilty of some bias as well. How are we going to get a Scotland with full fiscal autonom ... [View all comments]

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