MGN-AFRICA»» pin:2A123D88 Scotland started a glorious revolution. Dont let Westminster snuff it out: The movement for devolution must not be reduced to a party political squabble or an anoraks debate The state of our union is strong. Those are the words uttered with ritual regularity by a US president delivering his annual address to the nation. What, though, is the state of our union, nearly a century older than the Americans and questioned this week as never before? You could say it has emerged from yesterdays vote in Scotland with its strength renewed, reaffirmed not by the whisker foreseen by the closing opinion polls but by an unarguable 10-point margin. Whats more, after weeks of speculation over the future of David Cameron, it was the advocate of independence, Alex Salmond, who resigned today. Earlier, one of his lieutenants had admitted that independence would now be shelved for a generation. But the relief of unionists, like the heartbreak of yes campaigners, should be tempered. For there is another way of looking at the verdict that came as Thursday night turned into Friday morning. Independence used to command the support of a stubborn third of Scots, and no more. Yet yesterday 45% voted to repudiate British sovereignty, to end this arrangement once and for all. When close to half the population of a nation inside a union wants to break away, the state of that union is not strong. It is fragile. Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:2A123D88
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:55:15 +0000
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