![]() ![]() This is an ill-defined ‘middle way’ between Union and independence. Since all of these have failed, the same hopes are pinned to even more outlandish schemes – such as the idea of trying to wriggle out of an independence vote by offering ‘devo-max’ instead. ![]() Then it was used to justify the cowardly and counter-productive ‘Vow’. It was used to justify David Cameron’s policy of giving tons of ground to Alex Salmond during the negotiations on the terms of the 2014 referendum. ![]() So the same grand promises have been made of every subsequent tranche of concessions. ![]() Talk about ‘not understanding how the United Kingdom works’. The Union will be strengthened and the threat of separatism removed.’ ‘A sovereign Westminster Parliament will devolve power to Scotland and Wales. Devolution was meant to be it, after all. The history of unionism’s efforts to engineer decisive solutions to the challenges of separatism is an unhappy one. With new polling showing that ‘devo-max’ would comfortably win a three-way referendum, it appears to be silly season once again. A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy ‘solution’ to the problem of separatist nationalism. ![]()
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