tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post2652733829899526252..comments2024-03-28T08:13:41.085+02:00Comments on EL Etos UT News: Scottish referendum to clash with European electionsxronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107445158803745642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-42801878680771747902013-11-26T10:49:20.961+02:002013-11-26T10:49:20.961+02:00Scottish government publishes blueprint for indepe...Scottish government publishes blueprint for independent Scotland....<br /><br />Scotland's Future – Your Guide runs to 670 pages and aims to answer all Scots' questions about secession from the UK.<br /><br />The Scottish government is promising the most comprehensive blueprint for a new independent country ever published, a 670-page guide to creating a new state that will include a frequently asked questions section with 650 answers.<br /><br />Called Scotland's Future – Your Guide to an Independent Scotland, and running to 170,000 words in length, its contents have been tightly controlled by first minister Alex Salmond's staff and the civil service to avoid leaks.<br /><br />The white paper will be published online at 10am on Tuesday after a yearlong gestation period. It will be released in in ebook format and in hard copy, with an initial print run of 20,000.<br /><br />Success for the Scottish National party government at next year's independence referendum on 18 September 2014 largely hangs on this document's credibility and coherence......http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/26/scottish-independence-blueprint<br />26/11/3<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-30530921496784661052013-10-19T21:59:27.566+03:002013-10-19T21:59:27.566+03:00SNP conference: Alex Salmond says it is time to vo...SNP conference: Alex Salmond says it is time to vote for independence...<br /><br />SNP leader Alex Salmond told his party's conference that it was Scotland's time to be independent.<br /><br />During his speech to delegates gathered in Perth, he also announced that the detailed case for independence would be published on 26 November.<br /><br />The long-waited white paper will come ahead of the referendum itself, on 18 September next year.<br /><br />Mr Salmond said: "We are Scotland's independence generation and our time is now."<br /><br />Scotland's first minister reckoned devolution had provided a "taste of independence", but the country was now ready to make its own decisions.<br /><br />Mr Salmond also told the 1,000 people gathered that, under independence the national minimum wage would rise at least with the level of inflation, to help people keep pace with the cost of living......http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24588724<br />19/10/13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com