Zoroark0511
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Fun fact I learnt off the BBC; the average party keeps ~90% of it's manifesto promises in government (albeit often those promises are vague). The devolution powers promised just before the referendum appeared on all three of Con/Lib/Lab manifestos. At least in this country whilst politicians tend to weasel and avoid giving straight or specific answers, outright lying is actually quite rare. Cameron also legitimately seems to not want Scotland to leave, so naturally he's going to give all the stuff he promised.
Personally I think devolution is silly and the piecemeal way it's been done in the UK is ridiculous, but oh well. Neither Scotland nor England has existed in 300 years. Wales hasn't existed in even longer. We should stop pretending they still mean anything.
Well, the proposals from the Smith Commission may be in the manifestos but it doesn't in any way resemble the desperate promises of "Devo to the max" and "near-federalism" that the three amigos scrambled up from Westminster to ram down the throats of the Scottish electorate.
And I wouldn't say devolution is silly, but it's been done in the wrong way. And, I think you'll find that Scotland does very much exist; and if the Westminster leaders fail to learn this then they're gonna end up loosing Scotland altogether.
The Libs might have been behind the leak - whether the contents of the memo are true or not depends on whether you trust Sturgeon or a civil servant.
They'll definitely be courting other parties with a majority that slim. Obviously nothing on a coalition scale, but there will be deals.
It's completely and utterly in Cameron's hands. Clearly, an SNP majority in the Scottish Parliament is comprehensively not a vote for independence - we just had a referendum to prove that.
The French Ambassador has stated that Nicola said nothing regarding who she preferred - but if you want to accuse her of lying, go on ahead.
Even if they are relying on deals then, Alex Salmond made clear last night when asked if there would be any deals that none would be made.
And I never said that a vote for the SNP would be a mandate for Independence - I said that if the SNP were elected on a majority to Holyrood with a promise for a second referendum in their manifesto, they would have a mandate for another referendum, not independence.