If Scotland votes Yes and the UK votes Labour then Ed Miliband will have to choose between illegitimacy and impotence
It should not be held next May amidst the constitutional uncertainty that would follow a Yes vote.
It is time for a restatement of our fundamental values and principles.
This is the last chance saloon for the Union – we must make an offer that counts.
We hope and believe that No will win, and that these inquiries will come to nothing. But it is necessary to put them.
Surely it would surpass the narrow defeat suggested by today’s YouGov poll. But it wouldn’t be without problems for Unionist politicians.
We could rule ourselves, free of Scottish influence, and would no longer have to fund the Scots.
The legions of ConHome footy fans are eagerly focusing on this key issue: what impact will a ‘Yes/No’ vote have on the country’s historic football decline?
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Salmond and Carswell aren’t monsters – but they’re feeding one which threatens our nation of nations.
Only the points of order raised against John Bercow by three Tory MPs struck a partisan note.
This column will be focusing on Scotland for the next few weeks – but the fight for Britain begins in earnest on September 19.
Whether you want to stay in or get out, think the best about the other side
Salmond won on his own terms, but failed to shift a single voter.
The Cabinet Secretary told my committee that contingency planning was actually banned by the Government.