Tuesday 29 January 2013
It's all in the definition
It was a bit ambitious to expect the Deputy First Minister to agree in advance with the Electoral Commission's findings on the referendum question but full marks to Labour's Patricia Ferguson for trying. It all hinges now on Nicola Sturgeon's definition of a "very good reason". Calton would venture to say that "not sufficiently biased towards independence" is not a very good reason to ignore the EC's recommendations. The real question is, given the SNP's (slender) majority, will any SNP MSP have the backbone to vote against the Government if it tries to make a fool of itself by pushing through a leading referendum question? Or will they all, like lemmings, follow their leaders over the cliff?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thankyou for commenting. Please be aware that Calton does not have a lot of time to spend either moderating or responding to comments so it may take a day or two for your comment to appear and you won't necessarily get a reply. Disagree by all means but keep it civil - abusive or unpleasant comments will be deleted.