For many, independence seemed like a good idea, or was at least worth considering. However, the level of debate around the practicalities of how this might operate has intensified in early 2012, serving to focus minds on the realities and implications to a greater extent, and resulting in a weakening of support and reassertion of opposition to Scotland becoming an independent state.
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Why the SNP bandwagon is stalling
OVER the summer of 2011, when the prospect of a referendum was some way off and therefore not the subject of any detailed scrutiny, the rising support for independence and decline in opposition were very much a reflection of SNP success in the recent election and their increased credibility as a party of government.
