It was reported this week that David Cameron, or sources close to him, had commented that a unified tax and benefits system across the UK was at the heart of a single country.
This week we have a guest post from Gypsy Rose Rune-Reader, political and fashion correspondent of the Auchenshoogle Bugle, who delivers a round-up of the referendum stories that have been making the referendum news in this week’s referendum.
FOR followers of the arcane details of the independence debate there was quite a lot that sounded rather familiar in yesterday's much-heralded launch of the Scottish Government's proposals for an independence referendum.
The launch of referendum consultation papers by First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has prompted me to consider the issues in ABC form. (Tip: for maximum effect, read it aloud)
I start with a bit of explanation. I was invited to attend the lecture to be given last Friday by Jim Wallace, the Advocate General, on the legal competence of the Scottish Government calling an Independence referendum.
25 January 2012
