HOPES are high that technical issues surrounding the staging of the 2014 independence referendum can be sorted out ahead of next month's key meeting between David Cameron and Alex Salmond.
Michael Moore, the Scottish Secretary, who will meet Nicola Sturgeon, the Deputy First Minister, at the Scotland Office in Edinburgh today, is basing his optimism on the "mood music" surrounding recent exchanges, while Ms Sturgeon, recently appointed to the constitutional role within the Scottish Cabinet, said she was looking forward to a positive discussion.
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