Remember that the British government doesn't have to recognise any declaration of independence or demands for another referendum. Nothing has anything to do with what she recognises or doesn't. :)
If the UK government doesn't follow through with the promises for more powers then Scotland has every right (IMO) to have another vote. Otherwise it should be left alone for 20 years or so.
I mean in terms of campaigning for it, she can rile up the yes crowd as much as she wants whereas Salmond is now bound by the Edinburgh agreement to hold his tongue about it. The problem with the powers is that they never exactly quantified how substantial the powers would be. Technically, they could give us Scots something that would hardly be worth anything such as the power over stamps and still be holding true to their word. They made a lot of promises over taxation powers and stuff, but all that has a lot to go through and a lot of filtering to be done to it by the House of Lords and stuff.
The yes campaign up in Scotland is really riled up right now still from what I've saw, the minute it seems like WM is reneging on their word or giving us powers that they deem unsatisfactory (as subjective as that could be) they'll be right there kicking down No 10's door IMO.
Minor-conspiracy-theory; if the Conservatives stay in power, they have an ulterior motive not to less this die down. A strong SNP means a weak Scottish Labour, and a weak Scottish Labour means Conservative general election victories. If the powers that be are confident that Scotland will keep voting unionist, but also that the nationalists will keep making a gross, childish, toy-throwing fuss about it, it's to their benefit to keep this issue alive.
I've seen a massive drop in support for Scottish Labour since the ref. Mainly because the minute the No vote was secure, they started saying the exact opposite they were saying the entire campaign! One minute the NHS is safe, then after the results - it's in danger of privatization.
I don't regret my vote (yet), but it's not looking great for those who voted No. Hopefully WM can follow through properly and substantially, and we begin a move to a Federal UK in time.
I mean in terms of campaigning for it, she can rile up the yes crowd as much as she wants whereas Salmond is now bound by the Edinburgh agreement to hold his tongue about it. The problem with the powers is that they never exactly quantified how substantial the powers would be. Technically, they could give us Scots something that would hardly be worth anything such as the power over stamps and still be holding true to their word. They made a lot of promises over taxation powers and stuff, but all that has a lot to go through and a lot of filtering to be done to it by the House of Lords and stuff.
The yes campaign up in Scotland is really riled up right now still from what I've saw, the minute it seems like WM is reneging on their word or giving us powers that they deem unsatisfactory (as subjective as that could be) they'll be right there kicking down No 10's door IMO.
I've seen a massive drop in support for Scottish Labour since the ref. Mainly because the minute the No vote was secure, they started saying the exact opposite they were saying the entire campaign! One minute the NHS is safe, then after the results - it's in danger of privatization.
I don't regret my vote (yet), but it's not looking great for those who voted No. Hopefully WM can follow through properly and substantially, and we begin a move to a Federal UK in time.