The Devolution Revolution
... share of the adherents of independence has hovered around one-third. However, the upsurge in pro-independence activities put observers on the alert and made London and other world capitals think hard about its consequences [1] . In the run-up to the independence referendum, the gap between the two camps narrowed noticeably. And ten days ahead of the vote, the pro-independence voters outnumbered those who wanted Scotland to stay within the United Kingdom [2] . The three leading British parties formed the Better Together movement, but the “yes” campaigners pointed out that the implied real slogan was “You are nothing without us” because ...