Quote Originally Posted by 57vintage View Post
I see the logic of that, but hark back to Salmond’s view, probably when he was still in opposition, that devolution had to be seen to be working the people before independence could be floated seriously.

It is to a certain extent in that research has shown that it’s the level of government that most people look to first to lead and protect them.

In reality, it’s stalled, with the big-ticket items no further forward (with several mitigating external reasons) than they were 25 years ago.

I think the people that have the ability to visualise and then get the socket set out to make the changes, even within the 1999 Act’s strictures, give political office a bodyswerve, as they realise that radical action would be too much for a canny Parliament and a docile electorate.

I remain disenfranchised, and have come to terms with the fact that I’m going to have to live with it.
I do think devolution has worked though. I think we are a far more confident nation now than we were before devolution and that opinion has got nothing to do with the political side of it.

Devolution was always going to lead to a point where people question the need to remain in the union. I just don't think anyone thought thought it would be so quickly.

Before we question if Devolution has worked, I think people are more inclined to ask if the union is still working for us and for me at least, that is a big no.

As I keep saying, there is a generation coming through that have been brought up on nothing but the Scottish parliament and see Westminister as nothing more than a pantomime act. They will lead us to seperation in the not so distant future.