Next steps for referendum pledge
The pledge to voters in the Scottish referendum, made by the three main parties and to be carried out in the event of a No vote was “short on substantive details, but extraordinarily clear on the process”, writes Professor Marc Weller of Cambridge University in this week’s NLJ.
The “breath-taking” speed of this suggests either the changes will not be meaningful or they will be designed with “irresponsible rashness”.
