Alex Salmond and the Cross of Saint Andrew
Alex Salmond, the current First Minister of Scotland, and his Scottish National Party won a parliamentary majority earlier this year – a significant first for the new Scottish Parliament and its mixed member proportional electoral system. The Scottish National Party seeks the independence of Scotland and therefore the dissolution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain that the Act of Union established in 1707; First Minister Alex Salmond has since pledged to hold a referendum on Scotland’s independence in the second half of the current 4th Scottish Parliament, probably in 2014. The Scottish National Party’s pledge has caused some consternation in England itself, but thus far Prime Minister Cameron has affirmed that the Scottish Parliament possesses the authority to hold such a referendum and that the Westminster Parliament and his government will not interfere.
This issue of Scotland’s independence provides…
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