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**Chris** · 23-02-2014, 23:21

Salmond is a gradualist and wanted "devo max" as a precursor to full independence. He wanted devo max as a third option on the referendum but Dave played hardball with him. He knows he can't sell independence in the raw but he thinks there's an outside chance of selling it if he makes it look as much like devo max as possible, hence the guff about currency union, NATO, the Queen, etc, very little of which has been SNP policy until quite recently.

He may have been hoping the UK Gov would start giving concessions in order to buy off potential Yes voters - maybe even promising to grant devo max, everything except actually relinquishing the Westminster parliament's sovereignty over Scotland, which could be obtained at a later date.

He may now be hoping to shore up the Yes vote as much as possible in order to prevent the issue being buried for 50 years.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,202	Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK? Salmond is a gradualist and wanted "devo max" as a precursor to full independence. He wanted devo max as a third option on the referendum but Dave played hardball with him. He knows he can't sell independence in the raw but he thinks there's an outside chance of selling it if he makes it look as much like devo max as possible, hence the guff about currency union, NATO, the Queen, etc, very little of which has been SNP policy until quite recently. He may have been hoping the UK Gov would start giving concessions in order to buy off potential Yes voters - maybe even promising to grant devo max, everything except actually relinquishing the Westminster parliament's sovereignty over Scotland, which could be obtained at a later date. He may now be hoping to shore up the Yes vote as much as possible in order to prevent the issue being buried for 50 years.