Yes supporters have been emboldened since the 2014 vote and may resist another option being putA campaign to give Scotland full control over tax and spending powers while remaining in the UK is to be launched next week. Supporters of home rule believe that it offers an alternative to independence that could be added as a second question in a future referendum on the country’s future. Home rule would give voters the option of Scotland staying in a monetary union with the rest of the UK, while running its own economy and social welfare system. Ben Thomson is the founder of the Reform Scotland think tank ALAMYThe project has been outlined in a new book by Ben Thomson, an Edinburgh businessman and founder of the Reform Scotland think tank. It is a development of the “devo max” proposal which was once advocated by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon as a possible

Source: The Times September 11, 2020 23:05 UTC