[FONT="]“The Dream Shall Never Die: Alex Salmond's Story.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]- Foreword -
So this is my first attempt at anything like this. Obviously any constructive criticism would be appreciated. I have started based on the assumption that the Cunningham Amendment failed to pass in the House of Commons and that therefore Scotland voted yes. I hope you all find this of interest and I'll be posting updates are regularly as I can. While I understand the possibility of the Cunningham Amendment failing is an unlikely historical event, I am Scottish and like to thing what might have been from my nations future had we got the Scottish Legislative Assembly. Enjoy!
- Background -
It is March 2nd 1979 and Scotland has just voted Yes by a small majority of nearly 78,000 votes, but voted Yes none the less, for the creation of its own legislative assembly. Britain's Prime Minister James Callaghan has announced that elections for Scotland's first Assembly would be held in the Spring on 1979.
Many Labour MPs have publicly stated their dismay at the outcome of the referendum, believing that this has only begun the process of a nationalist insurgence within Scotland. Had the now infamous Cunningham Amendment, requiring 40% of the total Scottish electorate to vote Yes for the referendum to be considered successful, been passed by the British Parliament it would have meant the referendum would have failed due to the Yes campaign only achieving 32.1% of the total Scottish electorate's support.
George Cunningham MP has publicly stated his dismay at the result of the referendum stating that it could result in the "death of the British nation". The Scottish National Party's (SNP) leader William Wolfe has stated that the "campaign for Scottish Independence has begun". [/FONT]
[FONT="]- Foreword -
So this is my first attempt at anything like this. Obviously any constructive criticism would be appreciated. I have started based on the assumption that the Cunningham Amendment failed to pass in the House of Commons and that therefore Scotland voted yes. I hope you all find this of interest and I'll be posting updates are regularly as I can. While I understand the possibility of the Cunningham Amendment failing is an unlikely historical event, I am Scottish and like to thing what might have been from my nations future had we got the Scottish Legislative Assembly. Enjoy!
- Background -
It is March 2nd 1979 and Scotland has just voted Yes by a small majority of nearly 78,000 votes, but voted Yes none the less, for the creation of its own legislative assembly. Britain's Prime Minister James Callaghan has announced that elections for Scotland's first Assembly would be held in the Spring on 1979.
Many Labour MPs have publicly stated their dismay at the outcome of the referendum, believing that this has only begun the process of a nationalist insurgence within Scotland. Had the now infamous Cunningham Amendment, requiring 40% of the total Scottish electorate to vote Yes for the referendum to be considered successful, been passed by the British Parliament it would have meant the referendum would have failed due to the Yes campaign only achieving 32.1% of the total Scottish electorate's support.
George Cunningham MP has publicly stated his dismay at the result of the referendum stating that it could result in the "death of the British nation". The Scottish National Party's (SNP) leader William Wolfe has stated that the "campaign for Scottish Independence has begun". [/FONT]
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