Salmond's strategy unveiled

In view of the increasingly likely prospect of a Conservative government in 2010, the SNP look to play-off Scotland against Tory policies as leverage to their Independence referendum.

There is more here in the Sunday Herald:

http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2295788.0.salmond_promises_to_fight_a_future_tory_government.php

As for us English, none of the major parties give England's unequal position in the union much importance. Bet this will change though, when a future Tory government has to face up to the SNP?

Stephen.

Scottish Independence?

Alex Salmond has launched his plans and various Scottish newspapers have comment pieces. You can join the lively debate in Scotland On Sunday here:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=51&id=1286982007#new

Or in The Herald here:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/holyrood/display.var.1617903.0.0.php

Always good fun to read the comments!

Stephen.

Scottish Independence - what do you think?

You can offer your opinion here at The Daily Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=05SV2TPDZDJOFQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?view=BLOGDETAIL&grid=F11&blog=yourview&xml=/news/2007/08/14/view14c.xml&posted=true&_requestid=709849

Stephen.