THE SCOTSMAN: Michael Moore. the Secretary of State for Scotland, said today that the UK Government will not obstruct or pre-empt a referendum on Scottish independence.The Lib Dem MP also said his party "would have to be tone deaf" to miss the point that the Westminster coalition had a bearing on their heavy defeat in Scotland.
Lib Dem disaffection was a strong factor in the SNP`s landslide victory which has cleared the way for an independence referendum in the latter part of the new Scottish Parliament.
Mr Moore said: "As a UK Government we will not be putting obstacles in the way of any referendum.
"When we get to the point of a referendum actually taking place, as a Liberal Democrat I will obviously campaign against it." » | David Gunn | Sunday, May 08, 2011
