To Refer or not to Refer?

The SNP, in minority control of the Scottish parliament, are proposing a referendum of views of the Scottish people. (Polls have shown that the support for independence is going down, and is at most 30%, despite all the contrivances of the SNP government.)

The Limpdems, Tories and Labour so far have all pronounced against the proposed referendum.

Is this because it is so designed as to be advantageous to the SNP? People would be invited to choose between four options - the present situation, the recommendations of Callan report, fullest possible devolution and finally full independence.

As the government has worked against the status quo by blaming Scotland's current ills on a botched devolution and perfidious England, so effectively people have been deterred from choosing option one.

The rest plays nicely into the hands of the SNP, -the very least they can achieve is the Callan proposals, but every vote for options three and four could lead to a call for greater than Callan.

This, I assume, is the objection of the other parties. They have been out-manoeuvred. The only problem is that their rejection of any referendum is likely to paint them into the position of being anti-devolution.

I would have to say 1-0 o the SNP. Pity the rest of the people do not get to express a vote!