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Let’s see it as a tactical challenge. All had begun early last year with the Scottish general election in which the SNP with an independence refendum at the heart of its manifesto, triumphed.
With an overwhelming majority Alex Salmond came to face this question: now, when is the referendum for independence going to take place?
The times were not favourable last Spring so Mr Salmond did not even mention the issue. With a deep crisis to overcome the little Scotland alone could not manage to survive alone. In the meantime Westminster had bigger problems to solve, the crisis indeed.
However, the times had changed. Mr Cameron, having left behind his disagreements with other European leaders, had realised that silence over Scottish independence would mean play into Mr Salmond’s hands. The First Minister, like a thief in the night, was quietly let the days passing waiting for his moment.
Perhaps it was thank to the five languages spoken by Nick Clegg. who sought to repair the damaged following Mr Cameron exit from the meeting in Brussels, but the PM’s agenda suddenly had left a space to be filled. And here we are! The tactic of the First Minister had been brushed away in the bat of an eye.
Yet Westminster began applying pressure calling for a referendum sooner rather than later. Mr Salmond sought to take his time. Now the only thing Westminster could do was to insist that the matter needed to sorted out immediately.
But here was the mistake, Westminster lost the control of the situation. While Mr Salmond started wavering, Mr Osborne claimed that Scots will not be allowed to keep the pound, if they opt for independence.
Mr Salmond’s eyes lit up and recovering his past confidence answered that the pound is not the Chancellor’s property and Scots can keep the pound until they will make a decision on Euro.
Mr Cameron, who had thought the matter would be solved within the end of this month, is now in a far from enviable position because it is common opinion that the financial crisis may be over before 2014 and this would mean that Scotland, with an a possible growth in the global economy, will feel confident enough to move its first step alone in the world without mother England.
Now this is the key: which language will Nick Clegg seek to speak in order to help, again, Mr Cameron out of the woods?
