Guy Aitchison (Bristol, OK): Alex Salmond today launched the SNP government's White Paper on Independence which he hopes will begin a "national conversation" on Scotland's constitutional future. A range of possibilities will be debated, said Salmond, though the existing settlement was "no longer an option". The three opposition parties at Holyrood have united against the White Paper in a Unionist coalition. In a joint statement released yesterday they said that they would consider “how best the interests of the people of Scotland can be served", suggesting the prospect of a parliamentary review on the state of devolution rather than another constitutional convention.
Full analysis will follow shortly on OK. In the meantime it's worth checking out Frank Field in the Telegraph on what this all means for our relationsip with the EU
