David Cameron Urges Scottish Nationalists to Accept Referendum Defeat

The Prime Minister rebukes Nicola Sturgeon after she claimed it was a matter of "when, not if" Scotland becomes independent.

David Cameron has issued a rebuke to Nicola Sturgeon by calling on the nationalists to honour their pre-referendum pledge that the vote would settle the independence debate for at least a generation.

The Prime Minister said the September 18 vote had produced a “very clear result” in favour of the Union and quoted Alex Salmond as stating the referendum would possibly decide the issue for a lifetime.

Rather than attempt to rerun the separation debate, he told BBC Scotland that politicians should now be focused on delivering the extra powers promised by the UK parties and disclosed the Government will publish proposals over the next few days.

He urged nationalists to accept the result after Ms Sturgeon, who is expected to replace Alex Salmond as First Minister next month, said [amazon asin=0990463109&template=*lrc ad (right)]at the weekend that independence was a question of “when, not if”.

She has said she has no plans for another vote soon but is expected to come under pressure from the SNP’s 75,000 new members, most of whom are thought to be Yes campaigners wanting to continue the fight for separation.

The Deputy First Minister’s intervention came after Mr Salmond suggested that Scotland could unilaterally declare independence if Holyrood gained enough powers or nationalists won a majority at the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections.

But the deal he and Mr Cameron signed to stage a legal referendum committed both sides to accept the result and work in the interests of the United Kingdom if there was a No vote. The Unionists won by a margin of 55.3 per cent to 44.7 per cent.

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