Mr Smith notes that former Scottish Conservative Minister, now peer, Lord Michael Forsyth of Drumlean, has apparently backed plans by the SNP administration at Holyrood to hold a referendum on independence, not because he supports the idea of independence but because he feels that having one sooner rather than later will take the momentum out of the issue.
Now, its not for Mr Smith to question Lord Fosyth's political judgement which has been gleaned from serving in some of the top positions of Scottish government pre-devolution, but it says a great deal about Scotland's "new politics" that we have former arch opponents of devolution, now at least prepared to countenance the idea of a referendum of independence, even if it to bolster their own unionist position.
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