 | 'No one is any doubt that if a future Tory government wanted to, they could and would abolish a Scottish Assembly - in exactly the same way as Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council and English metropolitan authorities in the 1980s. It is abundantly clear that a devolved assembly would not be safe in Westminster's hands, and that only an independent Parliament can entrench the sovereignty of the Scottish people.' Alex Salmond, SNP National Convenor, 15 th February 1997. |  |
