* Disunited kingdom? Scotland to vote on severing UK ties
London and Edinburgh-based governments begin cat-and-mouse game over the future of 300-year-old union between Scotland and England
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 2 hours 22 minutes ago
LONDON — Scotland’s devolved government said on Tuesday it wanted to hold a referendum in 2014 on breaking away from the rest of Britain, setting up a clash with London which wants the vote held as soon as possible to dispel uncertainty.
The Scottish and British governments began playing a cat-and-mouse game over the future of the 300-year-old union between Scotland and England, with London saying the Scottish parliament had no legal authority to call a referendum on independence.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond , who has previously said a referendum should be held between 2014 and 2016, said on Tuesday the Scottish Cabinet wanted the vote held in the autumn of 2014.
Politicians based at the U.K. parliament in London must “resist the temptation” to interfere in Scottish politics, Salmond added.
“This is the biggest decision in Scotland for 300 years,” he told Sky News. “This has to be a referendum which is built in Scotland.”
Speaking to the BBC, Salmond highlighted that his ruling Scottish National Party had last year “won an overwhelming majority on the promise that we would offer the people a referendum on their own future. Is it not entirely reasonable that that referendum … is made in Scotland and decided by the Scottish people?”
Scotland has many of the trappings of an independent nation — its own flag, sports teams and a history of achievements in science and literature.
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