Scottish devolution vote from the archive

Name: Scottish devolution vote from the archive
Uploaded: 2017-09-11T11:10:04.000Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: “It does, I hope, end much argument and dispute.” The words of Donald Dewar, 20 years ago when Scotland voted for its own parliament.

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“It does, I hope, end much argument and dispute.” The words of Donald Dewar, 20 years ago when Scotland voted for its own parliament.

Monday, 11 September is the 20th anniversary of the 1997 devolution referendum, which led to the creation of the devolved Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Here is some BBC Scotland archive from the time, featuring the reflections of Dewar, Tony Blair, Alex Salmond and Donald Findlay QC.

Producer - Graham Fraser

Scotland

11 September 2017