Gordon Brown: Britain must honor pledge to grant Scotland powers

By : Reuters

Published On: 2014-09-20

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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown told voters on Saturday (September 20) that they must honor their promise to grant further powers to Scotland after voters backed staying in the United Kingdom in an independence referendum.

Just days before the Sept. 18 vote, Brown appeared to be making British policy by announcing that laws granting further devolution to the Scottish parliament would be drafted by the time Scots celebrate the birthday of their most revered poet, Robert Burns, on January 25.

"I am absolutely sure that, unconditionally, the timetable and the powers that I set out two Monday's ago where we talked about what would be devolved and the timetable for devolving, that will be delivered and I want to give people in Scotland an assurance that when they were told two weeks ago that there would be delivery after decision day - that delivery has started and will continue and people should be assured that it is being monitored, s

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