Lord Maxton said that the truth of that would "be shown in both the independence referendum and in future elections after that".

BBC: Scotland Bill

Graeme Maxton of Autopolis, a car consultancy specialising in Asia, reckons there is nothing left for Ford to acquire, leaving organic growth as its only hope.

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Labour peer and former Glasgow MP Lord Maxton said that "devolution to me was always about democracy - it was not about the separation of the Scottish state".

BBC: Scotland Bill

Lord Maxton said that, when Lord Forsyth was Secretary of State for Scotland, he "did not represent the people of Scotland" in the cabinet "because he didn't have the majority of Members of Parliament in Scotland when he was putting Scottish legislation through".

BBC: Scotland Bill