Far from heralding the break-up of the United Kingdom, devolution for Scotland and Wales has so far been a quiet affair, even a bit of a let-down.
The head of the campaign to retain the United Kingdom has said an independent Scotland would clearly have to apply to become a member of the European Union.
The Better Together campaign campaign to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom announced its funding at the weekend.
There have been growing calls for independence from nationalists in Catalonia in Spain and Scotland in the United Kingdom, as the eurozone crisis tests loyalties across the European Union.
The commission - which will not examine independence - has been tasked to review devolution and recommend changes to enable the Scottish Parliament to better serve the people and "continue to secure the position of Scotland in the United Kingdom".
It will be the first time the annual summit has been held in the United Kingdom since it was at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2005.
And would they in any way even begin to match the level of security from which Scotland benefits as part of the United Kingdom today?
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Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont began by criticising the first minister's aide Joan McAlpine for "likening Scotland's place within the United Kingdom to that of a woman in an abusive marriage".
After signing the referendum agreement on Monday, Mr Cameron said he hoped Scotland would vote to "keep this United Kingdom together".
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Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Gavin Brown described the figures as "positive news for business in Scotland", arguing that it showed how strong Scotland could be as part of the United Kingdom.
"But I've always felt you could only do this as a United Kingdom and there have always been very strong arguments made in Scotland, " he said.
The people of Scotland and the people of the rest of the United Kingdom.
Lord Forsyth warned that the Scottish National Party would use this to help fund an ambitious spending programme, resulting in Scotland "becoming the highest taxed part of the United Kingdom".
Sadly for those of us outside the United Kingdom, these stamps are only usable within England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
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In fact, if it was 80% (and not 90% as we claim) Scotland would be 8th on the list compared with the United Kingdom at 17th.
The droughts in the west of Scotland have contrasted with the weather in the rest of the United Kingdom.
"I'm offering the Liberal Democrats and I'm offering the people of Scotland through them, control of our own affairs within the United Kingdom, " he said.
Andrews University in Scotland, largely considered one of the most prestigious universities in the United Kingdom.
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In fighting the 2007 election, the Nationalist complaint was that Scotland was being held back, and disadvantaged, by its place in the United Kingdom while other parts grew healthily.
With that, the Strathclyde economists conclude that productivity in Scotland probably rose faster, or fell by less, than the rest of the United Kingdom.
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