Will the Scots Ever Be Happy?

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Duration: 30 minutes

Ten years after devolution the Scots want still more power concentrated north of the border, and the Scottish Nationalists want to force a referendum on independence. Can the UK be kept in one piece, and if the Scots left would the rest of the country miss them? Panorama talks to the people who could hold the fate of Scotland and the union in their hands, from Alex Salmond to Gordon Brown to David Cameron, and to Tony Blair, the man who began it all by giving the Scots their Parliament.

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Wed 8 Jul 2009 01:35 BBC One only on Wales

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  • Will the Scots ever be Happy?

    Ten years on from devolution, Panorama revisits the issues facing the Scots and interviews the key players who could hold the country's fate in their hands.

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  • Tony Blair discusses the need for devolution

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    Panorama spoke to all of the key political players on the issue of Scottish devolution. Here, former Prime Minister Tony Blair gives his views on the Scottish identity.

  • Alex Salmond on independence

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    Panorama spoke to all of the key political players on the issue of Scottish devolution. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, discusses his belief that it is time to end the 300-year-old union.

  • Scotland needs protection of UK

    Scotland will be safer in an "uncertain world" if it rejects independence, retired General Sir Mike Jackson says.

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  • Archive: Scotland's defiant stance

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    The relative success of the Scottish Nationalists in the general election and the potential riches of North Sea oil moved devolution to the centre of the political agenda, as Panorama reported in May 1974. This is an abridged version.

  • Archive: 'Scotland's oil?'

    With the wealth from North Sea oil imminent, the case for Scottish devolution gained pace, as Panorama's David Dimbleby discovered in November 1975. This is an abridged version of that film.

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  • Devolution, evolution, revolution?

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