2007 WILL BE CRUNCH TIME FOR SCOTTISH EXEC

It's obvious that this executive does not want to ask the people of Scotland whether or not they want independence because they know they won't like the answer.

Of course they may well get another answer that they won't like either in 2007.

Well over two million people in Scotland support independence according to the polls. That's probably twice the amount required to win a general election for the independence cause.

It's down to us, if we want independence then we will get it and there is nothing this executive can do to stop it. As support for the union declines the parties who support it are becoming more and more irrelevant.