20/09/2014 Reporting Scotland

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Just 36 hours after the referendum result, politicians are already in

The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the Westminster pledge

to voters of further devolution will be honoured.

But the SNP say that promise has already been broken.

By St Andrew's Day, the terms of agreement. By Burns day, the laws

which will be backed. I am watching this unravel before my eyes.

After defeat on Friday and the First Minister's departure, we examine how

Scotland's party of government can get back to business as usual.

And ugly scenes on the streets of Glasgow.

We're live in the city with the story of how

In the aftermath of the referendum verdict and

the First Minister's resignation, we've got a specially extended

Tonight, the SNP say promises of more

devolution made by the Westminster parties ahead of Thursday's vote,

But in a speech in Fife, the former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown

said the tri-party pledge made during the campaign would be upheld.

This is despite the fact that the main parties can't agree over

The Kingdom of Fife, free the referendum result was confirmed,

home to one of the key protagonists is now addressing question, what

next? Gordon Brown's speech had a unifying theme, praise for Alex

Salmond, a formidable opponent, he said, he has ordered debt of

gratitude. He saluted both campaigns for their tenacity but argued Scots

should now focus on United values and aspirations, setting aside the

leaflets and stickers. Let us think of ourselves not as Yes Scots or No

Scots, but simply as Scots, and United let us be a nation again.

This timetable for more powers for the Scottish parliament emerged when

there is no campaign or having your biggest wobble. It was backed by the

three main UK parties but very much fronted by Gordon Brown, whose

reputation hangs on its delivery. Civil servants, he said, are already

at work. A debate is fixed on the calendar and he reiterated,

proposals on powers by the end of that month, consultation and

agreement by St Andrews Day, with draft legislation by the end of

January this year. That is set in concrete, nobody can go back on

that. That is something that all party leaders have agreed to. In my

view, with the elections coming up soon, if leaders do not deliver this

then they will have to face the Scottish electorate. The SNP see

their already the first deadline -- say that already depressed deadline

has been missed. They were meant to deliver it yesterday, it has not

come. It is not devo max, what is on the table is a pale shadow of

maximum devolution. Yes supporters today echoed those concerns. They

have already missed the first promise on the timetable. The

shortest marriage vows in history. Rail they are no fudging the issue

by trying to make it about everyone else. Gordon Brown says that to be

debate wider constitutional reform will not affect his timetable.

Our Westminster correspondent is outside the Houses of Parliament.

The focus seems to have shifted rather abrupt way to Westminster.

What developments were there there today? The fallout and the wrangling

continues. People are realising that it is quite easy to say yes, we will

have constitutional reform, it might be a lot harder to actually deliver

that. There are signs of tensions within the meaning Westminster

parties about how they achieved that. David Cameron said that he

wanted more devolution for Scotland but he also wanted to link that to

policies affecting England. In effect, what he wanted to do was try

to resolve the West Lothian question, whereby Scottish MPs can

vote on health and education issues in England that does not affect

them. It causes a lot of annoyance amongst English MPs. What David

Cameron did was throw the equivalent of a political hand grenade at Ed

Miliband. Ed Miliband says that he wants constitutional reform but

extra power is going to Scotland need not be linked to looking at the

whole devolution question in England. Why does he say that? Ed

Miliband has 41 Labour MPs in Scotland. If he becomes Prime

Minister next year he does not want a situation whereby those MPs cannot

vote on all of the matter is that the haze -- the haze deals with. He

may not be able to get them through because he would not have a

majority. The timetable is incredibly tight. It is incredibly

tight. Normally constitutional reform takes a long time, not just

because you want to think about it very carefully, the MPs will want to

think about it carefully, but also the House of Lords. If they exist

for one thing it is discussing and looking at legislation and picking

holes in it. They like to look long and hard at constitutional reform.

There are many people in the House of Lords that would want to deal

with this on a long-term basis. They will not want to be rushed. We may

have a situation whereby we get a draft law put into place, but it

will be for the government elected after the general election in May,

2015, here at Westminster, which would then have to enact those

powers. It is not going to be easy and it is not going to be speedy.

So, what next for the party of government in Scotland, the SNP?

After losing the referendum and their leader Alex Salmond

in the same day, how does the party dust itself down and continue with

Our Referendum Correspondent Laura Bicker is at the Scottish Parliament

Laura, any suggestion from the SNP of a leadership race?

At the moment everybody is getting some sleep after a long referendum

campaign. But independence has been a common goal for the last however

many years it has been here at the parliament. But what I can tell you

is that they may have lost the referendum, but within the last 36

hours they gained 5000 new members, swelling numbers to over 30,000, a

sign of the legacy of the involvement within this referendum.

I have been looking at what might be next for the SNP.

A lifelong dream lost. The party at its heart placed so much emphasis on

hope. So what next? Without independence at its core, what

becomes of the SNP? I think that the role is now more important than

ever. It might seem like a long time ago now, but just this week the

three leaders from the mean parties were telling us that Scotland would

get lots more powers, more devolution, that was their pledge as

Beadle does. The SNP has a big job on their hands keeping them to that

pledge and that phone. There is however the question of a new

leader. Some believe that could be a simple and unchallenged process. I

think that they will realise the need to avoid an internal

conversation. A bit of leadership navel-gazing. That lends itself to a

coronation rather than an open leadership contest. Given that

although the party has a very wide range of views, they will realise

that actually they can coalesce around Nicola Sturgeon and she would

be the best option. The yes movement gathered such momentum at times it

felt like an army of foot soldiers were clamouring for independence.

Many supported other parties. Polls suggest that just over 30% of Labour

voters opted to say yes. That pits the SNP and a strong position as it

looks to the general election next year and the Holyrood elections in

2016. It is the Labour Party that has all the problems. The SNP have

had this massive disappointment, which is emotional as much as

anything, but as a party they can look forward to being the party of

government for another generation. The Jews will dry and the SNP will

move on and it seems that even in defeat they may be seeking out new

victories -- the tears will dry. It seems clear that there really is

only one serious contender to replace Alex Salmond. The rara

number of experienced politicians among the SNP frontbenchers. However

it does seem that the odds-on favourite is Nicola Sturgeon. My

colleague has been looking at the apparent. I want you to give the

warmest of welcomes to the First Minister up of our country, Alex

Salmond. Nicola Sturgeon introducing her mentors. For the last ten years

as leader and deputy they have been an impressive double act. She says

that he has helped and guided her through a political career which

started well lost you didn't act Glasgow University and soon saw her

marked out as one to watch. I am convinced that if the SNP were in

power in an independent Scotland it would be a thriving Scottish steel

industry. By the end of that decade she was a member of the Scottish

Parliament and campaigning hard to stay there. I confirm that Nicola

Sturgeon has been duly elected as a member of the Govan constituency.

Tonight, perseverance, hard work never say die spirit has paid off.

She became Deputy First Minister and Health Secretary. She is ready for

the top job say everyone who know her well. She's a ready-made

successor, she has been outstanding as Deputy First Minister. She has

got, in my observation, better and better and better, year in, year

out. She has never stopped improving and I think she is absolutely ready,

should she choose to do so. Married in 2010, by her own admission she is

no domestic goddess. She is the next potential First Minister, that would

send a very good message to women here who have worked with her. She

is an impressive woman in that she has a really strong analytical,

forensics mind and a real attention to detail. I think that is very

important in the lead role. But she is also someone who cares very much

about the people that she represents and the job that she doesn't want to

do a good job. She is the kind of role model that you would want to

have. -- and she wants to do a good job. In her south side constituency

today, summon courage and for the future. Quite pleased to be honest.

I think she has done great in this constituency and she is a natural

successor to Alex Salmond. I think she would be great. I hope that she

wouldn't she would make a good job of it. It is expected that Alex

Salmond's successor would be determined by a leadership election.

But at this stage anyway who would bet against it being Nicola

Sturgeon, he may move into Bute house by the end of the year. -- who

may. The world's media has been camped

outside Holyrood for the past week. They are now packing up, but for

Scotland the story continues. How will those powers be delivered? A

number of yes supporters remain outside the parliament singing very

peacefully, as they have done for the last few days. As Alex Salmond

fitted yesterday, for some the dream will never die -- put it yesterday.

The former SNP member for our gale Ian McCormack has died. -- Argyll.

He would have been 75 next week. Police say they expect to make

further arrest is following disturbances overnight in the city

of Glasgow. 11 people were arrested after clashes in the city's George

Square. Our reporter is there for us this evening. What more can you tell

us about what happened? You can see that there is a very heavy police

presence here. There are police vans around the square and you can see

officers in high visibility vest. But the atmosphere today has been

very different from the one last night. Today the only gathering that

I have seen is the one behind me, our protest for peace. Underneath

those flags over there, people who have been attending that meeting

have set up an impromptu food bank. Yesterday independence campaigners

were having a party celebrating Glasgow voting yes to independence.

But then some people with union Jack flags came along and there was

trouble. Glasgow was one of the four local

authorities in Scotland to vote yes. Some campaigners dubbed it

independence square. But the scenes turned ugly. People waving union

flags charged into the square and a flea was fired. -- flare was fired.

This SNP councillor addressed the peace gathering today. People will

get this now matter how they voted and say that that was a disgrace. He

was subjected to abuse yesterday and filmed it on his phone. We have to

make sure that everyone unites and tell people that this is

unacceptable behaviour. Myself and every councillor in that building,

every MSP, MP, they all have to see it is unacceptable. Wanted people in

George Square today think of what happened last night? They were just

idiots. The one night that the world's media is in town and we make

a fool of herself. It's embarrassing. It is a disgrace. It

sends out a bad message, if I am being honest. It boots and negative

slant on the whole process we have just gone through. Perhaps mixed

messages from different sides, I do not know who was to blame. Police

say that they have already secured valuable CCTV and other evidence and

they are confident that there will be further arrest in the coming

days. Police say that if you were involved in criminality last night

then you will be identified and you will be arrested. The atmosphere

tonight is very good-humoured that there are a lot of police around.

A movement of grassroots activism and community

engagement, often among people who had never been involved with

politics before, grew up around the campaign for independence.

But what happens now to all that newly invigorated activism?

Here's our political correspondent, Lucy Adams.

There was so much hope and so much activity on the ground. For many it

was the grassroots activists who elevated the campaign beyond the

question on the ballot paper. The yes movement in the referendum has

been one of the most inspiring things that I have witnessed in my

life, and you see all of these various different autonomous groups

that sprung up, sometimes very locally, sometimes to do with the

culture or their trade or whatever, and they were across all of Scottish

public life and it was a remarkable upsurge of political engagement and

conversations. Grass roots campaigners have created yes grips

for almost every profession, political persuasion and party. They

have real weak and democratic engagement. But where does all of

that energy go now? It was people in working-class communities. It was us

that came out and went to vote and voted for change. That is what all

of the breakdowns are showing. It would working-class people that

voted for change and you cannot put that back in the bottle. You cannot

allow that to dissipate. There is still a momentum there. We are going

to keep going for it. As the results came in on Friday morning some of

that energy fizzled out. But the record turnout levels were

attributed to the ground campaign and many of the groups say that the

ins and activism will remain. Some of them may change their names, they

will stay together, most of them well. There will be some so

disillusioned that they will not, but I hope that they do stay

together and the ideas that they continue to advocate for, it is

radical change that people want and holding the political class

accountable. But now the vote is cast. The morning after is past. It

is over to the guardians of this new activism as to whether it will

continue. As we know, it's Lord Smith

of Kelvin who will chair the new devolution commission aimed

at delivering more powers to the He has until the start of next year

to get consensus from all Apart from being the man who headed

up this summer's Commonwealth Games, Having breathed a huge sigh of

relief, David Cameron emerged yesterday to reiterate a promise of

more powers for Scotland. I will announce today that Lord Smith of

Kelvin, who so successfully led Glasgow's Commonwealth Games, has

agreed to take over the process to honour these commitments.

This, as you have probably heard, is a special claim to be in Glasgow. He

was tasked with making it special. Can the man who lit up Scotland for

the coming together of the Commonwealth bring together parties

of a different kind? When David Cameron spoke to me about this last

week I said, are you people sincere across all of the UK political

parties about doing something here? He said yes and I am taking that at

face value. If I know that I have that backing then I will deliver. A

former director of the Bank of Scotland, here's the current

chairman of Scottish Southern Energy. An order of the Thistle,

here's also Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde. The right

man for the job? I am not commenting other than to say that he did a

great job on the Commonwealth Games. The timetable is somewhat ambitious.

He will oversee the paper which will be cat giving Scotland more powers

over tax, spending and welfare. From the defeated, however, warning.

Scotland will expect these to be honoured and rapid course. Scotland

expects, and with the clock ticking, Holyrood weights. -- awaits.

And some football results from today.

Ayr Gold Cup today. Jockey James Doyle won on Louie The Pious, at

odds of ten to one. Amy Ryan was hoping to become the first female

jockey to win Scotland's top flat race on the favourite, Blaine. But

she came in third, behind Mon a Lisa.

If we take a look at the satellite picture we can see what happened.

The rain in the central belt pushed it through further south. Those

clear skies will mean that it will be turning rather chilly tonight.

The cold front is well away from us. I pressure working its way in. Some

sunshine around at the moment, a lovely sunset for many. Those clear

skies will mean that it will be quite cold. One or two light showers

around. They're in mind -- bear in mind that temperatures have been

getting lower than 13 or 14 degrees. Towns and cities will be seven or 8

degrees. It could be cold in the rural parts. A cold, crisp, autumnal

morning tomorrow. Any mist quickly lifting and the deer head dry and

bright one, quite pleasant. -- the day ahead. With very little wind,

fuelling pleasant indeed. Perhaps a little more in the way of cloud in

the north. Perhaps the chance of one or two very light spots of rain

here, but generally it is try and break the chance of one or two very

light spots of rain here, but generally it is a dry and bright day

for most. As we had to the latter stages of the afternoon into the

evening, again some sunshine but there will be a touch of frost and

places. As we head towards Monday, this weather front will be out in

the Atlantic working its way in. Wishing the Atlantic pressure out of

the way. -- pushing. As we head towards lunch time and the

afternoon, cloud thickening in the Northwest. Outbreaks of rain for the

Western Isles. Like twins from the south and south-west. That is the

forecast for now. That is all for now. I will be back

tonight with the wheat bulletin after the ten o'clock news. From

everyone in the team, good evening. Good evening. I think tomorrow

should be a good day for getting out and about wherever you are. Sunny

spells becoming more widespread for Sunday.