Referendum on Scottish Independence?

A referendum on Scottish Independence might now be imminent after the Scottish National Partys good showing in the Scottish parliamentary elections.

The SNP now look to have won a good majority, getting past the half-way point by taking 65 seats. It now looks likely that Alex Salmond's party will be able to announce a long awaited referendum on Scotland's independence from Britain.

Following the “historic” win, Salmond said the days of Labour dominance in central Scotland are “gone forever.”  The SNP victory brought Labour its worst election in the past 80 years forcing nine Labour MSPs who were at Holyrood from its inception in 1999 out of the parliament. The SNP also infiltrated impenetrable Labour bastions by winning constituencies in Glasgow while it won seats in the capital Edinburgh for the first time.