In the panic engendered by opinion polls that showed the referendum on Scottish independence would be a close-run thing, politicians of all the main UK parties made a “vow” to give Scotland greater autonomy if self-rule was rejected. When the September 18 vote went against secession, the task of delivering this promise of more devolution was delegated to the businessman Lord Smith of Kelvin, with a deadline to report by the end of this month.
蘇格蘭獨立公投前夕，民調顯示統獨雙方勢均力敵，引發恐慌，英國所有主要政黨的政治人士都承諾，如果公投結果不支持獨立，他們將賦予蘇格蘭更大自治權。9月18日的公投取得反對獨立的結果後，研究如何履行下放更多權力的承諾的任務落在了商界人士史密斯勳爵(Lord Smith of Kelvin)身上，他最晚將在本月底提交一份報告。
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