Cable: 10LONDON126_a
Classified US cable: UK Secretary of State for Scotland tried to subvert Scottish independence
4. (SBU/NF) Throughout 2009, UK Secretary of State for
Scotland Jim Murphy played a leadership role in organizing
the opposition parties, hoping to move Scotland toward
implementation of the Calman recommendations as an
alternative to an independence referendum, according to
Murphy's advisors, Labour party insiders, and opposition
party leaders. First Minister Salmond's response to
independence critics (such as Murphy) has been to accelerate
the implementation of the Calman recommendations as soon as
possible - "to call the bluff."
