More reassuring is the fact that, even if they did, they would be most unlikely to get one. The decision is for the UK Parliament, not the Scottish one, and Westminster will feel under little moral pressure to call one as the tide of nationalism recedes. Now that the Scottish Tories have more than doubled their seats, politics north of the border show signs of becoming less messianic and more normal. Scottish voters have recalled, for example, that tax matters.
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