Referendum decision ‘the most important Scots will make’

THE referendum on independence will be the most important political decision Scotland makes, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has said.

But the UK government minister said he was confident that voters would make the “right choice” when the poll was held.

Mr Moore said the issue of the referendum, for which no date has yet been announced by the Scottish Government, “looms large” following the SNP’s historic majority win in the Holyrood election.

The outcome of the 2011 election, he said, meant “all of us across Scotland will soon need to decide where we stand on staying in the UK or becoming a separate country”.

He added: “It will be the most important political decision that the Scottish people will ever make.”