If Scottish voters decide on Thursday to endorse the view that Scotland should be an independent country there would be a worrying concentration of power in the new state. The present arrangements at least disperse power between elected members in Westminster and Holyrood and appointed members in the House of Lords. A newly independent Scotland would have an unprecedented concentration of power with the majority SNP Scottish Government at Holyrood - there being no other house to check the power of that body. Sure there are aspirations to plan a new constitution for the independent state but this would take several years to be achieved. Meantime Scotland would be governed by a small nationalist elite whose power could be enhanced by a further majority victory in the Scottish Parliament elections of 2016. I fear for democracy when a small group controlling the SNP can have such power. Already we are seeing attempts to intimidate the BBC and threaten businesses who do not agree for with the policy of separatism. When they cast their vote in the referendum Scots need to be alert to the dangers of the concentration of power in Scotland that will flow from a 'yes' vote.
