A few months after residents in the Scottish region of the
E.U. state of Britain voted not to secede from the state by a margin of 55 to
45 percent, a state commission announced proposals for the regional assembly to
have more authority. David Cameron had promised on behalf of the state
government that the Scottish region would be given more power provided the
residents reject secession. To be sure, replying on such a promise in political
matters is hazardous at best, as changing political winds can easily erode such
sand castles. At the very least, political players with their own agendas can
succeed in obfuscating the understood validity of such a promise.
