Comment Keeping the SNP at bay by giving them everything they want is no way to save the Union Devolution simply isn't working. The last thing we need is more of it 4 May 2021 • 12:31pm In 1997, the New Labour manifesto which ushered in devolution made the following promise: “A sovereign Westminster Parliament will devolve power to Scotland and Wales. The Union will be strengthened and the threat of separatism removed.” The opposite happened. In all the new legislatures, nationalist politicians – not all of them separatist – have built careers on blaming Westminster for their many shortcomings whilst demanding more money to fix the results.