Thanks for the comment. As I understand it, the UK government position is to avoid engaging in any pre-negotiation. This is clearly a politically pragmatic position, and makes sense if talking about negotiating the division of assets and liabilities. But it needn’t mean refusing to give any indication of whether they would back Scottish membership of the EU or NATO, for example, or cooperate in a shared currency zone or a shared energy market. I always thought it would be difficult to maintain the position of refusing to answer these questions up to referendum day, given the hunger for information among the electorate. The Electoral Commission’s recommendations add to the pressure on both sides to provide more information.