More urgently than a process of devolution, the UK needs to address the social and economic concerns articulated in Scotland

Following the ‘No’ vote in Scotland’s independence referendum, UK politicians have been urgently debating further devolution. Jonathan White argues that we need to recognise the central motivations of the pro-independence campaign in Scotland, which was largely of a political nature. It is not clear that these intensely political concerns can be addressed by devolutionary means, he writes.