The questions that have to be answered

WHAT is the Prime Minister's position on the maintenance of the United Kingdom? Does he support an early referendum in Scotland on independence? Does he, or does he not, support the call of the party's Scottish leader, Wendy Alexander, to "bring it on"? Was this sudden change of policy agreed by Mr Brown, as Ms Alexander insists? And if it was not, or the Prime Minister failed to make his reservations clear, what does that say about his authority and his credibility as a national

These are among the questions left in the aftermath of four chaotic and confusing days in Labour politics. It began as a dramatic break-out by Ms Alexander from a previously well-understood position to work with the cross-party Calman Commission on d...