Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Mahuru 2011, i uru ia ki tetahi pukapuka i tuhia ko "He aha te mea e whai ake nei mo te Mahi? He whakaaro mō te whakatupuranga hou"; i roto i tana tuhinga ka whakahua ia i tana tirohanga ko te whakapaunga tiaki i raro i a Tony Blair he iti. I te marama o Akuhata 2014, ko West tetahi o nga tangata 200 o te iwi i hainatia ki te reta ki te "The Guardian" e whakahe ana ki te mana motuhake o Scotland i te marama o Hepetema
te pōti i runga i taua take.