Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Kawenata e whai pakiaka ana i te Campaign for a Scottish Assembly (CSA), i hangaia i muri mai i te
1979 i rahua ki te whakatū i tētahi Runanga o Kōti. Ko te Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, i whakarewahia i te huihuinga i Edinburgh i te 1 o Poutu-te-rangi 1980, i arahina e Jack Brand, ana i muri mai ko Jim Boyack te upoko. I te marama o Hōngongoi, i whakatūria he Pāpāho Mahi mō tētahi Runanga o Rōpū Pirihimana ki te hanga tautoko i roto i te rōpū i te taumata rohe pōti, me te whai mana i te hui rōpū. Kei roto i te CSA nga taangata kua whakapau kaha ki tetahi momo Mana Motuhake mo Scotland. Ko nga kaitohutohu i ahu mai i te Rōpū Mahi, i te Rōpū Motu o Scotland (SNP), i te Rōpū Liberal o Scotland, i te Rōpū Taiao o Scotland, i te Rōpū Communist me te nekehanga uniana. Ko ētahi o rātau he mema o te Scottish Labour Party (SLP).