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this article  'No threat' of court over referendum  Michael
Moore has played down the possibility of the UK Government
taking legal action if Holyrood runs its own independence
referendum.  The Scottish Secretary said he did not "envisage
the circumstances" of Westminster raising an action in the UK
Supreme Court despite the hard line taken by Advocate General
Lord Wallace who warned a Scottish Parliament Bill to organise a
referendum without Westminster's approval would not be legal.
But Mr Moore yesterday adopted a more conciliatory tone to that
of his party and UK Government colleague.  He said: "There is no
threat from the UK Government. But what I'm saying is that
anybody in the country could do that challenge. Why would we
risk that?"  Pressed on whether he was ruling out the
possibility of the UK Government taking the case to the Supreme
Court, Mr Moore said: "I don't think that would be the right way
forward. In the circumstances that we a