Mr. Les Allamby:

I would have said "Yes." What was interesting in the referendum on Scottish independence, in which the involvement of the United States would have been seen as less immediate, was that, while it was careful in its comments, towards the end of the referendum process, the United States did make its views on it tacitly clear. I would have thought that, frankly, given its role in the creation of the Belfast Agreement, the US would be keeping more than a weather eye on this.