r.t. with marian joshie centuries of britain unified under the union jack may come to an end in two thousand and fourteen with a referendum on scottish in the pans and agreement giving the green light to the vote in two years time has been sealed by two of the top man in u.k. politics at r.t. sarah ferguson looks at what's at stake. firing the starting shows with that pens and what's being dubbed the edinburgh agreement is signed it's being described as the most important political decision to face the united kingdom for three hundred years the prime minister the david cameron the first minister alex salmond meeting to sign a historic deal on an independence referendum the battle for scotland begins after years of political wrangling the face fighting will now commence by sides who want to put their arguments forward and some people who've already getting their claws out in his press conference alex salmond had to field a question. why he wants to tear up the british flag was the. business of. developing a new relationship between the peoples of these islands i think. that's what we're tryin