PERTH Scotland (Reuters) - Scotland will eventually win independence from London, outgoing Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond told party members on Friday, less than two months since Scots voted to preserve the 307-year-old union with England.
"Scotland will become an independent nation," Salmond, 59, said in a speech at the Scottish National Party conference in Perth, 450 miles (725 km) north of London. "Out of defeat will come future success."
After Scots voted 55-45 percent to preserve the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron said the issue of Scottish independence had been settled for a generation.
But since the Sept. 18 vote, Scottish nationalists have demanded on Britain's three main political parties deliver on their pre-referendum pledge to give more powers to Scotland.
"If the Westminster gang reneges on the pledges made in the campaign - they will discover that Hell hath no fury like this nation scorned," Salmond said. The British government says the powers will be granted after the May 2015 national election.
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