THE latest television debates have shown the country something that is vitally important in the referendum campaign.

We all know the No campaign comprises among others the Labour, Tory and LibDem parties and their ideas of life after No differ on which new powers should come to Scotland and who should be in Government at Westminster.

But, after this week, it should also be clearer to others that the Yes campaign is not just the SNP and Alex Salmond.

Patrick Harvie, the Green Party MSP, gave a good account of his idea of independence on a debate this week.

He and his colleagues disagree with the SNP on the monarchy, on oil, climate change, redistribution of wealth, corporation tax and many more issues, I'm sure.

The socialist parties, Radical Independence Campaign, and the large number of Labour voters, sympathisers or identifiers who are voting Yes will equally have many different ideas from Mr Salmond and the SNP.

Which leads me to what will be a crucial period, if indeed Scotland does vote for independence, which is far from certain.

Mr Salmond says with a Yes vote he is seeking a mandate from the Scottish People to negotiate a currency union with the rest of the UK, as is consistent with the Scottish Government's position in the white paper, Scotland's Future.

Is it to be the case that everything in the white paper, which is SNP Scottish Government policy, is to be taken as the sovereign will of the Scottish people.

I feel the non SNP participants in the campaign and non SNP supporting Yes voters will have something to say about it.

The question on the ballot paper is 'should Scotland be an independent country?' The white paper, Scotland's Future, doesn't feature in the question.

If, and it is still a big if, Scotland votes Yes to independence, there needs to be even more debate before the First Minister is able to take a Yes vote as a mandate for every Scottish Government policy.

The other parties, in this respect, need to get involved immediately and there can be no room for any arguments of 'well you didn't want independence in the first place'.

The First Minister on the streets of Glasgow yesterday recognised the movement that has grown in favour of independence has outgrown the SNP.

He said: "This isn't about the SNP or about me, it's about the future generations and getting the governments we vote for."

So, if it comes to pass that Scotland votes for independence, given the breadth of views and political allegiances that would have contributed to that vote, Mr Salmond should remember his own words on September 19.