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Scotland independence [audio 1st 18min]

Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Murray Pittock, the author of a new book, The Road To Independence? Scotland Since the Sixties (Reaktion Books), and Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at Oxford University and author of Devolution in the United Kingdom
(Oxford Paperbacks), to consider the reasons behind the rise of Scottish nationalism since the end of World War Two and to find out if the next step on the road will be a vote for full independence.
Read entire article at BBC "Thinking Allowed"