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Blogs Liberty and Power Simon Jenkins: If Scotland Wants Partition, the British Cannot Deny It

Nov 29, 2006

Simon Jenkins: If Scotland Wants Partition, the British Cannot Deny It

by Liberty and Power

Simon Jenkins explains that many nations have prospered after gaining independence from their neighbours, and asks why should the Scots be different?