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To save the UK, Scottish nationalists should be given the Canada treatment
To save the UK, Scottish nationalists should be given the Canada treatment
The Scottish National Party s demand for a referendum of independence is back in focus. The UK can settle the matter if it only learns from how Canada dealt with Quebec s referendum.
Niall Ferguson 19 April, 2021 9:41 am IST Text Size:
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Scottish nationalism was my gateway drug to politics. The year was 1979. I was 15 an age when it is easy to confuse the mood of a crowd of football fans with the case for a constitutional change. The year before, Scotland had made it to the soccer World Cup finals in Argentina. They had not progressed beyond the first round, having lost to Peru and drawn with Iran, but they had somehow managed to beat the Netherlands 3-2, and the beautiful goal scored by Archie Gemmill was engraved in all our memories.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Young people s despair deepens as crisis drags on
14 Feb, 2021 07:23 PM
9 minutes to read The pandemic feels like a big stop in our lives, said Philaé Lachaux, 22. The virus forced her to move back into her family home near Paris. Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov, The New York Times The pandemic feels like a big stop in our lives, said Philaé Lachaux, 22. The virus forced her to move back into her family home near Paris. Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov, The New York Times
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By: Isabella Kwai and Elian Peltier
Experts paint a grim picture of the struggle with lockdown isolation a mental health pandemic that should be treated as seriously as containing the coronavirus.
Scotland s leader wants to force legal independence vote
Rodney Jefferson and Alastair Reed, Bloomberg
Jan. 24, 2021
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Demonstrators march with various flags across a road junction during an All Under One Banner (AUOB) march for Scottish independence in Glasgow on Jan. 11. All Under One Banner aims to unify independent activists all over Scotland and raise the profile of the need for an independent Scotland.Bloomberg photo by Emily Macinnes
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she remains committed to a legal referendum on independence after her party set out a plan of action should the U.K. government continue to refuse to grant one.