Updated: 6 May 2021, 0:28
AFTER 14 years of Tartan Army domination, Scots voters will decide today whether to give Nicola Sturgeon still more power or put paid to her incessant demand for independence.
Voters will weigh her devolved government’s mixed record on health, crime, schools and economic management against yet another push for divorce.
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Sturgeon yesterday claimed she won’t attempt a wildcat referendumCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Worryingly for the First Minister, her standing appears to have been tarnished by a tawdry row with predecessor Alex Salmond over dodgy conduct at the highest level of Holyrood politics.
Salmond has added fuel to the fire by launching his own renegade party, Alba, in an act of sabotage against his old Scot Nat buddies.
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.
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