May 3, 2012

Ignorance Will Break Up the UK

Martin Kettle, The Guardian

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Those of us who wish that the people of this country thought more about their own history, to better understand who they are and take reasoned decisions about their future, can sometimes be guilty of looking back at our own schooling through rose-tinted glasses.

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