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October 24, 2012

Scotland's Independence Fantasies

Brian Wilson, The Scotsman

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THERE’S no reason to believe Scotland would be welcomed by bodies such as Nato and the EU, writes Brian Wilson. I must confess that an interest in Catalonian politics was not the principal reason for my presence in Barcelona this week. There was also the much more important matter of a football match.

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TAGGED: UK, Europe, Scotland

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