Summary
Most English people take little interest in Scottish politics.The Scottish elections are, as far as the English are concerned, as Neville Chamberlain said: 'A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing.' Yet the Scottish elections, which will be held on May 3, could produce a revolutionary result. Last week three opinion polls showed the Scottish National Party in the lead. The SNP, whose leader, Alex Salmond, is a dangerously gifted politician, has a fouryear plan to hold, and win, a referendum on Scottish independence.
If the SNP does win in May, it could start a process that would break up the United Kingdom. That would be of great importance to England; indeed, it would change the English constitution and the balance of English politics.See the full content of this document
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How Scotland Could Scupper Mrbrown...
It would be a deep trauma for the Labour Party and for Gordon Brown himself.
This decisive election is one the English cannot influence, except possibly to make things marginally worse. If Scots eventually were to vote for independence, no one could or would try to stop them...See the full content of this document
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