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Independence Referendum One Year On: Nothing Is Settled In Scotland
Saturday, September 26, 2015 13:15
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from The Conversation
– this post authored by Gerry Mooney, The Open University
One of the most oft-quoted comments from the Scottish independence referendum was then SNP leader and first minister Alex Salmond’s claim that the result would “settle the matter for at least a generation”. While this is now used by independence opponents to resist calls for a second referendum, there is general agreement that 2014 settled absolutely nothing. That there was a 55%-45% No vote almost seems lost in the mists of political history.
Source: http://econintersect.com/pages/contributors/contributor.php?post=201509192134
