And so it ended, with wild rallies all over the country. After two long years Scotland's amazing referendum campaign is finally over. And as I write these lines, Scots are heading to the polls to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country.The campaign ended with a final message from
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Montreal Simon: The Scottish Referendum and the Attack of the NO Side Bullies
There couldn't have been an uglier sight. Thousands of members of the anti-Catholic Orange Lodge marching through Edinburgh to show their support for the NO side. Or one more representative of the NO side's attempt to bully the YES side into submission. For by now the combined forces of Big Business,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Scottish Independence: The Empire Strikes Back
With one week to go in the Scottish referendum the YES side's surge to independence appears to have been at least temporarily halted, with a new poll suggesting the NO side is leading again. The YouGov survey for The Times and Sun newspapers put supporters of the union on 52 per
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