“When Scotland becomes an independent country, the rest of the UK will be our closest and most important neighbour, alongside the EU. It will be a shock for many in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to see Scotland leave and we must be sympathetic to how they feel in the aftermath of a Yes vote. It will prompt that existential reckoning that has long been coming about who or what the UK is actually for.”
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Yes London is perhaps not somewhere people automatically think of when it comes to the campaign for independence, but they are working quietly in the background to reassure English voters that Scotland’s independence will be a good thing for English democracy and progressive politics.. London is also the place where I first joined the SNP, and it is good to see the tradition of independence …
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