Leader: Independence Question Should Be Put Sooner Rather Than Later
The Scotsman › September 04, 2009
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IN MAKING the case for an independent Scotland, Alex Salmond is fond of quoting Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the great figures of Irish nationalism.
Such is his admiration, the First Minister chose to adorn his government's national conversation document, Choosing Scotland's Future, with his words.See the full content of this document
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Leader: Independence Question Should Be Put Sooner Rather Than Later
Proclaiming his belief in self-determination, Parnell put it thus: "No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country, 'Thus far shalt thou go and no further'."
Yesterday at Holyrood, there was more than a...See the full content of this document
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