Leader: Olympic Success Is Not a Political Football

The ScotsmanAugust 25, 2008

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SHOULD there be a separate Scottish team at the 2012 London Olympics? Or, for that matter, English and Welsh ones?

For most of us, including many SNP voters, raising this issue just as we are celebrating Team GB's stunning success in Beijing smacks of sour grapes. Whatever the merits or demerits of separate Scottish representation, the issue is a very theoretical one and trying to discuss it now is a pointless political diversion when Scots should be clapping their hands at the hard work of all those athletes from the UK who won gold, silver and bronze over the course of the last two weeks.

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Leader: Olympic Success Is Not a Political Football

Many of these medals were achieved only by tremendous team effort involving athletes from all the nations that make up the UK. Talking about independent Scottish representation at this moment will only be interpreted as a slight on this co-operative an...

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