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Why won’t Scots simmer down? Why batter on about independence when folk voted No a decade back? After all. Scotland’s not as populated as Yorkshire, nor as wealthy as London. But it’s also not as Conservative, as keen on Brexit, or as willing to flog public assets to Tory party pals. So does Nicola Sturgeon’s departure terminally damage the case for independence? The answer, with all respect to her legacy, is no. Scotland has bigger fish to fry. In this book, Lesley Riddoch makes an impassioned call to action, weaving academic evidence with story, international comparison and anecdote to explain why Scotland is ready to step forward as the world’s newest state.
Why won’t Scots simmer down?
Why batter on about independence when folk voted No a decade back?
After all. Scotland’s not as populated as Yorkshire, nor as wealthy as London. But it’s also not as Conservative, as keen on Brexit, or as willing to flog public assets to Tory party pals.
So does Nicola Sturgeon’s departure terminally damage the case for independence?
The answer, with all respect to her legacy, is no.
Scotland has bigger fish to fry.
In this book, Lesley Riddoch makes an impassioned call to action, weaving academic evidence with story, international comparison and anecdote to explain why Scotland is ready to step forward as the world’s newest state.
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Acknowledgments<br />
I’m grateful to Tom Bee for cutting through a flurry of<br />
indecision about the best name for this volume in typical,<br />
Gordian-knot-cutting style and designing this breezy, cheery<br />
cover with Amy Turnbull, and to Luath publisher, Gavin<br />
MacDougall for his constant, patient encouragement. Thanks<br />
to Professor Alan Riach for his kind permission to quote from<br />
Praise of Ben Dorain. The Scottish Independence Foundation<br />
financed a month without journalistic work in January 2023<br />
to let me focus on writing and the Herald and the National<br />
have kindly given permission to use extracts from columns.<br />
Finally, I’m almost grateful to Nicola Sturgeon for resigning<br />
when she did, so I had the chance to consider whether her<br />
departure terminally damages the case for independence.<br />
The answer, with all respect to her legacy is, no.<br />
Scotland has bigger fish to fry.
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