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Scotland elected Humza Yousaf SNP leader on Monday. In doing so, it said to England, I’ll see your Indian Sunak and raise our Pakistani Yousaf – never mind your Khan. Granted, Brexit has relegated British politics almost irrelevant on the world stage. As such, it has rendered Scottish politics even more so. Scotland elects Humza… Read more.
Scotland spurned independence in a historic referendum that threatened to rip the United Kingdom apart, sow financial turmoil and diminish Britain’s remaining global clout… Unionists won 55 percent of the vote while separatists won 45 percent with 31 of 32 constituencies declared. (Reuters, September 19, 2014) Why? Well, with due respect to all of the… Read more.
Not only is Catalonia presenting an equally compelling case for independence as Kosovo; it is doing so in a non-violent way that stands in commendable and instructive contrast to the violence that attended Kosovo independence. Alas, such is the vested (European) interest in holding Spain together (economically and politically) that, even if Catalonia were to… Read more.
