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,TOMORR['S 9DEP5D5CE REF]5DUM AF=DS ! ,SCOTTI% PEOPLE ! BE/ *ANCE 9 DECADES TO BLOODY ! NOSE ( ! ,BRITI% ,E/ABLI%M5T4 ,WE/M9/]'S SUIT$ & BOOT$ >E \T 9 =CE TO SAVE ! #c-YE>-OLD ,UNION HAV+ BE5 AWOK5 FROM AN ALO( /UPOR ( >ROGANT COMPLAC5CY4 ,BULL] ,BOY'S PROMISES ( DEVO-MAX & ,HEAD ,BOY ,$'S MOI/ APPEALS = A S5SE ( ,BRITI% ID5TITY1 %>$ HI/ORY1 PATRIOTISM & EV51 = ! ,T,U,C AUDI5CE1 CLASS UNITY1 SMACK ( DESP]ATION1 LEAV+ US FEEL+ ,WETT] ,TOGE!R4 

,?IS VOTE IS NOT AB\T ,ALEX ,SALMOND4 ,IT'S AB\T SELF-DET]M9ATION4 ,IT'S AB\T SECUR+ A GU>ANTEE ?AT #e MILLION PEOPLE WILL NOT FACE ! MIS=TUNE ( WAK+ UP TO A ,TORY GOV]NM5T ?AT NOBODY VOT$ =1 EXTRICAT+ !MSELVES FROM AN ULTRA-C5TRALIZ$1 SCL]OTIC SY/EM :I* SEES A N>R[ CLIQUE ( PUBLIC S*OOLBOYS :OOP+ AS !Y ANN\NCE ?AT ! COMMON]S NE$ TO TI<T5 !IR BELTS TO SECURE ! ROAD TO RECOV]Y4 ,HI/ORY IS REWRITT5 BY AN ELITE ?AT BLAMES ! F9ANCIAL MELTD[N & ! CR$IT CRUN* NOT ON ! AV>ICE OR MISMANAGEM5T ( ,CITY BANK]S1 TO :OM !Y >E 9 ?RALL1 BUT ON ! PR(LIGACY ( ! POOR & VULN]ABLE4 

,! ,S,N,P IS A CAPITALI/ P>TY4 ,IT DOES NOT SEEK TO *ALL5GE ! BASIC B\RGEOIS SOCIOECONOMIC MODEL4 ,H[EV]1 IT WON ITS MAJORITY 9 ,HOLYROOD BY POSITION+ ITSELF TO ! LEFT ( ! ,LABOR ,P>TY4 ,IT HAS 9TRODUC$ FREE PRESCRIPTIONS1 FREE C>E = ! ELD]LY & FREE UNIV]SITY TUITION 9 RE=MS ?AT (F] SOME PALLIATIVE C>E AGA9/ SOME ( ! WOR/ SYMPTOMS ( ! MORBID NEOLIB]AL DISEASE4 ,AN>*O-PURI/S CAN SC(F AT ! IDEA ( CONCESSIONS FROM RE=MI/ P>TIES1 WON BY PRESSURE & /RUGGLE FROM BEL[1 BUT !Y WILL KN[ :AT !SE AMELIORATIVE MEASURES MEAN IF !Y EV] HAVE TO TAKE \T A LOAN = M$IC9ES OR WORRY AB\T H[ TO SCRAPE TOGE!R 5\< MONEY = !IR MEALS ON :EELS4 ,SCOTS HAVE ! *ANCE TO CONSOLIDATE A SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC1 LEFT-(-C5T] POLITICAL CULTURE AT A TIME :5 ! H>D-WON FRUITS ( YE>S ( WORK+ CLASS AGITATION - ! ,N,H,S1 WELF>E /ATE - >E BE+ SY/EMATICALLY DISMANTL$ 9 A DRIVE = AU/]ITY 9 ! RE/ ( ! ,U,K4 

,A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN ?AT HAS POLITICIZ$ HUNDR$S ( ?\S&S = ! FIR/ TIME IS RE-9VIGORAT+ A S5SE ( WIDESPREAD 5GAGEM5T & OP5+ NEW L9ES ( QUE/ION+ AB\T DEMOCRACY1 P[] ELITES & 9EQUALITY4 0,?AT*] DID MORE = ,SCOTTI% NATIONALISM ?AN ,SALMOND EV] C\LD40 ,& H] NECROPHILIC DISCIPLES 9 ,:ITEHALL HAVE COMP\ND$ ! ISSUE BY CONSI/5TLY ALI5AT+ & DIS5FRAN*IZ+ HUGE SWA!S ( ! C\NTRY - ! OIKS :O LIVE NOR? ( ! ,WAT=D GAP 9 P>TICUL>4 

,:AT ,SCOTS HAVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME?+ NEW4 ,9DEP5D5CE WILL \TLIVE ,SALMOND & HIS COHORTS4 ,!Y PROPOSE ONLY 9DEP5D5CE-LITE2 CURR5CY UNION1 ,E,U MEMB]%IP & ,BETTY ,W9DSOR4 ,BUT !RE IS A *ANCE = ,SCOTL& TO MAKE RADICAL *ANGES & !RE IS A MOVEM5T AFOOT4 ,ITS BE/ *ANCES ( SUCCESS LIE 9 BREAK+ ! *A9S :I* %ACKLE IT TO ! ASS-FE$]S ( ! ,BRITI% /ATE4 ,9 ! %ORT-T]M1 9DEP5D5CE WILL1 MO/ LIKELY1 MEAN PIECEMEAL *ANGES2 *ANGES 9 ! ACC5TS ( ! P[]FUL & ! REJECTION ( ,WE/M9/] ONLY TO F9D A NEW ELITE SETTL$ 9 ,HOLYROOD4 ,BUT ,SCOTL&'S POLITICAL C5T] GR\ND - ALONG ) ! ,NOR? ( ,5GL&'S - IS F> TO ! LEFT ( ! ,S\? & WE >E PRES5T$ ) A *ANCE TO IRREVOCABLY ALT] A ,LONDON-C5TRIC P[] /RUCTURE4 ,P]HAPS NOT A COMMUNI/ UTOPIA1 BUT 9 ! ABS5CE ( ! OMNIPOT5T P[] ( F$]AT$ WORK]S' C\NCILS ,I WILL SETTLE = AN >RANGEM5T ?AT GETS ! COMB9$ =CES ( ! ,BRITI% ,E/ABLI%M5T SOIL+ !MSELVES AT ! PROSPECT ( UNRULY ,CELTS GR[+ RE/IVE & *ALL5G+ A MORIBUND CONS5SUS OV] ,HADRIAN'S ,WALL4 

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