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Commented on Schroedinger's Kingdom: the Scottish Political Singularity Explained
Nick wrote: ""The English" as if they are an amorphous blob....." Exactly. The North and North West of England 9and parts of the Midlands) have very strong left-wing traditions that apparently will go away if Scotland leaves, voting ToryUkip 4ever....
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Commented on Schroedinger's Kingdom: the Scottish Political Singularity Explained
"I can't speak for Charlie, but I think he might be alluding to the UKIP results in the European Parliament voting, where UKIP results for Scotland are quite south of the ones for some English areas" That's not a General...
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Commented on Schroedinger's Kingdom: the Scottish Political Singularity Explained
Heteromeles wrote: "it looks like Scotland is primarily about manufacturing, with a large but declining oil industry, while England is primarily a service economy" That's not quite true. Scottish manufacturing is about 12% of the economy (2014),[1] while for the...
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Commented on Schroedinger's Kingdom: the Scottish Political Singularity Explained
Just a few points: " Scotland was administered as a foreign colony by a remote party that less than 15% of the voters had asked for." During the Thatcher period the Tories polled between 24% (1987) and 31.4% (1979) at...