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The main British political parties have all proposed more autonomy should Scotland stay in Britain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[T]he European Union has made it possible for distinct peoples like the Scots, Catalans or Basques to contemplate going it alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is testimony to democratic values in Britain and in Spain, where a vote on Catalonia\u2019s independence is scheduled for November, that the question can be put to the people peacefully \u2014 in stark contrast to Russia\u2019s armed campaign to punish and dismember Ukraine for trying to break out of the Kremlin\u2019s orbit. In Scotland, there is no threat of reprisals for either choice, and the only pressure is the complexity and fatefulness of that simple question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excerpted from The New York Times<\/a>, September 3, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

See also:<\/span><\/strong> 01<\/code><\/a> 02<\/code><\/a> 03<\/code><\/a> 04<\/code><\/a> 05<\/code><\/a> 06<\/code><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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