Calls For Scottish Independence Still Strong

Being an ignorant American, I had no idea that there was a movement for Scotland to gain independence from the rest of the UK.   It wasn't until my trip over there when I saw the "Free Scotland" graffiti and the fact it has its own parliament that gave it away. Rob Gifford of NPR just filed this story:

Many Scots have been campaigning for years now for Scotland to become independent of the United Kingdom.

The leaders of the Scottish National Party have said the Scots could become part of what they call the "arc of prosperity," a string of small prosperous countries across Northern Europe from Ireland to Iceland and Scandinavia.

The global financial crisis seemed to destroy that model, but less than a year later, Scottish independence is still very much on the agenda. READ THE REST

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