Second thoughts.(Scottish National Party's influence in Britain)(Brief Article)
Economist (US), The, September, 1999
Scottish nationalism
INVERNESS
EVER since the Scottish National Party (SNP) came into being, it has tried to persuade fellow Scots that Britain, as a political vehicle, is a clapped-out old charabanc destined for the scrapheap. Scots, the party argues, would go a lot further in the world if they got out of Britain and into a brand new independent state.
But at home and abroad, the SNP is discovering that there is a lot more mileage in Britain than it thought. Maybe, some members argued at the party's conference at Inverness on September 22nd, it is time to recognise that. Perhaps, they mused, the SNP's relentless assault on Britishness is hindering rather than helping the cause.
Andrew Wilson, the party's finance spokesman and...
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