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18/09/2013 Tam

Scotland as a Nordic country

A year from now, the most important referendum in the history of Scotland will take place. In foreign policy, England

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01/02/2013 Tam

Overlooking the obvious

Viking, a photo by airship on Flickr. The Economist this week has a special report about the Nordic Countries. I

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24/09/2012 Tam

International support for Scottish independence

Màrsail agus Cruinneachadh airson neo-eisimeil Alba Originally uploaded by Màrtainn The March and Rally for Independence in Edinburgh last Saturday

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13/03/2012 Tam

Britain and Scandinavia

The subject Originally uploaded by Simon Collison To what extent is Britain (or the British Isles) the same kind of

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10/12/2011 Tam

Nordic Horizons

The newspapers have recently been full of stories about how an independent Scotland will try to move closer to Scandinavia.

I think it started with this article in The Independent, which was their mostly commented article for days.

Then a journalist called Lesley Riddoch wrote this article in The Guardian, saying many of the same things but also drawing attention to her think tank and Facebook group, Nordic Horizons.

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13/10/2008 Tam

Banks in an independent Scotland

Wallace Monument Originally uploaded by john1710 Lots of unionists seem to see in the problems of Bank of Scotland (HBOS)