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09/05/2014 Tam

The government Scotland voted for

One of the more popular indyref illustrations circulating on Twitter points out that Scotland has voted Tory for 6 years

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23/05/2013 Tam

What does it mean to be Scandinavian?

Scandinavia is often mentioned by people campaigning for Scottish independence (more frequently than Ireland, which really is a bit odd).

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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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22/03/2012 Tam

How to minimise the number of students from England after independence

Pointing Statue, Pissing Statue, Københavns Universitet Originally uploaded by Blastframe At the moment, the main reason why English students are

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14/03/2012 Tam

Population growth in independent countries and Scotland

Two weeks ago, the Better Nation blog published an article by Jeff Breslin which contained the following passage: Perhaps the

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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.