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So, there we go then… The gloves and masks are off and all it’s done is expose the hypocrisy and incompetence of each and every party involved in the Scottish independence “debate.”
I use the term advisedly as there has been no real debate whatsoever. That would imply a degree of tolerance for divergent opinion which has definitely not been manifest over the last year or so.
This column has been largely quiet on the issue of Scottish independence, which seems to have whipped most of the media into a jingoistic frenzy.
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