An independent Scotland would be at the EU's mercy
Don't forget that the SNP is still riddled with the Tartan Tories who first started the party, says TAM KIRBY
So the pending Scottish Socialist Republic is apparently just around the corner.
Once again we endure the rose-tinted vision presented by the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) in Scotland. What RIC offers, however, is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
It is a wish, an aspiration, a vista of a neo-social democratic Scotland.
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