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The High Road and the Low Road of Scottish debate and politics

Three years ago Scotland woke to the sense they could make those in power tremble. But as the geo-political stakes have risen ever higher, has the tone of the more recent debate slid into the swamp?

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Image: Neal Ascherson, appearing on After Dark in 1987, Wikimedia.

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