In early May 2011, “the Scottish National Party (SNP) won 69 out of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, with about 45 percent of the vote, up by more than 12 percentage points. Their three main rival parties — Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats — all lost ground."[1] Whether to shift was so the region might break off from the United Kingdom, an E.U. state, is doubtful.
David Cheskin (AP)
The complete essay is at Essays on Two Federal Empires.
