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The next step toward Scottish independence

RESH OFF A SOLID victory in elections, the Scottish National Party’s Nicola Sturgeon says another independence referendum for Scotland is now a matter of “when, not if.” Her party fell one seat short of a majority in Scotland’s parliament, but an alliance with pro-independence Greens will extend her run as Scotland’s First Minister and sets up another vote on

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