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Article: Chips with everything; Scotland.(The chip on Scotland's shoulder)(attitudes of Scots toward English and effects on the economy)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2002
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Chips are worn large this season
Especially the English
WHAT'S got into the Scots? You might think they would be feeling rather self-confident these days, since not only do they now have their own parliament and executive but they also seem to run the rest of the United Kingdom. Tony Blair (prime minister), Gordon Brown (chancellor), Helen Liddell (Scotland), Robin Cook (leader of the House of Commons), Derry Irvine (Lord Chancellor) and John Reid (Northern Ireland) are all Scots. Even so, the Scots are not happy.
The problem, apparently, is the English. A rising sense of nationalism has been accompanied in recent years by a growing feeling of ...