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Article: Salmond's cod nationalism only obscures the bigger picture
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- August 2, 2009
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I DON'T know whether last week's Clan Gathering and "diaspora
forum" made me want to reach for my revolver, or laugh at the
obvious stupidity of it all, but it did give rise to thoughts about
politics and Scotland's small place in the global economy.
Cynicism first. Ten years on from the first Scottish parliament
election, it seemed depressing that the electorate was being asked
to re-engage with clan "chiefs" who had an alleged link to their
families going back hundreds of years.
Even worse was the idea that we should somehow shake the tin at
the global Scottish community in a bid to fund God knows what.
But it did get me thinking about what has been the biggest
political development since ...