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Christopher Silver

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Month: September 2014

Culture, Politics Posted on17th September 201427th June 2017

Dear Scotland…

Dear Scotland… When you wake up on Friday, don’t change. A lot will have changed by then, obviously. A line will have been crossed, you’ll […] Read More

Indyref Posted on12th September 201427th June 2017

Our Only Guarantee is Ourselves

Over the coming days, with the upper echelons of Britain’s governing elite paying us a visit, a barrage of rhetoric about the benefits of union […] Read More

Indyref Posted on8th September 201427th June 2017

Scotland is not the problem

Even in the eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries, there were those who feared that British identity was too dependent on recurrent Protestant wars, commercial […] Read More

Indyref Posted on2nd September 201427th June 2017

Can the Greens Seize the Opportunity of Yes?

There are many stories about the referendum. Yet as journalists become ever more hooked on a daily diet of fanfares and milestones, too many quieter developments […] Read More

Indyref Posted on1st September 201427th June 2017

Day 1: On dividing Scotland and crossing the Forth

Contemporary Scotland is fragmented: but not along the lines of Yes and No. To find evidence of real fault lines, a short journey north from […] Read More

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